GENERAL NEWS
2008, May
 
 
29 May-2008 11.08

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo awarded the prestigiousw `Order of Sikatuna`...

 
29 May-2008 11.01

State-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina said it wants to cooperate with Royal Dutch Shell to develop the giant gas block of Natuna D Alpha in Riau.

 
28 May-2008 09.33

State-owned telecommunication company PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) Tbk is ready to buy back Singapore Communications Ltd (Singtel)`s ...

 
28 May-2008 09.27

Singapore received a record 826,000 tourists in April, up 0.8 percent from a year ago, the Singapore Tourism Board said on Tuesday.

 
27 May-2008 11.19

The U.S. Department of State has lifted its Travel Warning for Indonesia after determining the security climate in the country no longer warrants ...

 
27 May-2008 11.13
Presidential spokesman Dino Pati Djalal

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has decided to postpone his planned visits to a number ...

 
27 May-2008 11.05
General Michel Suleiman

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has welcomed General Michel Suleiman`s election as Lebanon`s new president ...

 
26 May-2008 16.31

Pada tanggal 24 Pebruari, KBRI  dan Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia di Singapura (PPIS) telah mengadakan acara peluncuran buku dan talk show dalam rangka 100 tahun ...

 
26 May-2008 14.39
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono asks that invesment inculcated the investors in Indonesia not only makes account ...

 
26 May-2008 14.38

President Director PT Angkasa Pura II, Edie Haryoto, Thursday, lays open that Terminal III Bandara Soekarno-Hatta ...

 
26 May-2008 14.35

World bank projects growth of Indonesia economics 6,0 % by 2008, as according to projection Treasury Department.

 
24 May-2008 21.59

The second planeload of Indonesian humanitarian aid for earthquake victims in China arrived at Chengdu in Sichuan Province on Saturday.

 
24 May-2008 21.53

The number of European tourists who visited Bali in the first quarter of 2008 was recorded at 152,005 ...

 
24 May-2008 21.50
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Friday he will visit Japan and Indonesia in a two-nation trip next month.

 
22 May-2008 23.40

Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu has predicted Indonesia`s investment growth in 2008 will ...

 
22 May-2008 23.38

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to observe a national empowerment ...

 
22 May-2008 23.34

Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court for Judicial Affairs Mariana Sutadi on behalf of Supreme Court Chairman Baqir Manan ...

 
22 May-2008 00.16

The Indonesian Regional Investment Forum (IRIF) will offer some 200 projects worth US$19 billion to foreign investors ...

 
21 May-2008 22.11

Indonesia`s Buddhist community celebrated their holy day of Waisak in many parts of the country on Tuesday...

 
21 May-2008 23.58
Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) members have agreed to sponsor an ...

 
19 May-2008 22.11

Direktorat Perlindungan warganegara Indonesia (WNI) dan Badan Hukum Indonesia (BHI), Departemen Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia menyelenggarakan sosialisasi citizen ...

 
16 May-2008 22.23

PT Indonesia Power has invested US$100 million to optimize the operation of three hydropower plants (PLTA)...

 
16 May-2008 22.11

Stroke Center of the Dadi Hospital of Makassar, South Sulawesi, has established a cooperation with ...

 
16 May-2008 22.10

The Australia government will provide an estimated Rp3.6 trillion (A$462 million) in development assistance to Indonesia in 2008-2009...

 
15 May-2008 15.09

Atas prakarsa KBRI Singapura dan bekerjasama dengan Direktorat Perjanjian Ekonomi dan Sosial Budaya Departemen Luar Negeri (Dit. Perjanjian Ekososbud DEPLU) dan ...

 
15 May-2008 14.57

Pada hari Rabu, tanggal 14 Mei 2008, KBRI Singapura bekerjasama dengan DWP KBRI Singapura telah memulai kegiatan pelatihan menjahit bagi PLRT yang berada di ...

Galeri Foto

 
15 May-2008 00.45

The Malacca Strait has become increasingly secure since the launching of joint patrols by the three littoral countries...

 
15 May-2008 00.35
Indonesian First Lady Ani Yudhoyono

Indonesian First Lady Ani Yudhoyono got an award from the United Nations for promoting the planting ...

 
14 May-2008 09.08

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is set to send an emergency rapid assessment team (ERAT) to cyclone-devastated Myanmar to assist the local government in overcoming the impact of the natural disaster.

 
14 May-2008 09.01

Indonesia`s oil production could exceed one million barrels per day (bpd) at the end of this year, Head of the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulating Body (BP Migas), R Priyono, said.

 
13 May-2008 22.13

Indonesia has asked Australia and New Zealand to open their textile and textile product markets under a free trade arrangement (FTA) with ASEAN.

