At least 12 outer islands of Indonesia are critical from the aspects of economy and security. The Government of Indonesia should put this matter as top priority.
According to the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Widodo A.S., the 12 islands have the potential of conflict with other countries. Those islands include Rondo […]
PT Indosat Tbk recently signs a strategic agreement with PT Trikomsel Multimedia to enhance its cooperation in the retail business for distributing product and value added service (download ringtone and wallpaper) to the public.
“Indosat greatly welcomes this partnership with Trikomsel. We already have an excellent relationship with Trikomsel for many years and we are […]
Aceh will continue to exist in the international forum. The Jakarta Post reported, Aceh is playing host to more than 300 people who are in the provincial capital to attend a four-day international conference on the Indian Ocean that began Saturday.
The event is being jointly organized by the BRR and the Asian Research […]
An international conference on Internet network will be held in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, from February 21 to March 2 at Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.
Apart from discussing about the following the broken under-sea optical cable network after an eartquake occured in Taiwan by the end of last year, the forum is also discussing on how […]
A satellite producer from China is ready to fund the Telkom III satellite plan, Tempo Interactive reported. According PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) Managing Director, Arwin Rasyid, the offer from China’s Great Wall Satellite was proposed when he visited China some time ago. So far Telkom always funds its satellites itself.
“But we haven’t decided yet […]
Since I was a kid I’ve been observing Islam with great interest. It’s my religion anyway.
At first I noted how my elementary teachers and our adults are preaching something, but doing entirely different things. Also we’re taught that Islam is all about dogma. There’s almost no compassion on it. There is no joy. The religion […]
A passenger jet operated by Indonesia’s Adam Air made a hard landing yesterday that cracked its body. All 148 passengers were safe, the budget carrier said in a statement, but airport of Juanda Airport in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city and the capital of East Java province, was temporarily shut after the stricken Boeing 737-300 arriving […]
I was so surprised to read The Jakarta Post’s headline this morning. The Post reported that scientists concluded that the mud volcano in Sidoarjo, East Java, was caused by natural tectonic activity and nothing to do with drilling activities of Lapindo Brantas Inc.
The conclusion was reached after a two-day International Geological Workshop organized by […]
The country’s first nuclear power plant is due to be built at Mt. Muria in Central Java in 2010. The government is targeting the bringing onstream of a nuclear plant with an initial capacity of 4,000 megawatts, representing about 2 percent of total national energy demand, by 2017.
This plan has been long discussed and debated […]
It has been estimated that the Lapindo mudflows at Porong Village, Sidoarjo, East Java, cannot be stopped, Tempo Interactive reported. The Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) is reported to sue gas exploration company PT Lapindo Brantas over the mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java.
The mudflow, which has been gushing since May 29 last year, has killed 13 […]
Indonesia’s TOFI has oftentimes triumphs the International Physics Olympics (IPhO). TOFI - The Indonesian Physics Olympiad Team is a National Team consists of 5 - 8 High School Students compete each year for the Physics Olympiad.
…let’s get one thing straight because as it might be a name of a team, TOFI is also an NGO. […]
A good news for Indonesian as well as the world’s conservation activists and enthusiasts. Indonesia is now preparing to welcome him with the hope that Andalas will be able to carry out his mission.
The Jakarta Post reported:
Andalas, the first Sumatra rhino born in captivity in more than 100 years was now heading home to its […]
Indonesia’s respected and influential media, TEMPO, launched its blog section in Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian language) recently. TEMPO newsmagazine, which also published daily Koran Tempo, is the first mainstream media (MSM) in the country to venture into the blogosphere.
Intended as a apart of their online version Tempo Interactive, some its active bloggers who […]
I just bought a how-to blogging book, The Rough Guide to Blogging: Navigate the Blogospere by Jonathan Yang (London: Rough Guides Ltd, Oktober 2006) at Times Newslink bookstore, Change Airport, Singapore today.
However this post doesn’t want to review the book at the moment. But I already discovered another interesting thing in the handy book. I […]
Publicly listed cellular phone provider PT Bakrie Telecom, which operates the CDMA-based esia mobile phone service, plans to expand its coverage to 17 more cities including Surabaya, Medan, Semarang and Yogyakarta this year, in addition to its existing 15 coverage areas in Jakarta, West Java and Banten.
PT Bakrie Telecom Tbk (BTEL), a business unit of […]
Again, Indonesia did something worthy of nothing. Instead of giving away samples of the Avian flu virus to scientists, they may sell it to the highest bidder, The New York Times reported.
It’s really not make sense. I think it should be given free to non-profit organizations, particularly the WHO.
Bird flu has infected 81 people in […]
Elisa Lumbantoruan smiled while holding a cafe latte.
“Of course, it’s not a new concept. People from Hewlett Packard, have explained this many times in workshops for journalists here,” said the Director of Hewlett-Packard Indonesia in response to my question.
He is convinced that a country like Indonesia needs a national identity system (NIS).
Meeting him at a […]
Indonesia’s analog broadcasting, on both radio and television, will migrate to digital technology soon.
By enacting Law No. 32/2002, the country’s broadcasting will become digital. According to State Minister of Communications and Information Sofyan Djalil, trials for radio and television digital broadcasting as well as digital TV in mobile phones are in progress.
Speaking at the International […]
How to solve the software, content and application piracy in the developing countries? Just simply sell the CDs in local-standard price!
And please never sell them in global-standard market price because it’s just inviting piracy-mafia groups to their usual business: copying the original, burning it into CD and DVD and sell them in the street vendors!
I […]
Indonesia has developed and automatic radar system that provides real-time data to increase the accuracy of weather study in various fields, expert said as reported by The Jakarta Post.
Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine and map the location, direction, and/or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as aircraft, ships, […]