Hot News “Security was restored Sunday after two Protestant churches and a pastor’s house were set on fire allegedly by a Muslim mob in Sibuhuan.”

The President “President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to visit Army’s Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad) soldiers and their families.”

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Conflict Resolution Studies Come to Aceh

Conflict Resolution Studies Come to Aceh

Banda Aceh. Some say that divine intervention was behind the peace in Indonesia’s westernmost province, because intensified talks to bring an end to nearly 30 years of armed conflict only came after a devastating earthquake and tsunami. But many believe otherwise.

Conflict resolution is a science, and a move is afoot to install [...]

Taufik Darusman: The Taxman Cometh

Taufik Darusman: The Taxman Cometh

If taxes, like death, are an unavoidable uncertainty, so are tax evaders, which in Indonesia covers a wide spectrum that includes listed companies, legislators and large private and state corporations.
No sooner had it named — and shamed — the country’s 100 top tax-dodging companies, the Ministry of Finance then revealed that 113 lawmakers [...]

Yogyakarta’s airport to be expanded to meet rising demand

Yogyakarta’s airport to be expanded to meet rising demand

Adisutjipto international airport in Yogyakarta will be expanded to more than two times of its current size to meet the increasing number of air passengers flying from and to this royal city.
Halendra, operational manager of the airport operator company PT Angkasa Pura I, said that the expanded airport would cover an area of [...]

LIPI launches beyonic technology for organic fertilizer making

LIPI launches beyonic technology for organic fertilizer making

Bogor (The Jakarta Herald) – The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has launched microbe-based Beyonic technology for organic fertilizer making.

Such a technology was launched by Research and Technology Minister Suharna Surapranata before LIPI chief Prof Umar Anggara Jenie at Bogor`s Cibinong Science Center in West Java on Saturday.

LIPI Biological Institute Deputy Prof Endang [...]

Environmental problems threaten food security program

Environmental problems threaten food security program

Various environmental problems have put the government’s bid to maintain food security at risk, a minister says.

Agriculture Minister Suswono said Saturday limited water supply resulting from rampant illegal logging activities and conversion of productive land into commercial use were among the major challenges facing the government in its effort to meet [...]

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