1. 5Tossy -- Gen. Sutarto is growing more powerful
1. 5Tossy -- Gen. Sutarto is growing more powerful
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Army under Gen. Sutarto is growing more powerful
JP/5/JUN
What is the current nature of relations between the government
and the Indonesian Military? Jun Honna, assistant professor at
the Faculty of International Relations of Ritsumeikan University
in Kyoto, spoke to The Jakarta Post's staff writer Kornelius
Purba during one of his visits to Jakarta earlier this month.
2. 5Gower -- Thinking of taking a test of English?
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Thinking of taking an English test?
By Simon Marcus Gower
TANGERANG, Banten (JP): From school children as young as
kindergarten age to mature businessmen and women, literally
millions of Indonesians are learning English. For the children
this may be seen as the natural consequence of the national
schooling system that deliberately targets English as a second
language. For the adults this is further evidence of ever-
encroaching globalization and the accompanying need for an
international language such as English.
3. 5Diploma -- No more diplomatic immunity
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Is diplomatic secrecy and mystique fading?
By Hywel Williams
LONDON: What do diplomats do? There was a time when the
treaties they drafted made European history. But diplomatic
history has now been shoved aside by sexier speculations about
the mentalities of the masses and the intrigues of elites.
4. 5Inquire -- Economics over politics
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The rise of Megawati and Arroyo
MANILA: The new presidents of the most politically turbulent
states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines
and President Megawati Soekarnoputri of Indonesia -- followed one
another in visiting their Southeast Asian neighbors recently.
President Arroyo visited Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore.
President Megawati visited Manila, then went to Singapore, Brunei
and Malaysia.