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Anti-government rallies were held in several of Indonesia’s big cities Monday, to protest against a government plan to raise fuel prices and cut subsidies.
At the capital’s main roundabout, several thousand students, activists and housewives began a march to the presidential palace, causing heavy traffic jams along Jakarta’s main thoroughfares.
‘This (fuel prices hike) will only add […]

BECOMING an artist was the natural thing to do for Yaksa Agus as he grew up surrounded by artists and their artworks.
When young, he would spend hours watching and observing these artists in his village in Bantul Yogyakarta and he was very fascinated by them.
He used a brush to paint first before picking up […]

National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia was surprised to hear the European Commission’s decision to extend the ban on the airline from entering European territory, local press said Monday.
The claimed earlier it had carried out the necessary measures to improve safety.
According to Garuda spokesman Pudjobroto, the EU decision […]

With families still living in emergency tents and children going to school in makeshift bamboo classrooms, AsiaNews has gone back to see how people are faring a year after a devastating earthquake struck Yogyakarta (Bantul Regency). What is most noticeable now is that people are left just with hope to get back to normal and […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Indonesian Service at the Voice of America launched VOA Executive Lounge today. The seven-day-a-week program (VOA Executive Weekend on weekends) for young professionals will be carried from 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. Indonesian time on the Trijaya Radio Network, the leading station in Jakarta. Each program will focus on how young professionals can be successful […]

Yogyakarta-based journalists who survived the powerful May 27, 2006, earthquake have received equipment distributed by the local branch of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI).
Chairman of AJI Yogyakarta, Bambang Muryanto, said Monday that 42 journalists received donations of MP4 players, digital cameras and computers.
“In total we distributed 20 computers, 12 MP4 players and eight digital […]

United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF) representative for Central Java and Yogyakarta provinces of Indonesia, I Made Sutama, said the organization was raising USD 3.5 million worth of fund to help Indonesia preclude the spread of bird flu virus on Wednesday.
“The UNICEF at present is negotiating with donor countries to collect fund for Indonesian government […]

Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX said Sunday that Chinese culture had become part of the culture in Indonesia, which should be continuously preserved.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Chinese Culture Week, which is held in Ketandan, Gondomanan, Yogyakarta, Sri Sultan said “Chinese culture has been existing and growing in Indonesia. Although it […]

Indonesian and Norwegian journalists and media professionals met for a two-day meeting in Yogyakarta on Friday to prepare for the second Global Inter-Media Dialog in Oslo later this year.
The meeting’s organizers hoped to capitalize on a successful inaugural gathering in Bali last year.
Foreign Ministry officials from the two countries were also present to facilitate the […]

Henry Kuntz: Tenor Saxophone
In an alluring set of solo and multi-track improvisations inspired by mixed-media presentations of saxophone and puppet theatre, Henry Kuntz re-examines the sound, technique, and musical dimensions of the tenor.
“The diaphanous tenor of Wayang Saxophony Shadow Saxophone took flight like a light butterfly free of its silver cocoon. It happened as I […]