A year ago today, the historic heartland of Java––Yogyakarta––was struck by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake. More than 6,000 people lost their lives and another 30,000 were injured in this densely populated part of Indonesia. The whole nation, just recovering from the onslaught of the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004, was again in tears. The international […]
Conditions at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.’s Grasberg mine in Indonesia are returning to normal, the company said on Monday, after thousands of workers ended a four-day strike at the weekend.
The strike had helped send copper prices to seven-month highs after the walkout slashed Freeport’s production.
Separately, a senior official at Indonesia’s mines and energy ministry […]
With a view of protecting the automotive industry in Indonesia, the government will only grant an import tax exemption on cars above 3,000 cc.
“Only cars above 3,000 cc will be exempted,” the director general for transportation equipment industries, Budi Darmadi, told Antara here.
Some automotive producers in the country were worried that the government might open […]
Protest action by workers at PT Freeport Indonesia has been called off after the company agreed to improve their salary conditions, company spokesman Mindo Pangaribuan said.
He said the workers — who disrupted production at the firm’s Grasberg gold and copper mine in remote Papua province last week — have now agreed to return to work […]
Indonesia and Singapore said on Monday they had agreed on an extradition treaty, concluding several years of wrangling over the issue.
“It has been a long and arduous process,” Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda told a media briefing late on Monday in Singapore.
Indonesia has long expressed its desire for an extradition treaty with Singapore because of […]
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism in cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will conduct a campaign for cultural preservation in May this year.
Director General of Historical and Achaelogical Affairs Hari Untoro Drajat said here on Saturday the campaign is part of an effort to reconstruct temples damaged by a […]
The first day of national examinations in Yogyakarta runs smoothly without anomalies, National Education Minister Bambang Sudibyo said here on Tuesday.
“We are satisfied that the examinations run smoothly according to school operational procedure (POS) and without anomalies,” the minister said after observing the process of the tests at nine senior high schools and vocational schools […]
Indonesia`s Cultural and Tourism Ministry and The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) organized a visual art exhibition entitled `The Thousand Mysteries of Borobudur` in Yogyakarta.
“This expo marks the revival of Borobudur through visual art performances from various works of arts,” Jogja Gallery Curator Mikke Susanto said when opening the exhibition at the […]
Disasters are becoming standard fare on Indonesia’s TV screens. On Tuesday, it was shattered homes and buildings in and around Padang, the capital of west Sumatra, struck by two earthquakes in quick succession that killed at least 70 people. On Wednesday, it was scenes of the charred fuselage of a Garuda Airlines jet at Yogyakarta’s […]
Survivors of the fiery crash landing Wednesday of a Boeing 737-400 said the plane appeared to be going too fast and shook violently before it touched down, lurched off the runway and exploded in flames, killing at least 21 people.
More than 110 dazed and bloodied survivors staggered from the Indonesian jetliner after it broke through […]
Burns specialist Fiona Wood, who arrived in Indonesia Thursday to help victims of the Yogyagarta plane crash, is a world-renowned expert whose work won her the title Australian of the year in 2005.
Wood pioneered the so-called “spray-on skin” treatment for burns victims and was acclaimed for her dedication treating survivors of the 2002 Bali […]
A jet from Indonesia’s state carrier Garuda crashed and burst into flames on landing at Yogyakarta airport on Wednesday morning, an airline spokesman said.
He gave no other details, but the Indonesia state news agency Antara said the plane crashed and exploded at 0700 (0000 GMT) and passengers were trapped inside the burning fuselage.
The make and […]