International flights are set to resume to and from the Indonesian ancient cultural city of Yogyakarta as Southeast Asia’s largest economy seeks to boost tourism, an official said Friday.
The head of Yogyakarta’s tourism office, Tazbir, said that flights from the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur would be served by Malaysian Airlines and Air Asia, with […]
Rich and poor nations wrangled over the need for mandatory caps on greenhouse gases and ways to help the most vulnerable adapt to rising temperatures as a U.N. climate conference entered its crucial final week.
Delegates and environmentalists said Monday (10 Dec) they were satisfied so far with the progress, even though the United States and […]
Indonesia is losing tonnes of crop production each year and its fish stock is dwindling as a result of global warming, a UN report said on Tuesday, putting the greatest pressure on the nation’s poor.
Millions of poor Indonesians will suffer loss of livelihoods, undermining the government’s efforts to fight poverty, the report by the United […]
“If the oil price stubbornly stays at $100 a barrel, our budget deficit will increase to 75.9 trillion rupiah ($8.07 billion) - JAKARTA, Nov 27 - Indonesia’s economic growth is likely to fall short of the government’s 6.8 percent target for next year and the budget deficit may widen if oil prices hit $100 a […]
Australia-based Indo Mines Limited will go ahead with plans to build a US$600 million pig iron plant in Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta, having secured the government’s approval for a 30-year contract of work for the operation, an official says.
Simon Sembiring, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry’s director general for geology and mineral resources, said Monday the […]
With Ramadhan fast approaching, Muslims across the country are busily preparing themselves for the event.
In Yogyakarta, the purification rites held before the holy month are known as nyadran, ruwahan or merti dusun.
In Jolosutro village in Bantul’s Piyungan district, hundreds of villagers recently participated in the Kupatan Kring Jolosutro ceremony to show their gratitude to God.
Aside […]
In a bid to stamp out corruption within the police force, a group of activists officially launched Thursday the Jogja Police Watch (JPW).
Held at the Yogyakarta Legal Aid Institute, the launch of the JPW was attended by representatives from the Yogyakarta Police Headquarters and Bantul Police.
“We don’t want to create a conflict with the police. […]
The new U.S ambassador to Indonesia, Cameron R. Hume, visited Yogyakarta and neighboring communities last week to reinforce the U.S. Education Initiative.
The initiative was launched by U.S. President George W. Bush in 2004.
Ambassador Hume met with senior officials and visited some of the schools that have cooperative programs with the U.S. Agency for International […]
Regol Jogja magazine has a distinct and colorful way of telling a story about Yogyakarta’s people, their daily lives, cultural heritage, local pastimes and traditional cuisine, said its founder and greatest fan.
Suluh (Tita) Pratitasari is enormously proud of her product and said regol in Javanese means gateway. She said her magazine “helps to open people’s […]
Bali will host this year’s PATA (Pacific Air Travel Association) Travel Mart in the Nusa Dua resort area from Sept. 25-28, the organizing committee’s spokesperson Ika Nazaruddin said Saturday.
Ika said approximately 1,500 people from more than 50 countries were expected to attend the event.
She said this year’s PATA Travel Mart, to be conducted in cooperation […]
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri has accepted the request of her party members to contest the 2009 presidential election.
Elshinta radio station reported that Megawati made her remark in the closing ceremony of the party national working meeting on Monday in Jakarta.
Water, water and water. Lack of it is the routine problem faced by hundreds of thousands of people in Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, especially in the dry season.
Given the extreme conditions, people are forced to sell their livestock to buy the precious commodity.
A regency in southeastern Yogyakarta, Gunungkidul lies a limestone plateau whose water table lies about […]