Topic: The Jakarta Post

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered an investigation into a beheading incident on Sumatra island after a disturbing video was shown in parliament, his spokesman said on Thursday.Officials said a land dispute between the palm-oil plantation company PT Silva Inhutani ...
Indonesia's Medco Energi Internasional is shortly to start high-caloric thermal coal exports to China later this year. Medco Energi Mining...

Smugglers busted with 40 pythons

The movie 'Snakes on a Plane' almost became a reality for passengers on one aircraft heading from Indonesia to Dubai.. . Authorities caught two men...

Indonesia's leading carrier cancels international flight

Indonesia's leading carrier Garuda Indonesia canceled a flight to Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday and planned to delay another flight to Singapore due to unresolved glitches in its new information technology system, a media reported here. "We have also canceled one international ...

Boy faces court for bee sting prank

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A prank has had serious repercussions for an Indonesian boy facing criminal charges because he caused a classmate to be stung by a bee, the Jakarta Post reported on Thursday.The English-language daily reported that the third-grade student -- whose age ...

Indonesia's finance minister may go by Feb: report

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, a top reformer in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's cabinet, may be replaced by February, the Jakarta Post reported, quoting anonymous sources from a political party.Indrawati and Vice President Boediono are considered the ...

Miss Indonesia pledges to master Indonesian

JAKARTA (Reuters Life! ) - The winner of the Miss Indonesia beauty contest has pledged to brush up on her Indonesian language skills after raising eyebrows for answering the pageant judges' questions in English.Kerenina Sunny Halim, a 22-year-old teacher who has an American ...