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Indonesia`s capsule of hopes planted in Papua

After seven decades of development, Indonesia has placed its dreams for another 70 years in a time capsule, which will ...

Indonesia govt optimistic of achieving its tourism target in 2015

The Indonesian government is optimistic that it will achieve the target of attracting 10 million foreign tourists this ...

ISIS eyeing Indonesia for `distant caliphate`: Australia

The Islamic State (IS or ISIS) group is working to boost its presence in Indonesia with dreams of creating a "distant ...

Development of Tanjung Lesung to be accelerated

The development of the Tanjung Lesung Special Economic Zone (SEZ) for tourism will be accelerated as a government ...

Indonesia unveils passenger aircraft for remote regions

The 17 thousand Indonesian islands spread across the archipelago are vastly isolated, and most regions are located in ...

Jokowi commends PT DI for building N219 aircraft independently

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said the N219 national transport airplane prototype, displayed in the hangar of ...

Focus on sea is necessary for Maluku`s development

The Maluku archipelago is the largest province in Indonesia, where 92.4 percent of its area constitutes the sea, and ...

Garuda Indonesia Reports US$51.4 Million Third Quarter Earnings

Garuda Indonesia (IDX: GIAA) booked a net income of $51.4 million through the third quarter 2015, an increase of ...

Lapan develops instrument that can detect high fishing-potential areas

The Institute of National Aviation and Space, or Lapan, has developed a fish availability sensing instrument to ...

Garuda Indonesia Inaugurates GMF 'Hangar 4', World's Biggest Narrow Body Hangar

As a continuous business expansion program, designed to cope with the increased demands in narrow body aircraft ...

Dayak Benuaq community wins Equator Prize

The indigenous community of Dayak Benuaq in Muara Tae, West Kutai, East Kalimantan province, has won the Equator Prize ...

Intensive steps planned to overrcome poverty

The Indonesian government is planning to take labor intensive measures to develop retention basins and extend seed ...

Visitors begin flocking to Kayubura Beach to witness Sail Tomini

Several days before the main event of Sail Tomini is held, thousands of people have begun to flock to the Kayubura ...

China appears to be working on third airstrip on disputed South China Sea islets

China appears to be carrying out preparatory work for a third airstrip in contested territory in the South China Sea, ...

VP Kalla underlines NU`s role in developing moderate Islam

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has underlined the importance of the role of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) as one of the biggest ...