Indonesia News

The week in science: Chile pushes for a national science ministry, Indonesia protects its forests, and Nobel laureate Heinrich Rohrer dies.

Indonesia is indicating increased concern for its territorial integrity and international image in the wake of public pressure over deteriorating situations for minorities in the country.

Jars covered with polychrome motif of dragons and cranes from the Ching era. Photo by Andreas D. Arditya/The Jakarta Post Thanks to the taste and appreciation of the Dayaks, Kalimantan is home to a variety of the best antique Chinese stoneware jars.

A Trigana Air Service Boeing 737-300, registration PK-YRZ performing freight flight TGN-7329 from Jayapura to Wamena , overran the end of runway 33 by about 5 meters/15 feet while landing at Wamena at 16:07L and came to a stop with the nose gear on soft ground.

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-400, flight MH-864 from Kuala Lumpur to Medan , was destined for Medan's Polonia Airport estimated to land at 15:20L but approached Kuala Namu International Airport's runway.

A Emirates Airlines Boeing 777-300, registration A6-EBP performing flight EK-358 from Dubai to Jakarta with 374 passengers, was enroute at FL350 about 30nm southwest of Singapore at approximately 22:45L when the crew decided to divert to Singapore after the aircraft had encountered turbulence causing injuries to 10 passengers and 3 cabin crew.

Zalora , the Zappos-like fashion and beauty store for Southeast Asia, announced this morning that it has closed a $100 million financing round.

INDONESIA HAS AGREED TO TEAM UP with neighbouring Papua New Guinea to explore potential oil and gas reserves in border areas as the former shifts its oil and gas exploration focus to the eastern part of the archipelago.

Gan and his family looking at a travel brochure at their home in Taman Pengkalan Jaya, Malacca.

Authorities have bypassed a court order and re-arrested an executive at Chevron Corp's Indonesian unit in a graft case that highlights growing tension with big oil companies in a country struggling to reverse a decline in oil production.

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Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc said it will not restart production at the world's second-largest copper mine in Indonesia after a tunnel collapse that killed 28 workers until it is convinced of the mine's safety.

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JOHOR BAHARU, May 22 -- The Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation has welcomed the assurance of the Home Ministry that all its agencies are free to act based on the law without political interference.

In June 1866, an adventurous French expedition consisting of two steam-driven gunboats, filled with liquor, flour, guns and other goods, left Saigon and headed up the Mekong River to find a new inland way to China.

Schlumberger announced today its contribution of five scholarships to the American Association of Petroleum Geologists' Outstanding Student Chapter Awards.

JOHOR BAHARU, May 21 -- Four men pleaded not guilty in the magistrate's court here today, on charges of hindering a police personnel and smashing the window of a car owned by a taxi driver during the recent 13th General Election.

Metso will supply a complete tissue production line for PT. Suparma, Tbk., in Indonesia.

The economic boom in Asia over the past two decades has inspired people to take risks, develop new businesses and tread on unbeaten paths.

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