Provides the latest RSS feeds for Indonesia News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page South East Asia Post.com http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/cat/f9295dc05093c851/ en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 03:07:48 -0400 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:07:48 -0400 30 mining news, copper mining, mine safety, mining fatalities, PT Freeport Indonesia, Big Gossan catastrophe, Richard Adkerson, mine rescue, Grasberg ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214624642/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:10:32 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214624642/scat/f9295dc05093c851 By Farida Husna JAKARTA--Indonesian government Monday proposed to the Parliament preliminary basic assumptions that will be used to calculate next year's budget, including a projection for 6.4%-6.9% economic growth, the Minister for National Development Planning Armida Alisjahbana said. Mrs. Alisjahbana told reporters the government predicts household consumption and investment will ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214624684/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:58:49 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214624684/scat/f9295dc05093c851 (8 mins ago) Rescuers recovered four more bodies from a collapsed underground room at a massive US-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to 13, police said. Fifteen other workers were still missing and feared dead. The Big Gossan underground training facility at the PT Freeport Indonesia mine collapsed last Tuesday when 38 workers were undergoing safety ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214624643/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:57:12 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214624643/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Paper Edition | Page: 20 Prior to facing India in the group A qualification round of the 2013 Sudirman Cup badminton mixed team championship, Indonesian shuttlers attended their rivals' first match to get a glimpse of their upcoming opponents.In Sunday's match at the Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, India had to bow down to defending champion China 5-0.According to ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214624004/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:23:29 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214624004/scat/f9295dc05093c851 JAKARTA | Mon May 20, 2013 12:36am EDT JAKARTA May 20 (Reuters) - Indonesia's proposed 2014 budget puts GDP growth next year at 6.4-6.9 pct, above the latest Finance Ministry forecast for this year of 6.2 percent. In the proposed budget presented to parliament on Monday, the government said the budget deficit would be 1.7-2.3 percent of gross domestic product. Last month, the Finance ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214624015/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:36:04 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214624015/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Paper Edition | Page: 4 JAKARTA: Senior Democratic Party politician Ruhut Sitompul said that the background of Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as a furniture businessman and mayor of a small town would barely make him a qualified presidential candidate.Ruhut, who is known for his controversial statements, said that Jokowi did not deserve to be a candidate for the 2014 ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214623455/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:31:43 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214623455/scat/f9295dc05093c851 One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents scurrying for shelter. At least 21 people were injured across the state.The tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa were part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota.At least four ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214622851/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:40:21 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214622851/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Paper Edition | Page: 4 Indonesia, a country that has been recognized for nurturing hostility against religious minorities, has now also been acknowledged for its low tolerance of people of different races.A report released by the World Values Survey, a global study of social attitudes carried out by Swedish economists, shows that Indonesia is skeptical about diversity and is racially ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214622854/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:40:15 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214622854/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Paper Edition | Page: 4 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has made a scathing criticism of the poor handling of the Sidoarjo mudflow by the gas exploration firm PT Minarak Lapindo Jaya, partly owned by the family of Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie.Andi Arief, special assistant to the President for disaster mitigation and social assistance disclosed that Yudhoyono had criticized Lapindo ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214622853/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:40:14 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214622853/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Paper Edition | Page: 4 With the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) appearing to be preoccupied with the beef importation scandal involving the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politicians, many have overlooked the fact that with 32 reports on graft being received every day, the anti-graft body is now struggling to handle other cases.Among cases that have been sidelined is a bribery case ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214622852/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:40:13 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214622852/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said.The comments follow a weekend report that said Afghanistan's ambassador to India had said the country needs India's help with "equipment and weapons to fight." ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214622862/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:19:45 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214622862/scat/f9295dc05093c851 TIMIKA, Indonesia (AP) -- Rescuers recovered four more bodies from a collapsed underground room at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to 13, police said Monday. Fifteen other workers were still missing and feared ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214622814/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:02:14 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214622814/scat/f9295dc05093c851 WELLINGTON, New Zealand -; Hundreds of tons of frozen mutton, lamb and beef from New Zealand have been stranded on Chinese docks after China halted imports from the country due to a certification ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214622305/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 22:44:31 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214622305/scat/f9295dc05093c851 JAKARTA, Indonesia ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214621753/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:57:21 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214621753/scat/f9295dc05093c851 A British backpacker has died while trekking through the Indonesian jungle after she drank suspected tainted alcohol, police say. Cheznye Emmons, 23, was traveling with fellow Briton Joseph Cook, 21, through lush rainforest on Sumatra island, where many tourists go to see endangered