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Jokowi’s Men at Work

People in Joko Widodo’s inner circle are believed to be maneuvering to postpone the general elections and extend the President’s tenure. More people will likely declare their loyalty and support for keeping Jokowi in office for one more term.

Cover Story Monday, April 4, 2022 Edition

Jokowi’s Son Maneuvers Towards Candidacy

Following in his father’s footsteps, Joko Widodo’s son Gibran Rakabuming Raka is one step away from becoming Solo’s mayor. Although he received rejection from the Solo branch of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), that chose to support another candidate, Gibran has the support of PDI-P’s central board. Other parties have given their support after some lobbying from the Palace. Gibran also has the full support of his family.

Cover Story Tuesday, June 16, 2020 Edition

Jokowi’s Second- Term Cabinet

PRESIDENT Joko Widodo announced the names of 38 ministers and 12 deputy ministers who will assist him in his second term as president. Jokowi chose to reappoint several ministers who have been working with him since 2014. He again merges the research, technology and higher education ministry with the education and culture ministry; as well as the Creative Economy Agency—previously its own entity—with the tourism ministry. In the Indonesia Progress Cabinet, Jokowi embraces his contender in the past presidential election, Prabowo Subianto, as one of his helpers.

Cover Story Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Edition

Jokowi’s New Cabinet

THE composition of the forthcoming cabinet is a gamble for president Joko Widodo. As the driving force for the realization of the elected president’s promises, the performance of the cabinet will determine how Jokowi is remembered in the future: as a successful leader, merely average or even a failure.

Opinion Tuesday, August 27, 2019 Edition

Jokowi's Megaprojects

Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo's administration continues to intensify infrastructure development, including the completion of a megaproject inherited from former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Infrastructure development under Jokowi's administration, as follows:

Economy Tuesday, April 4, 2017 Edition

Jokowi, Najib Discuss Border Issues and Migrant Workers

PRESIDENT Joko Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak held a meeting at the State Palace in Jakarta last week to discuss three challenges facing the two countries.

First, to resolve border disputes by intensifying negotiations in bilateral meetings. Second, to cooperate to ensure security in Sulu and surrounding waters. "Indonesia has expressed concern regarding the abduction and hostage cases in the area," Jokowi said.

Diplomatic Bag Tuesday, August 9, 2016 Edition

Jokowi's Choice

President Joko Widodo finally made a bold move. He picked the chief of the National Counterterrorism Agency, Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian, as the sole candidate for the National Police chief position. If the House of Representatives (DPR) approves, Tito will succeed the incumbent police chief, Gen. Badrodin Haiti, who is retiring.

Tito was the top graduate of the Military Academy in 1987. Five years later, he earned a doctorate in strategic studies from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Highlights of his career included the arrests of Tommy Suharto, former President Suharto's son who ordered the murder of Supreme Court judge Syafiuddin Kartasasmita, and killing terrorist Noordin M. Top as well as the crackdown on the terrorist group led by Dr. Azahari.

Opinion Tuesday, June 21, 2016 Edition

Herd Immunity Is Not the Primary Goal of Vaccination

Indonesian Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (ITAGI) Chair Sri Rezeki Hadinegoro said that the Covid-19 immunization has been fairly smooth albeit the vaccine shortage. The high mortality rate among the elderly population has prompted the government to shuffle the order of priority groups for vaccination. On the advice of the ITAGI, the elderly group was moved forward from the fourth to the second in line to be vaccinated along with public servants. Accoding to Sri Rezeki the main objective of vaccination was not to create heard immunity as widely publicized but rather to lower the death rate. Not only participating in the preparation of vaccination roadmap, the ITAGI also gives recommendations to the health ministry.

 

Interview Monday, April 5, 2021 Edition

Gunarti, Activist for Kendeng Mountains Community Network: We are colonised by our own kind

Gunarti, a farmer and activist in the Kendeng Mountains Community Network, seems hesitant to be compared with Kartini, even though she shares the same birthday on April 21, as the inspiring national hero. She is now well-known for her leadership in the green movement to oppose the proposed construction of Semen Indonesia's cement plant in Rembang, Central Java. She believes the plant will endanger existing ground water springs and impact the larger issue of food security there. "It's better to have a cement shortage rather than a shortage of food," Gunarti, 43, says adamantly.

