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Penyaluran Kredit Usaha Rakyat 2011 capai Rp29 triliun

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Menteri Koordinator Bidang Perekonomian Hatta Rajasa mengatakan...

 

Indonesia dorong percepatan alih teknologi kapal selam

Batam (ANTARA News) - Wakil Menteri Pertahanan, Sjafrie Sjamsoedin, memastikan pemerintah akan mendorong percepatan alih teknologi pembuatan kapal perang dalam negeri, termasuk kapal selam.

Selama ini, kata Sjafrie di Batam, Rabu...

 

Penerimaan pajak 2011 capai Rp872,6 triliun

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Direktorat Jenderal Pajak Kementerian Keuangan mencatat penerimaan pajak pada 2011 mencapai Rp872,6 triliun atau 99,3 persen dari target yang ditetapkan dalam APBN Perubahan senilai Rp878,7...

 

Budayawan Indonesia-Malaysia Akan Berdialog di Sumbar

Para wartawan senior dan budayawan Indonesia - Malaysia akan berkumpul di Bukittinggi, Sumatera Barat, untuk berdialog guna menggali berbagai masukan yang dapat menyamakan persepsi dalam membangun hubungan kedua negara yang lebih erat dan...

 

Selat Pantar, Taman Laut Terindah Setelah Karibia

Ingin melihat keindahan dan keunikan alam bawah laut? Selat Pantar adalah tempatnya. Wisata alam bawah laut merupakan daya tariknya, konon terindah setelah taman laut Kepulauan Karibia. Banyak wisatawan asing yang pernah ke Alor...

 

Jangan Lewatkan Festival Bawah Laut di Manado

SULAWESI Utara akan menjadi tuan rumah untuk festival bawah laut terbesar di Asia Pasifik, Sea Festival 2011. Festival ini akan menghadirkan kemegahan bawah laut di Pantai Manado pada 23-25 September 2011 di Sintesa Peninsula...

 

Asal Usul Rendang Menurut Chef Malaysia

Rendang telah mendunia. Survei CNN bahkan menobatkan rendang Sumatera Barat sebagai makanan paling lezat di dunia. Bahkan, Burger King pernah membuat Rendang Burger pada tahun 1987.

Namun, rendang tak hanya ada di Indonesia: ada rendang...

 

Indonesia di Mata Media (Media Coverage on Indonesia)
Rendang Voted the Most Delicious Food in the World, and Nasi Goreng is No. 2

About 35,000 people have voted West Sumatra’s rendang as the number one food in the world. Guess which food came in second? Nasi goreng!

Satay, another staple Indonesian dish, also stood proud at No. 14.

In July, CNNGo came out with its own “World’s 50 Most Delicious Foods.” In that list, Thailand’s Massaman curry topped the culinary hierarchy, followed by Italy’s Neapolitan pizza

 
Indonesia's Batik Makers Turn Sustainable Practice into an Art Form

Indonesia's most highly developed art form, batik, is made by an ancient wax-resistant dying technique that predates written records.

Batik textiles were worn by the leaders of the prosperous Majapahit empire, which ruled much of south-east Asia between 1200 and 1500; they still remain a popular element of Indonesian culture. In recognition of batik's significance, Unesco in 2009 inscribed it on

 

Rendang Among Top 15 Best Foods in the World: CNNGo

CNNGo published an article last week that ranks the 50 most delectable eats on the planet, and one of Indonesia's most popular dishes, rendang, made it onto the list at number 11.

Unfortunately, neither nasi goreng, sate ayam nor Indomie made the culinary hall of fame, with rendang being the spice-rich country's only native cuisine to make the cut.

The article, titled “World’s 50 Most

 

Batak Family Feasts Breaks Record in Indonesia

What would you think of an open field filled with thousands of women carrying a kilo of rice above their heads? That’s exactly what happened at Lapangan Banteng, Medan, Indonesia on Saturday afternoon, July 9 2011. This grand event was not an art show or any mass demonstration, but an internal event of a clan from the tribe of Batak.

