Indonesia's Scattered Diamonds
Some 2,000 scientists from Indonesia are working in foreign campuses or research institutes. They are crossing state borders and penetrating 'bastions' of science abroad, not merely seeking dollars.
January 5, 2011
HIS depression even earned him two doctorates. When he was relieved of his post of research director at the Center for Advanced Research of Biomedical Engineering, Toin University, Japan, in 1998, Ken Kawan Soetanto suffered from depression.
"Even the slightest contemplation made me vomit," said Ken Soetanto, 59, two weeks ago. In fact, it was Ken who initiated and developed the research agency. Returning to Surabaya, his birthplace, made Ken regain
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