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JAKARTA: Indonesia will demolish and rebuild a football stadium where a stampede killed greater than 130 individuals this month, President Joko Widodo stated on Tuesday (Oct 18) as he vowed to “thoroughly transform” the game within the football-mad nation. The president, popularly often known as Jokowi, was talking to reporters on the state palace … Read more
Former Indonesian carrier Merpati Nusantara Airlines came into existence some six decades ago, and, over the years, cultivated an extensive network of domestic and international destinations. However, despite its long history, the airline was plagued by a poor safety record and, in its later years, terminal financial difficulties. In the beginning Merpati Nusantara Airlines was … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Indonesia Ambassador Muhammad Hassan has said that there were numerous opportunities in the tourism sector in Pakistan and the government is providing international-level facilities for tourists. Pakistan has vast opportunities for all sectors of tourism, including mountaineering, adventure, and religious and halal tourism, he said while addressing an online seminar on tourism promotion in … Read more
The perception of beauty is subjective; and also depends on where the ‘beholder’ hails from. While sultry makeup scores beauty points in one corner, the porcelain skin is a much more desirous trait at the other.With a strange fetish to explore beauty and fashion in different parts of the world, I got an opportunity to … Read more
For Germany-born furniture and product designer Maximilian Eicke, the pandemic stirred lockdown was a time of full-fledged productivity with a gracious, life-changing outcome – he used this time of isolation and self-reflection to handcraft a home for himself and his family in Bali, Indonesia, reacting to a not-so-promising site, yet finding ways to build a … Read more
The case of teacher Herry Wirawan shocks Indonesia and shines a spotlight on the need to protect children from sexual violence in the country’s religious boarding schools JAKARTA, Indonesia – An Indonesian court handed down a death sentence on Monday, April 4, to a teacher for raping 13 girls at an Islamic school, upholding an appeal … Read more
What’s your favourite spot for fried chicken in Singapore? As a true blue fried chicken fanatic, I love ’em all, be it Korean, Indonesian, American, or Thai. “Fried chicken just tend to make you feel better about life” is one of my favourite movie quotes (from The Help, 2011) of all time, and it is so … Read more
Andrew Michael Joseph, a senior at the University of New Mexico, is heading into his final year in the studio art program, leaving behind a photographic legacy of exploration and celebration of queer identity in the UNM arts and honors programs. In his work, Joseph is interested in exploring his identity as a transgender man. … Read more
Davos, Switzerland – Unilever and Indonesian government-owned palm oil plantation company PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together in Indonesia to support local mills and smallholder farmers to produce palm oil according to the standards of no deforestation, no development on peat and no exploitation of people and communities … Read more
M.P. Evans Group (MPE) and R.E.A. Holdings (RE.) have noted the recent announcement by the Indonesian government regarding two sets of revisions to its palm-oil export duty and levy. Earlier this month, Muhammad Lutfi, Trade Minister of Indonesia which is the world’s biggest palm oil producer, said the government would bring down its combined maximum … Read more
