The U.S. Embassy in Indonesia is promoting bilateral cooperation between the two countries to preserve the underwater legacy of the heavy cruiser USS Houston, which sank in Banten Bay during World War II. Although he owned a presidential yacht, then-US President Franklin D. Roosevelt sailed this warship extensively in the late 1930s before it sank […]
One day before the Jackson Hole symposium, the Fed released the minutes of its last meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee. US interest rates unchanged at 5.25-5.5 percent. It said the “growth outlook for the second half of 2024 has been revised downwards largely due to weaker-than-expected labor market indicators.” However, the “overwhelming majority” […]
A travel influencer got the shock of his life when he found what he calls a “Jurassic Park dinosaur” in his hotel pool during a visit to Bali earlier this summer. In a video shared on TikTok in July that contains profanity, the poster under the username @danthomtravel shows off the large reptile he found […]
Sri LankaThe country’s cabinet has approved the issuance of free tourist visas to visitors from 35 countries, including China, India and Russia, a senior official said on Thursday, adding that this will boost tourism and revive the country’s crisis-hit economy. Tourists will be issued 30-day visas under a six-month pilot program starting October 1, Cabinet […]
The decision to move the capital here from Jakarta, which has been Indonesia’s political and economic center since independence in 1945, is due to the city’s serious environmental and infrastructural problems, according to News Week. Jakarta, a city of over 30 million inhabitants, suffers from constant flooding, traffic congestion and rapid land subsidence. Due to […]
By Willy Kurniawan NUSANTARA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesia celebrated its first Independence Day on Saturday at the site of its planned new capital, Nusantara, but the ceremony was held on a smaller scale because of problems and delays in the city, which is still under construction. Nusantara, a legacy project of outgoing President Joko Widodo, […]
Indonesia’s unfinished new capital celebrated its first Independence Day on Saturday with a flag-raising ceremony against a backdrop of cranes and dusty construction sites. The new city, called Nusantara, is located in the forested eastern part of Borneo and is intended to be a sustainable, high-tech alternative to overcrowded and polluted Jakarta. While some government […]
PENAJAM PASER UTARA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia celebrated 79 years of independence on Saturday with a ceremony at the unfinished future capital of Nusantarawhich was intended to relieve pressure on Jakarta, but whose construction is behind schedule. Hundreds of officials and invited guests dressed in traditional Indonesian tribal dress gathered on a grassy area amid […]
PENAJAM PASER UTARA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia celebrated its 79th anniversary of independence on Saturday with a ceremony at the unfinished future capital of Nusantara. The city was supposed to ease pressure on Jakarta, but construction is behind schedule. Hundreds of officials and invited guests dressed in traditional Indonesian tribal dress gathered on a grassy […]
Widodo has rejected criticism that the event is a waste of money, calling the cost of a celebration spread across two cities more than 1,200 km apart “normal”. Vice President Maruf Amin and his successor Gibran Rakabuming Raka – Widodo’s son – will preside over an Independence Day ceremony in Jakarta attended by foreign diplomats, […]
