For a full 6 month, from 5 April to 7 October 2012, Indonesia will take part in the world’s largest horticultural show: theFloriade 2012, World’s Horticultural Expo, scheduled to take place in the city of Venlo, the Netherlands. Held only once every ten years, the event offers rare opportunities to fully introduce and promote Indonesia [...]
The Indonesian government has launched a blue print for a national logistics system to develop national competitiveness and support the implementation of the Master plan for the Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesian Economic Development (MP3EI) 2011-2025. The blue print functions as a reference for ministers, heads of non-ministerial institutes, governors, and district heads/mayors in drawing [...]
The government is considering up sizing the issuance of the nation’s fourth ever retail Islamic debt papers (sukuk) after seeing strong demand from local individual investors. “There may be an up-size,” Rahmat Waluyanto, director general of the Finance Ministry’s debt management office, told The Jakarta Post on Monday without disclosing details. About 14,000 investors have [...]
Deputy Foreign Minister Wardana has stressed on the importance of interfaith dialog to strengthen peace. “Indonesia will remain steadfast in promoting interfaith dialog in all layers of the community,” he said when opening the 6th regional interfaith dialog in Semarang, Central Java, on Monday. Wardana noted that Indonesia would continue to support any regional and [...]
The Indonesian Karate-Do Federation (Forki) has been appointed to the World Karate Federation (WKF) Premier League on June 23-24 at the Tennis Indoor Stadium in the Bung Karno Sports Complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta. “This is a world class competition for elite karate athletes. This is the first world karate competition,” Forki Chairman Hendardji Soepandji [...]
Indonesian mixed double players Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir won an All England champion title after beating Thomas Laybourn and Kamila Rytter from Denmark 21-17, 21-19 at National Indoor Arena in Birmingham Sunday. It took 43 minutes for the Indonesian pair, who ranks fourth in the world, to beat the the world`s eighth ranked pair [...]
Indonesia has received two awards from the Hong Kong-based FinanceAsia magazine for its success in issuing US dollar-denominated state bonds in May 2011 and November 2011. The awards called ‘Best Sovereign Bond-Republic Indonesia $2,5 Billion 10 Year Bond’ and ‘Borrower of the Year 2011′ were received respectively in December 2011 and January 2012, Head of [...]
Indonesia will struggle for the creation of a nuclear weapon-free zone during the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea, at the end of this month, a presidential spokesman said. “(At the meeting) Indonesia will raise what we call the draft commitment process of a country in the denuclearization process and nuclear weapon avoidance program,” [...]
Indonesia is seeking efforts to open new markets to achieve its export target set at US$230 billion this year. Trade minister Gita Wirjawan said here on Wednesday that it would be difficult for the country to achieve the target if it only relied on traditional markets. In view of that, he said he would push [...]
Seven state-owned A-class hospitals are expected to receive international accreditation by 2014. “In the health ministry`s strategic plan 2010-2014, one of the indicators that have to be met is at least five cities must have world-class hospitals,” the ministry`s Director General of Health Development Supriyantoro said on the sidelines of a workshop on International-Standard Hospital [...]
ASEAN Flag Hoisting Ceremony at Indonesian Embassy, 12 April 2012
Innovation Norway to Open a Jakarta Office, Indonesian Residence – Oslo, 23 March 2012
Anak Indonesia at Reiseliv 2012
Indonesian Tourism at Reiseliv 2012
Gateway College Farewell Gathering, 19 January 2011
Indonesian Tourism at Reiseliv 2011