Tor-tor is a traditional dance that seems to lack aesthetic

 

Harungi jeram di Bali

Bila teringat tentang Bali, keunikan seni budaya, keindahan pantai dan panorama alam pasti terlintas di minda. Baru-baru ini Bali menjadi pilihan kami berlima untuk meraikan persahabatan yang telah terjalin selama 31 tahun. Saling mengenali sejak berusia 11 tahun, saya, Murni, Sya dan Roza sepakat memilih Bali untuk menikmati keindahan panoramanya dari sudut yang berbeza iaitu menerusi aktiviti

 

Ketakjuban Rinjani

HARI Pertama: Sudah berjam-jam lamanya kami menyusuri denai berjarak lebih tujuh kilometer ini. Setibanya di Pos 3, kami terduduk keletihan sambil membasahkan tekak yang telah lama kering. Sedikit makanan dijamah bagi melapik perut.

Selesai menunaikan solat jamak takdim zuhur dan asar, kami meneruskan pendakian. Kali ini, tiada lagi hutan tebal, sebaliknya terhampar luas kawasan savanah yang

 

TSI bukan sekadar dunia haiwan

MENYINGKAP tentang taman safari di seluruh dunia, sudah pasti andaian yang dibuat adalah biar di mana pun lokasinya, apa yang ‘dihidangkan’ di situ tentunya sama. Segala-galanya adalah mengenai kehidupan haiwan dan alamnya. Kebiasaannya dengan menaiki kenderaan empat roda, pengunjung dibawa melihat pelbagai haiwan beraksi, bergambar dengan haiwan dan sebagainya.

Namun suasana berbeza pasti

 

News

Bali woven handicraft exports up 88%

Bali booked US$2.33 million in woven handicraft exports in the first 11 months of 2011, up almost 90 percent over the same period in 2010,

 

Deutsche Bank: RI economy to grow by 6%

Despite the looming global economic downturn, Germany-based Deutsche Bank predicts that the Indonesian economy will remain strong this year with

 

BKPM names seven most investor-friendly provinces

The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) named seven provinces as the top destinations for investment out of 26 provinces evaluated on

 

Indramayu Plants to Help Power Java, Bali

Java and Bali are expected to receive 990 megawatts of additional electricity from newly opened coal-fired power plants in Indramayu, West

 

Taiwan Eyeing Indonesian Coal, Gas

Taiwanese companies plan to buy more natural resources, especially coal and natural gas, from Indonesia, a deputy minister from the north Asian

 

RI,Vietnam to speed up EEZ border talks

Indonesia and Vietnam are resolved to complete their talks on the borders of the respective exclusive economic zones (EEZ) within the shortest

 

Bali ready for UNESCO inspection

The Bali government says it is ready to receive a scheduled visit from UNESCO, whose team of experts will inspect and review four sites nominated by

 

ASEAN countries to take part in culinary fest

A culinary festival, involving countries from the ASEAN region and beyond, is scheduled to take place next week at the La Piazza shopping mall in

 

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Opini (Opinion)

Indonesia: An abundance of wonders and beauty

Indonesia has a national motto which reads in Bahasa Indonesia - Bhinneka Tunggal Ika; translated to English it means Unity in Diversity. For anyone in Indonesia this is familiar but for those less

 

Musik Pop

Saya menyalahkan Ruth Sahanaya. Semua berawal darinya. Saya tidak pernah memperhatikan musik pop Indonesia sebelum mengenalnya. Namun ketika mendengar ia bernyanyi Kaulah Segalanya, saya langsung

 

Analysis: Indonesia: Year in review

As the year comes to a close, Indonesia can look back on 2010 with no small degree of satisfaction. The economy is performing well, foreign investment is on the rise and there is continued political

 

All to gain from a buoyant Jakarta

TWO articles published last week underscore Indonesia’s lustrous economic prospects. If Southeast Asia’s largest economy fulfils its potential, Malaysian policymakers should welcome this

 

Made in Indonesia – sold around the world

There has been a lot of good economic news from Indonesia lately.  The economy is expected to grow by at least 6 percent per annum over the next five years.  Nominal per capita GDP is expected to