News
Indonesia's Slow Infrastructure Growth Still an Impediment, Legislator Says
A senior legislator has called on the government to significantly increase its transportation infrastructure spending to address the business community’s long-running logistical and distribution woes.
Indonesia to host International Seaweed Symposium
The International Seaweed Association (ISA) has selected Indonesia to host the 21st International Seaweed Symposium (ISS) from April 21-26, 2013.
South Sumatra`s rice production shrinks
The South Sumatra office of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) recorded the province`s production of dry unhulled rice at around 3.30 million tons in 2012 or a decline of 89,420 tons from the previous year.
TOURISM
7 rare rhinos photographed in western Indonesia
A conservationist says seven of the world's rarest rhinoceroses were photographed at a national park in Indonesia. It is the first sighting there in 26 years.
Central Sulawesi to host Sail Tomini 2014
The Central Sulawesi province of Indonesia will now be able to host the international marine event, Sail Tomini in 2014, although the local administration has been planning to organize the event since 2010.
Rafting and jungle trekking in Kalimantan
You haven’t really visited Kalimantan until you’ve visited its rainforests. But the question for most tourists is, how? While the third-largest island in the world is filled with exuberant tropical rainforests, many of them are remote and not easily accessible from major cities.
ECONOMY
Blue economy does not rely on marine sector alone
The blue economy concept does not rely on the marine and fisheries sector alone; it relies on other sectors too, said the Minister for Marine and Fisheries, Sharif Cicip Sutardjo.
Fishery exports target set at US$5 billion for 2013
Indonesia`s target of fishery exports has been set at reaching US$5 billion in 2013 up from last year`s.
Economic predictions not to lull Indonesia
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia would not be lulled by all the good economic predictions and forecasts that have been made so far believing that all achievements must be made through hard work.
National
Two Indonesian film makers head to Australia
Two young Indonesian film makers, Dwi Sujanti Nugraheni (36) from Yogyakarta and Chairun Nissa (28) from Jakarta, will go to Australia in March next year as the inaugural recipients of the John Darling Fellowship, according to the Australian Embassy here.
Health
More women expected to become researchers
Women`s Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Linda Amalia Sari Gumelar has expressed hope that more women will pursue research in the field of technology for the future development of the sector.
Security
Indonesia supports security in South China Sea
Indonesia keeps condcuting diplomacy with various countries especially in Southeast Asia to assure security in the South China Sea, Commander of Indonesian Armed Forces, Admiral Agus Suhartono, said here on Thursday.
LAW&ORDER
Indonesia intensively hunts down terror suspects in 2012
Although there were no reports of major terror attacks in Indonesia during 2012, the national police`s special anti terror squad known as Densus 88 has intensively hunted down terror suspects in several parts of the country over the past one year.