orangutans, according to a police report into the incident. The pair, accompanied by a third tourist, drank ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214621292/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:38:13 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214621292/scat/f9295dc05093c851 The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) warned Muslims against the resurgence of the Indonesian Communist Party, disbanded by the New Order government in 1966.Chairman of the MUI's fatwa council Maruf Amin said that an indication of the return of the PKI was the proposal for the government to apologize for blaming the 1965 coup attempt on the communist party."It's obvious. Many have ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214620221/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:20:43 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214620221/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Senior Democratic Party politician Ruhut Sitompul said that the background of Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as a furniture businessman and mayor of a small town would barely make him a qualified presidential candidate.Ruhut, who is known for his controversial statements, said that Jokowi did not deserve to be a candidate for the 2014 presidential election, because he is only a ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214620222/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:20:42 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214620222/scat/f9295dc05093c851 public hospitals . The program, introduced in November, gave health insurance to around 5 million people in Jakarta categorized as poor. Long queues quickly formed at already stretched hospital emergency rooms as many patients, some who were not even ill, sought to take advantage of being covered for the first time. Some health experts said it was a sign of the chaos to come when the ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214619170/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 17:26:54 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214619170/scat/f9295dc05093c851 RESCUERS have recovered the bodies of four more workers from a collapsed underground room at a giant gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to nine. Nineteen other workers were missing and feared dead. The Big Gossan underground training facility at the PT Freeport Indonesia mine collapsed last Tuesday when 38 workers were undergoing safety training. Ten injured ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214617670/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:38:13 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214617670/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Three students of Yogyakarta Muhammadiyah University (UMY) have invented a device that can help detect blood vessels on children under five and reduce the risk of inaccurate needle insertion which can damage blood vessels."Children's blood vessels are very fragile and they can be damaged by failure in inserting the injection needle," said Ade Pajar Pirdianto, a student of the ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214616085/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:37:15 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214616085/scat/f9295dc05093c851 JAKARTA: To mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between South Korea and Indonesia, officials from both countries came together here on Thursday to pledge their commitment to further strengthening political, economic and social ties. Organised by Jakarta-based think tank Centre for Strategic and International Studies and The Korea Foundation in Seoul, the forum brought together ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214616137/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:21:07 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214616137/scat/f9295dc05093c851 The bodies of four more victims of a tunnel collapse at the Big Gossan underground training facility at the PT Freeport Indonesia mine have been recovered by the company's Emergency Response Group (ERG).The victims were identified as Aris Tikupasang, Hengki Hendambo, Jhoni Tulak and Viktor Sanger.Jhoni's body was brought out at around 10 p.m. local time on Saturday; it was subsequently ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214615051/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 10:56:14 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214615051/scat/f9295dc05093c851 The National Police Commission (Kompolnas) has deplored the measures taken by the National Police (Polri) which has detained a low-ranking police officer Adj.First Insp. (Aiptu) Labora Sitorus with fat bank accounts. It is also considered by the commission that Polri has exaggerated the number of transactions Labora has made."There has been a public falsehood here. There is data, concerning ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214613629/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 07:33:12 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214613629/scat/f9295dc05093c851 In this undated photo released by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, Movement for Justice) party press office in Karachi, Zohra Shahid, center, a senior member of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh, poses with unidentified women at an unknown location in Pakistan. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214613232/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:41:35 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214613232/scat/f9295dc05093c851 As Indonesia scrambles to implement universal health care reforms, crowded hospitals in Jakarta feel the brunt, faced with more patients than they can handle. Sarah Charlton ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214612894/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 05:51:35 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214612894/scat/f9295dc05093c851 R. Subiyanto, 68, (left), shows a picture of his son who died during the May 1998 riots, in the commemoration of the tragedy in front of Djarum Mei monument in Kampung Jati Selatan, Klender, East Jakarta, on Sunday. To commemorate the 1998 tragedy and the 15th anniversary of the reform movement in Indonesia, the National Commission on Violence against Women held a tour to a number of key sites of ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214612921/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 05:51:15 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214612921/scat/f9295dc05093c851 President Ali Mohamed Shein has said that Zanzibar needs stronger relations with development partners including Indonesia and Demark to achieve its development goals. In separate meeting with Indonesia ambassador Mr Zakaria Anshar, and Denmark envoy Mr Johnny Flento, Shein said Zanzibar has been recording admirable progress in development programmes but support remains important. According to ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214611668/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:51:47 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214611668/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Growing up with the Cold War, the space race and watching men landing on the Moon, Berthold Sinaulan found himself captivated when he first saw Star Trek on television."I was a junior high school student when I saw the show, then aired by [government broadcast company] TVRI. It was on a black-and-white television, but it was very colorful to me," 54-year-old Berthold told The Jakarta ... http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214610777/scat/f9295dc05093c851 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:38:24 -0400 http://www.southeastasiapost.com/index.php/sid/214610777/scat/f9295dc05093c851