Interview Tuesday, July 4, 2017 Edition

Towards Greener Communities

Following Indonesia's commitment to promote renewable energy at last year's Paris COP 21 conference, President Joko Widodo set a target of achieving 23 percent renewable energy utilization and 100 percent electrification in rural areas by 2019. But these targets would be difficult to achieve without the people's help and participation. In Bali, the Yayasan Lengis Hijau community transforms used cooking oil into biofuel and they encourage hotels and restaurants on the island to move away from fossil fuels. Meanwhile, the energy and mineral resources ministry initiated the Energy Patriots (Patriot Energi) program last year, sending youths to remote villages to help people get electricity out of renewable energy generators. On July 15, 120 youths headed out to the rural areas to do their duties. Tempo English reports on efforts to promote renewable energy.

Outreach Tuesday, August 2, 2016 Edition

Storytelling Communities

Reviving Imagination

The Medan Storytelling Village community views fairytales as a way to rekindle a love of storytelling, wean youngsters off electronics and instill moral values. Within a few years, interest in the group's activities is surging.

Outreach Tuesday, June 28, 2016 Edition

Harry Widianto, Director for the Conservation of Historical Sites and Museums
When the community is involved,conservation is more effective

Conservation is one of the best ways to keep history alive. Yet, many historical sites and ancient artifacts in Indonesia are badly preserved and neglected. Historical sites and museums conservation director at the education and culture ministry, Harry Widianto, claims that the government is doing its best to conserve these sites and artifacts. Among other things, it has restored, conserved and improved an inventory system. The government has also appointed experts to tend to historical buildings.

Last October, the government selected five of those sites and awarded them as the best conservation programs in an effort to raise the quality of conservation management. Even so, the government still has difficulty in monitoring and tending to all historical sites, which as of 2013 numbered some 66,513 and were tended to by only 2,988 conservationists. This is why, Harry said, the government is encouraging community members to be involved in conservation efforts in their respective locales. "If the effort comes from the community, it will be more effective and enduring," Harry told Tempo English reporter Isma Savitri in his office two weeks ago.

Outreach Tuesday, February 9, 2016 Edition

Iwan Sunito, Crown Group CEO
Building a Legacy

When a woman came up to him after an event in Surabaya last April, Iwan Sunito, 49, never expected her to say that her son was one of his biggest fans. Iwan asked to meet her son, so along came this 12-year-old clad in black, his 8-year-old brother traipsing behind him. "Pak Sunito, when I grow up I want to be a property developer like you," the boy said.

Iwan was somewhat taken aback that a school boy from his hometown knew him as the CEO of one of the biggest real estate companies in Australia, the Crown Group. He asked the boy why he wanted to have a career in property and received a simple answer; because property prices would always go up and never come down. "I was even more surprised when he asked me to be his mentor," exclaimed Iwan, a father of three.

Horizons Tuesday, October 20, 2015 Edition

Benuaq Dayak Community Wins Equator Prize

Benuaq Dayak traditional community has received the Equator Prize from the UN Development Program Agency. Awarded in a ceremony in New York last week. Benuaq Dayak is a community living in Muara Tae village, West Kutai of East Kalimantan. They received the award for successfully having maintained, protected, and restored traditional forests in concession areas. "This is the proof that our struggle is not wrong. The accusations that we are 'delaying development' are not true," Petrus Asuy, a Benuaq community elder, said last week.

Over the last 20 years, Muara Tae has lost much of its land area to mining and palm oil concessions. Petrus and his friends, however, have refused to hand over their traditional lands. They have always resisted, even though they often had to deal with violence, intimidation, as well as criminalization.

Arround The Archipelago Tuesday, September 29, 2015 Edition

Rohingya Community Leader Founder, United National Development Party, Abu Tahay/tha Aye:
We Want A Dialog

ABU Tahay does not spend much of his time in his village of Bhuthidaung, in Rakhine State. This Rohingya community leader and founder of the United National Development Party only goes back to campaign before elections. "And even then I'm tightly guarded by security forces," whose other name is Tha Aye, told Tempo reporter Purwani Diyah Prabandari at his party headquarters, at a shop-house complex in Yangon, Myanmar, last week. He can actually go back anytime to Rakhine, but it's a big hassle. "We must fill out forms," he said, even though he is a resident of Yangon, and not of Rakhine.

Cover Story Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Edition

Community Forests

Blessings Of A Protected Forest

Migrants in the village of Tri Budi Syukur, West Lampung regency, have struggled for years to gain the right to cultivate sections of a protected forest. They eventually received Indonesia's first-ever concession scheme for a community forest.

Outreach Tuesday, April 14, 2015 Edition

Hasbi Berliani Program Manager For Sustainable Environment Governance
Regulations On Community Forests Are Weak

CULTIVATION of forest areas by local communities in Indonesia still lag behind those in other Asian countries. Out of 130 million hectares of forest area, the government has allocated only two percent of that to local communities. Compare that with the Philippines, which has allocated 61 percent of its forests to be cultivated by communities and 28 percent in Vietnam.

