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April 19, 2005
The Indonesian government has decided to build the country's first nuclear power station.A spokesman for the Atomic and Nuclear Energy Agency, Deddy Harsono, said construction would start in 2010.The plant will be built on the Muria peninsula in central Java, and will have four reactors, each able to produce 1,000 megawatts of electricity... (read more)
Aceh rebels and Indonesian government delegates have made a "breakthrough" at peace talks on the tsunami-ravaged province, and will continue negotiations in Finland May 26-31, the Finnish mediator said Saturday... (read more)
Talks aimed at ending almost 30 years of conflict in the Indonesian province of Aceh have ended on a positive note, with further talks planned next month... (read more)
In order to set up a tsunami early warning system in Indonesia, the country will host an international workshop on April 28 and April 29. This workshop is being organized by the Office of the State Minister for Research and Technology, in cooperation with other related ministries and institutions, including the Meteorological and Geophysical Agency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs... (read more)
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has asked the organizers of the upcoming Asian-African Summit to hold a special session to discuss reform within the world body... (read more)
April 14, 2005
Indonesia's military has announced that it will close down its lucrative business ventures within two years.The country's armed forces control a huge business empire ranging from golf courses and luxury hotels to building firms and fish sellers... (read more)
April 11, 2005
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has visited a cemetery in East Timor where Indonesian troops killed hundreds of protesters in 1991.The visit, the first by an Indonesian leader to the graveyard, is seen as a symbol of reconciliation after East Timor's 1999 breakaway from Indonesia... (read more)
April 08, 2005
Indonesian officials have reduced the number of people officially listed as missing as a result of Aceh's December tsunami by more than 50,000.The figure has fallen from 93,458 to 37,063... (read more)
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, coming under fierce criticism from American conservatives, has appointed former Indonesian foreign minister Ali Alatas as a special envoy to help promote his plans for reform ahead of the UN General Assembly in September... (read more)
The Italian government is offering scholarships for Indonesian nationals who wish to pursue higher study or do research in the European country for the 2005/2006 academic year... (read more)
April 05, 2005
Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has thrown his country's full support behind Australia's inclusion in a future East Asian summit and has agreed to forge a security pact, heralding an era of closer relations between the two countries... (read more)
JOINT DECLARATION ON COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA AND AUSTRALIA... (read more)
Indonesia and Australia have signed a partnership agreement to boost bilateral cooperation in economic and security issues, including the fight against terrorism... (read more)
Economy:
The government delays a scheduled global bond, as higher US interest rates push the cost of borrowing higher Politics:
Relations with Australia continue to warm, with both parties agreeing to begin talks on a new security pact
Regions:
Vice President Jusuf Kalla presents community leaders with a draft blueprint for reconstruction
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April 01, 2005
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told desperate survivors on Thursday he would do everything to help. Aid has been arriving slowly, but the main town of Gunung Sitoli remains without running water and power... (read more)
Aid efforts to earthquake-ravaged Sumatra are being hampered by the level of destruction, amid reports the situation is worse than expected on the hardest-hit island of Nias... (read more)
Jean Breteche, Ambassador of the European Commission to Indonesia, has said that the European Union is ready to provide help to the Indonesian government in handling the post earthquake situation on Nias Island, and on the West coast of Sumatra... (read more)
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stated that the earthquake in Nias is a regional disaster.Therefore, he has assigned North Sumatra Governor Tengku Rizal Nurdin to carry out all necessary emergency measures... (read more)
Indonesia on Friday warmly welcomed the appointment of Paul Wolfowitz as the new president of the World Bank, hoping the former ambassador to Jakarta would adopt friendly policies toward developing countries.... (read more)
Features
What would happen if a bunch of young choreographers from various countries in Asia and Europe gathered for a week, conducting workshops and presenting their work ?... (read more)
The impact of the regional monetary crisis in 1997–1998 included a high inflation rate, devaluation of the Indonesian rupiah, a fall in foreign investment, capital flight and a high unemployment rate. All this in turn created political as well as economic instability in the country... (read more)
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