Indonesia News

“Indonesia has proved that no matter the size of the population, the difficult geography, ethnic diversity political complexity or historical background, democracy can come and grow.”

In tandem: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his wife Kristani. Photo: AP INDONESIA has been hailed for proving that Islam and democracy can co-exist by establishing and maintaining the only functioning ... via The Age

“We summarize which kind of things we are very confident in and what is much less certain. That can be quite a complex discussion”

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, center, with cabinet ministers and top officials ride during a campaign promoting the use of bicycles to reduce carbon emission ahead of U.N. conference on climate ... via Independent Record

“Sometimes we see the splash inside the ocean. That's a little scary but no, I think it might be stupid but I feel safe.”

Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano lets out a massive roar as it blasts a gigantic cloud of smoke and flaming red rocks hundreds of metres into the night sky. via AlertNet

“Every day I am here at home, I have explained everything to the KNKT (air safety investigators) and to the police”

The Indonesian pilot who allegedly ignored 15 warnings before crashing his Garuda jet that killed 21 people, including five Australians, has spoken of his "deep grief" and mourning. via Stawell Times News

“The blood samples of the birds have been sent to the laboratory and we are waiting for the result”

A roadside livestock vendor waits for customers sitting among his chickens in Jakarta, April 2006 Indonesia confirmed Saturday that a 31-year-old man from Sumatra island who died last week was infected with ... via Thanh Nein News

“We just stayed outside the house for some time”

A moderate earthquake shook Indonesia's Sumatra island Sunday, causing hundreds of panicked residents to temporarily leave their homes, authorities and witnesses said.

There were no reports of damage or injuries, witnesses and an official from the Geophysics and Meteorology Agency said. Fauzi, an agency official, said it had not issued a tsunami warning. Fauzi uses only one name.

The quake had a magnitude of 5.4, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It shook the Sumatran towns of Pariaman and Padang at 6:42 a.m. local time. Read more

Several people pointed me to this article in the Jakarta Post entitled "The perennial danger of a general election in Taiwan." It's the usual farrago of pro-China, pro-KMT nonsense. via The View from Taiwan

“They know better than anyone else how tough it is, how dangerous it is, and how much determination you need to start and grow an effective non-profit without being a billionaire or having any significant backers.”

An aid organisation run by Australian and New Zealand surfers, has won international recognition. via The West Australian

Dark clouds blanketed the foot of Mt. Anak Krakatau in the Sunda strait of Indonesia on Friday, following a densely clouded sky blocking the sight of molten rocks, toxic gas and lava spewed from atop the ... via Xinhuanet

“The man died on his arrival in the hospital”

A 31-year-old Indonesian man has died of bird flu, raising the country's death toll from the H5N1 avian influenza virus to 91 - the world's highest, a Health Ministry official said Saturday. via Bangkok Post

“I came here to increase my knowledge about chocolate because it is related to what I'm working in now which is home industry on cakes and bread and I use chocolate in my products.”

Chocolate seems to stir reaction even at the mere mention of the word. And chocolate IS the word in Indonesia at the 2007 Jakarta Chocolate Expo. via CCTV

“This was actually to look at a segment of the population that was underrepresented in some ways, but also that this meeting point was one that was purely - from my point of view - about adoration.”

Armed with fliers, British artist Phil Collins roamed through clubs, pubs and discos seeking fans of the influential 1980s rock band The Smiths. via MyTELUS

“There is no tradition of sanction in ASEAN. So far, there have been almost no applying of sanction on ASEAN member countries. Forthis mater (Myanmar issue), ASEAN will not impose sanction”

Indonesia on Thursday confirmed that ASEAN countries would not impose sanction against Myanmar, Indonesian Presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said here. via China Daily

“Timorese law is very clear. Children under 17 cannot travel abroad without parental consent or without being properly accompanied”

Authorities have stopped a woman from leaving East Timor with 23 children from an orphanage run by an Australian, after a UN agency raised serious concerns. via Ararat.yourguide.com.au

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In the Asia Pacific region, Agoda offers hotel properties in Australia, China, Japan, India, Thailand, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, New Zealand and several other countries. via PR-inside.com

Sending a boom across the bay, the offspring of the fabled Krakatau unleashes another mighty eruption, blasting smoke and red-hot rocks hundreds of meters into the sky. via PR-inside.com

“We have not yet come up with a way to measure the sustainability of renewable materials or crops, such as wheat, coffee or palm oil”

Indonesia's peatland forests are a ticking "climate bomb" and Kit Kats, Pringles and other palm oil-based products are lighting the fuse, global conservation group Greenpeace said on Thursday. via AlertNet

“The chemistry is always very good between the three of us”

Miranda Goeltom often speaks in public and is famously unpunctual . They are called the three divas but the three most powerful women in Indonesia are anything but prima donnas. via Australian Broadcasting Corporation

“The perpetrators have been sentenced to death and according to our law, that must be implemented”

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's president has said the death sentence for three Islamic militants on death row for the 2002 Bali bombings must be carried out, hinting in a television interview that he will not grant them clemency.

Imam Samudra, Amrozi and Mukhlas, also known as Ali Gufron, were sentenced to death for the October 12, 2002 resort island bombings in which more than 200 people died, most of them foreigners.

They face execution by a firing squad after the country's Supreme Court rejected their final appeal. Read more

INDONESIAN prosecutors demanded 20 years in prison for 10 suspected Islamic militants accused of deadly attacks against Christians in a religiously divided region of Sulawesi island, a prosecutor said. via The Straits Times