Outreach Tuesday, April 14, 2015 Edition

Usep Mujani President, Banten Creative Community
Bamboo can replace steel

FEW people are aware of bamboo's positive quality as a multi-purpose and eco-friendly product. This is why the Banten Creative Community (BCC) has tried hard to promote bamboo's many uses since 2008. This community was conceived because of a big dream to plant bamboo in all parts of the archipelago. "We plan to have a Bamboo National Program by 2025," Usep Mujani, president of BCC, told Tempo.

The target for the next decade will be to plant seven million bamboo seedlings. Seven out of 1,000 villages targeted by 2020, have agreed to be BCC's partner. This community currently trains farmers and wicker craftsmen in 18 towns of Serang and Banten. The training involves transforming bamboo into furniture and household items. "Before, all they knew about bamboo was how to make wicker baskets," explained Usep.

Outreach Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Dato Sri Tahir, Chief Commissioner of Mayapada Group:
The best opportunities are still in Indonesia

The banking business is in a flux as a result of the war of interest rates among banks. But the owner of the Mayapada Group, Dato Sri Tahir, is optimistic that the banking sector in Indonesia will continue to grow. "Growth depends on situations and conditions," Tahir told Tempo, two weeks ago. Having travelled all over the world, Tahir concluded that the best investment opportunities are still found in Indonesia.

He believes that investment opportunities in Indonesia are still better and that includes the business prospects of his Mayapada Group. He told Tempo reporter Christine Munthe in an interview that he would never sell Mayapada for whatever price. Excerpts:

Economy Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Adrianus Eliasta Sembiring Meliala, Member, National Police Commission:
We must have immunity

ADRIANUS Meliala-a member of the National Police Commission (Kompolnas)-nervously stroked his hair, scratched his face, stared at his hands and stammered when he spoke. "I never knew it would turn out so bad. What will Kompolnas do to me?" he asked.

The public was recently shocked by his statement in a television interview last month that two police officers assigned to the West Java Police Crime Unit had been indicted for the crime of gambling online. Even more astounding was his revelation that the same Crime Unit was an ATM (cash machine) for police officers. When other sections needed money, they always came to this unit for help. "Like it or not, we must admit that the police has indeed been involved in shenanigans," said Adrianus in the interview.

Interview Tuesday, September 9, 2014 Edition

Community Business

There are people in the far corners of Indonesia who are making efforts to eradicate poverty and protect the environment by setting up creative enterprises. Working in groups they form businesses based on local knowledge, making use of home-grown products. Their goal is not just to gain profit but to empower the more marginalized communities. The result has been quite remarkable. Local economies have grown and environmental problems have been reasonably managed. Most importantly, it has reduced people's reliance on money lenders. This success story came from 20 communities recently gathered in Jakarta for the workshop 'Entrepreneurial Communities Working towards a Green Indonesia'. Follows a report by Tempo English on three communities.

Outreach Tuesday, October 22, 2013 Edition

A Media for the Community

High mountains, deep valleys and dense forests can no longer impede the flow of information. Even without electricity, radio and television keep broadcasting a variety of news and information to the remotest areas in Indonesia. The 1998 reforms expanded the scope of media community, raising the number of radio stations from 700 to 2,000. Villages became an integral and active part of the world of information. Farmers, tailors, fishermen and many others, were all transformed, becoming 'journalists and broadcasters' on the side. An exclusive report by Tempo English Edition from Papua, Sulawesi, the Nusa Tenggaras and Flores.

Outreach Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Edition

Voices of the Community

Community radios provide access to information to people living in remote areas in Indonesia. With support from KBR68H, communities in distant sites in East Nusa Tenggara now can voice their concerns. For their efforts, KBR68H received the 2008-2009 King Baudouin International Development Prize.

Outreach Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Edition

Electric Trains: Community, Story, Romance

MORE than just a means of transportation, electric-powered trains (KRL) constitute a community, a love story, and a portrait of people pushed aside. Inside, thousands are on the go, while others are at work. In the rumbling train, they find friends, revenue, and perhaps even good fortune.

The train is also a dismal portrait of how people deal with poverty: some passengers without tickets bribe the engineers, who welcome the supplemental income.

The train is a reflection of corruption and administrative confusion, with romance budding in its empty spaces.

Intermezzo Tuesday, June 27, 2006 Edition

We Cannot Allow Sipadan-Ligitan to Recur

Poaching produce in the North Natuna Sea is not only triggered by economic need. According to the Director of the Fleet Monitoring and Operations of the Marine and Fisheries Resources Directorate-General in the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry, Pung Nugroho Saksono, a conflict similar to the Sipadan-Ligitan case between Malaysia and Indonesia should not be allowed to recur.

