The Embassy of Indonesia would like to inform that the 4th President of the Republic of Indonesia, H.E. Abdurrahman Wahid, has passed away on 30 December 2009.
In honoring H.E. Abdurrahman Wahid, the Embassy will open A BOOK OF CONDOLENCE on Monday 4 January 2010 at 11.00-16.00 and on Tuesday 5 January 2009 at 11.00-14.00 at [...]
Former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid, popularly known as Gus Dur , died Wednesday at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Central Jakarta.
Gus Dur’s brother, Sholahudin Wahid, or Gus Sholah, confirmed the information as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.
Maman Imanulhaq from the National Awakening Party (PKB) said Gus Dur passed away after undergoing a dental operation at the hospital.
Journalists are waiting [...]
The year 2009 has seen Jakarta successfully clinch a deal with Singapore regarding maritime borders, establish closer relations with Washington, and negotiate an agreement with Kuala Lumpur over migrant workers.
But at the same time it also encountered the serious problem of boat people from Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Afghanistan and Iraq, who have made Indonesia a [...]
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono led the Women’s Day event at Sasono Langen Budoyo in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah in Jakarta on Tuesday, at which he conferred state awards on several institutions and local governments for their contribution to women’s empowerment.
The President was accompanied by First Lady Ani Yudhoyono and Vice President Boediono’s wife, Herawati Boediono.
State [...]
United States President Barack Obama would visit Indonesia in mid-2010, Coordinating Minister for the Economy Hatta Rajasa said in Jakarta Sunday.
“The American president would visit Indonesia in mid-2010,” Hatta said quoting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as saying.
The two heads of state met each other when attending the two weeks conference of United Nations Forum for [...]
Indonesia`s tourism sector could record a 1.31 percent growth in the midst of economic recovery efforts following the global crisis this year, a tourism ministry official said.
“Up to October 2009, the world was suffering from a global crisis affecting all sectors including tourism,” an expert staff for economic affairs, science and technology of the ministry [...]
Indonesia has proposed three natural and historical locations in Bali as possible world heritage sites in the upcoming 2010 selection process by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco).
Director General for History and Archaeology Hari Untoro Drajat said that the government is now preparing all the requirements needed to possibly make one of [...]
World Bank’s chief economist William Wallace predicted that Indonesia’s economic growth in 2010 will reach 5.6 percent.
“Indonesia’s economy has been predicted to constantly improving and in 2010 its growth will reach 5.6 percent, on the condition that the economic is growing steadily and investment in machinery and equipment as supporting factors is also improving,” he [...]
