Psy to perform in Indonesia, South Korean diplomatic celebration
Source: United Press International
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-25 08:39:14 -0700 | entertainment-news
South Korean pop star Psy will perform in Indonesia at a concert celebrating diplomatic ties between the two countries, his management agency said Saturday. The performance -- which will not be staged as a solo concert -- will mark Psy's...
Identity of Luthfi's teenage wife must be kept confidential
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-23 21:19:57 -0700 | political-news
This will affect her psychologically and can hamper her future, he said as quoted by kompas.com. Citing Article 5 of the Journalistic Code of Ethics (KEJ), he said that Indonesian journalists should not reveal and publish the identity of a...
Analysis: Short-term pain, long-term gain
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-22 23:16:08 -0700 | business-news
While we believe that less government fuel subsidies will improve Indonesia's longer-term macro fundamentals, we think that short-term pain in the form of slower growth on the back of higher inflation and increased interest rates will mean profit taking in...
Oil sector not yet ready to apply cabotage rule
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-22 23:15:52 -0700 | business-news
Rudi Rubiandini said on Wednesday that industry was still lacking the capability of producing several types of vessels in the oil and gas industry, including seismic vessels, drilling ships and cable-pipe laying ships mainly used for exploration. The cabotage rule,...
Samudera plunges deeper into the red
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-22 23:15:49 -0700 | business-news
US$3.2 million in the first quarter of the year as rising operating costs ate up the company's revenues. The loss rose from $2.32 million in the January-March period, 2012. Masli Mulia, the president director of Samudera Indonesia, said that the...
Telkomsel ramps up mobile ad service
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-22 23:15:47 -0700 | technology-news
PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) is one of several mobile network operators that are aiming to benefit from mobile advertisements. Adrian Suherman, the head of the company's digital advertising group, said in Jakarta on Wednesday that this year alone, Telkomsel expected...
Yudhoyono award deemed PR stunt
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-22 22:21:28 -0700 | disasters-news
After arguing that Yudhoyono did not deserve the World Statesman Award because he had allowed the persecution of minority groups, rights groups are now criticizing ACF founder Rabbi Arthur Schneier...Its founder, Rabbi Arthur Schneier, is a prominent and leading religious...
Rp 30.1t proposed to cushion fuel price hike
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-22 20:45:35 -0700 | business-news
In a proposal of the revised 2013 state budget, the government will channel Rp 12.5 trillion to social security aid that includes the rice for the poor (Raskin) program and assistance for poor school children, Rp 11.6 trillion for direct...
Press influenced by social media: Survey
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-22 19:17:03 -0700 | political-news
The survey, released on Tuesday by public relations firm Maverick Indonesia in cooperation with Paramadina University, found that 84 percent of the 363 journalists they interviewed claimed to have written news stories based on issues discussed in the social media...
Authorities to improve safety for Idul Fitri holiday
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-22 19:17:01 -0700 | travel-news
Agung Budi Maryoto said that the corps had received orders from the National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo to cut down the average traveling time from 20 to 16 hours. Agung said that the corps is in talks with the...
Clinics need to learn more about mental disorder problem
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-22 19:16:55 -0700 | health-news
Seventy percent of suicides in the city happen because of late help from the community to the victims, she told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday. According to The Ministry of Health in 2007, 14.1 percent of Jakartans over 15 years...
Hanura to pay for candidates' campaigns
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-22 16:59:02 -0700 | health-news
We're looking into the party's support in every electoral region," party secretary general Dossy Iskandar said as quoted by tribunnews.com. Dossy said the amount of financial support given to candidates would depend on how big their support was in their...
PPP nixes Munarman from legislative list
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-22 16:59:01 -0700 | political-news
The party, he said, also cancelled the nomination of singer Emilia Contessa, who was replaced by the party's sharia council chairman, Anas Tohir. Romahurmuziy did not elaborate on the replacement of Munarman, only saying he was replaced due to several...
Mt Tangkuban Parahu unmonitored due to stolen equipment
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-22 08:17:46 -0700 | travel-news
Since 2010, there have been 11 thefts of monitoring equipment ifrom different posts at Mt Tangkuban Parahu, including Ciater Station, Tower Station, Gunung Putri Station, and Bandung Institute of Technology-owned lightning research laboratory on the edge of Ratu crater.
Fuel subsidy cut in June
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-22 07:50:58 -0700 | business-news
The government proposes to increase the price of subsidized premium gasoline by Rp 2,000 (20 US cents) to Rp 6,500 per liter and the price of subsidized diesel fuel by Rp 1,000 to Rp 5,500. Chatib claims the new price...
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