 
13 May-2008 11.02
Menteri Luar Negeri RI Hassan Wirajuda

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has established the Free Trade Zones Council for Batam, Bintan and Karimun of Riau Islands province here on Monday (May 12), a governor said.

 
12 May-2008 15,01
Menteri Luar Negeri RI Hassan Wirajuda

Sedikitnya satu tahun masih tersisa sebelum Menteri Luar Negeri RI Hassan Wirajuda meletakkan jabatannya.

 
12 May-2008 14.12
Menteri Luar Negeri RI Hassan Wirajuda

Hasrat menciptakan kultur birokrasi yang bersih sudah diutarakan Menlu RI Hassan Wirajuda sejak pertama kali menjabat tahun 2001.

 
10 May-2008 23.12
Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirayuda

Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirayuda is slated to make working visits to three Central Asian countries, namely Azerdaijan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan from May 10-16.

 
10 May-2008 23.04

The Indonesian government hopes that Myanmar which was hit by cyclone Nargis last weekend, will adopt a more open ...

 
10 May-2008 22.56

The Indonesian government called on Myanmar which had plans to hold a referendum on Saturday...

 
09 May-2008 09.30

The Myanmar government has expressed its appreciation and thanks to Indonesia for providing humanitarian assistance for victims of Cyclone Nargis...

 
09 May-2008 09.27

Indonesia, a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), said the post-disaster situation in Myanmar should not ...

 
09 May-2008 09.25

Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves stood at $58.77 billion at end-April, little changed from $58.99 billion at end-March, data posted on the central bank's website showed Thursday.

 
08 May-2008 09.45

State electricity company PT PLN will appoint China National Technical Import Corporation (CNTIC) to build ...

 
08 May-2008 09.39

Indonesia, in cooperation with South Korea, is setting up an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Training Center at Cikarang, Jababeka, West Java.

 
07 May-2008 16.55

Indonesia has decided to provide relief aid worth 1 million dollars to Myanmar to help victims of a cyclone ...

 
07 May-2008 16.50

Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Bill Farmer, has described the latest coordinated patrols by Australian and Indonesian authorities as 'concrete evidence' ...

 
07 May-2008 16.47

About 100 editors and journalists from all over the world have been invited to the third Global Inter-Media Dialog, which takes place in Bali,...

 
06 May-2008 09.15

Economic Affairs Coordinating Minister Boediono said the government will increase the prices of domestic subsidized fuel oil ...

 
06 May-2008 09.01

An international meeting took place here Monday ahead of the International Conference on Reproductive ...

 
06 May-2008 08.49

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirayuda and his new Malaysian counterpart, Datuk Seri Utama Rais Yatim, ...

 
05 May-2008 16.13

A resources-based commodities boom has boosted the country's export figures in the first quarter of this year by 31.7 percent, the latest survey reveals.

 
05 May-2008 16.08

The government will prioritize the development of port and railway infrastructure this year to ease the flow of goods and reduce high transportation costs in the country, a minister says.

 
05 May-2008 16.04

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) said Friday Indonesia saw a 15.7 percent jump in the number of foreign arrivals to 1.41 million in the first quarter of 2008 from 1.22 million in the same period last year.

 
04 May-2008 23.03

Indonesia, like some other countries, believed that the Islamic countries in the world whose population is one-fifth of the world total, are playing a strategic role.

 
04 May-2008 22.57

Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean is taking part in the ASEAN Economic Ministers - Closer Economic Relations (AEM-CER) consultations in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Saturday.

 
04 May-2008 22.48

Garuda Indonesia Airline is optimistic it can achieve its target of carrying 22,000 passengers from Beijing to Jakarta this year although it must compete with ...

 
03 May-2008 17.24

The Central Board of Statistics (BPS) said Indonesia`s exports in the first quarter of 2008 increased 31.34 percent ...

 
03 May-2008 17.15

Interfaith leaders from Asian countries will meet in Jakarta on May 14 - 17, 2008 to discuss main issues ...

 
03 May-2008 17.11
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said all problems causing disputes between businessmen and workers should be settled peacefully.

 
02 May-2008 18.36

Australian firm BlueScope Steel Ltd. said Friday it had expressed an interest in participating in the privatisation of Indonesia's largest steel maker, PT Krakatau Steel.

 
02 May-2008 18.29
US Ambassador to Indonesia Cameron R Hume

Conditions in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) province have begun to become more peaceful now ...

 
02 May-2008 17.59

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono are scheduled to arrive in Magelang...

 
01 May-2008 23.29

Indonesia on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) called for the disarmament of nuclear weapons as the only guaranty to prevent the danger...

 
01 May-2008 23.20

Indonesia has highlighted the rights of every country to develop nuclear energy, but expressed their high concern over a slow process of the nuclear ...

 
01 May-2008 23.15

Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Bill Farmer has welcomed the hosting by Indonesia and Australia of a desk-top exercise ...