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[Indonesia Report] Endangered Sumatran elephant gives birth to a female baby

An endanger Sumatran Elephant gave birth to a female calf on early morning of Tuesday (Sept. 28) at Conservation Response Unit Sampoiniet in Aceh Jaya, Aceh. Suci, a trained Sumatran Elephant, 20 years old, did not show any sign of labor, Wahdi Azmi, field manager for the Aceh branch of Flora & Fauna International, a […]

20 September , 2012Comments Off on [Indonesia Report] Endangered Sumatran elephant gives birth to a female babyRead More

[Indonesia Report] Illegal immigrants escape Indonesian detention facility

Some 20 illegal immigrants from Middle East countries again escaped from the East Java Immigration Detention Center’s temporary detention facility in Madiun, East Java, Indonesia on Friday (Sept 14). They escaped through window, climbed a wall and then moved onto the roof of a house next to the hotel used as the immigration temporary detention […]

17 September , 2012Comments Off on [Indonesia Report] Illegal immigrants escape Indonesian detention facilityRead More

[Indonesia Report] British couple feared to be imprisoned 20-years in Indonesia

Julian Ponder and Rachel Dougall, both are British nationality, are facing a 20-year imprisonment. Indonesian police arrested Ponder and Dougall on May 19. They were arrested in their villa in Tabanan, Bali, after another British woman, Lindsay June Sandiford, who was arrested earlier told police that she had handed over the 4,7 kilograms of cocaine to […]

14 September , 2012Comments Off on [Indonesia Report] British couple feared to be imprisoned 20-years in IndonesiaRead More

[Indonesian Report] Indonesians celebrate 67th anniversary of Independence Day

Since early this month, Indonesian red and white flags have been waving in every corner of the country. Each houses, schools, offices has raised the flags since then until this awaiting moment of August 17, The Independence Day of Indonesia. This is an annual ritual that Indonesians do to celebrate their independence from the Dutch occupation for […]

17 August , 2012Comments Off on [Indonesian Report] Indonesians celebrate 67th anniversary of Independence DayRead More

IMF calls on Indonesia to speed up infrastructure projects

JAKARTA, July 9 (Xinhua) — The International Monetary Fund ( IMF) has called on the Indonesian government to be more serious about its commitment to developing infrastructure, local media reported on Monday. IMF Asia and Pacific department chief Sanjaya Panth said that one of the main factors hindering Indonesia from accelerating its infrastructure development was […]

9 July , 2012Comments Off on IMF calls on Indonesia to speed up infrastructure projectsRead More

Activists protest at KFC outlet in Semarang

Top news in <The Jakarta Post> : Activists protest at KFC outlet in Semarang Two activists wearing Sumatran tiger costumes along with several members of Greenpeace visited a KFC fast food restaurant on Jl. Pandanaran, Semarang, Central Java on Saturday, calling on KFC to stop using food-wrapping paper produced by a company allegedly responsible for […]

18 June , 2012Comments Off on Activists protest at KFC outlet in SemarangRead More