Environment Monday, August 30, 2021 Edition

The endangered Rangkong

THE ivory hornbill or rangkong is a symbol of courage and bravery for Dayak community in Kalimantan. The bird is also considered a protector, and acts as the bridge which connects the souls of their ancestors with the Dayaks. Despite this, in the past three years, the population of the ivory rangkong has depleted alarmingly. In 2015, international conservation organizations announced its status as critically endangered.

Outreach Monday, November 4, 2019 Edition

Ramadan Abroad

Rizieq Syihab, charged in a pornography offense, did not show up at his scheduled questioning at the Jakarta police headquarters on April 25. He said he wanted to travel to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to perform the lesser pilgrimage (umrah). This Grand Imam of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) promised he would be present for questioning upon returning from the Holy Land in mid-May. However, the post-Ramadan fasting month holiday has passed and he has yet to return to Indonesia.

Cover Story Tuesday, July 4, 2017 Edition

Anies Baswedan-Sandiaga Uno: Counting on Land Reclamation and Prabowo

Anies Baswedan took advantage of the final week of the campaign to emphasize his rejection of land reclamation work on the north shore of Jakarta. On Wednesday last week, Anies, who is running for the office of the Jakarta governor, endorsed by the Gerindra Party and Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS) went to the dock in Cilincing, North Jakarta. He took part in the parade with the theme "Fishermen Reject Land Reclamation."

There were 150 ships there, each carrying 10 fishermen, which sailed in a convoy on Jakarta Bay, from Kalibaru dock to Cilincing. These fishing boats visited Island G, an island where work had once stopped, which is being worked on by the Agung Podomoro Land company. They put up a banner there which read "Reject Land Reclamation."

Cover Story Tuesday, February 14, 2017 Edition

Anies Baswedan
Getting Serious After the Survey

Friday last week was a busy day for 47-year-old Anies Baswedan, who began his day's activities from early morning. His schedule was full and it did not end until nearly midnight. "I haven't slept much," said Anies.

That day, Anies, the former education and culture minister, was selected a candidate in the Jakarta gubernatorial election, by the Gerindra Party and the Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS). His running mate is Sandiaga Uno, a Gerindra member and businessman. There was a series of events he had to attend following his nomination: the public declaration of his candidacy, registration at the Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPUD) and political meetings. At the end of that Friday, Tempo reporter Prihandoko had a chance to interview Anies about his nomination

Cover Story Tuesday, September 27, 2016 Edition

Arnold Sitompul Conservation Director, World Wildlife Fund Indonesia
In 10 years' time, one endangered species may be gone

THE four big mammals that have always been the focus of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Indonesia, according to Arnold Sitompul, are tigers, orangutans, elephants and rhinoceroses. It is not just because they are endemic to the islands of Sumatra, Java and Kalimantan. The animals are listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as critically endangered. "These species have always been our main concern because they are endemic to Indonesia, and so they've always been our priority," Arnold told Tempo.

Out of the four endangered mammals, the most threatened are the Sumatran rhinos (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), of which only about 300 are left in the wild. Meanwhile, the population of Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) plummeted by 50 percent in less than 10 years. Arnold recently spoke to Tempo English reporter Amanda Siddharta on WWF Indonesia's efforts to conserve these iconic beasts. Excerpts:

Outreach Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Edition

Anies Baswedan :
Information Is the Oxygen of the Educational Ecosystem

The huge education budget20 percent of the total state budgetdemands a significant improvement in the quality of the national education system, something that Indonesians have been yearning for years. Now, it is up to Education and Culture Minister Anies Baswedan to respond to those demands.

The first step that Anies has started is publicizing all data on public education. The Education Balance Sheet publication contains information that until recently was not available to the public, such as the number of students in schools, the proportion of students to teachers, the number of damaged and broken-down schools, the quality of teachers based on teacher competence evaluations, the different education budgets between national and regional budgets, the budget allocation per student and the number of accredited schools.

Interview Tuesday, April 5, 2016 Edition

Faisal Oddang
Intimate Death

This is the story of death. It is begun with somebody's death and ends with your own death. Yes, your death. No need for surprises," Faisal Oddang opens his story in his maiden novel Puya ke Puya. Death is the frame of the whole narrative, binding the subplots throughout the 218-page novel.

Yet, death here is not described in fear or anxiety. Faisal sets it with the background of the Toraja community that views death as something intimate. "Most Torajans celebrate death and keep it as close as possible in their memories," writes Faisal.

Special Report Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Edition

Novel Baswedan's Nefarious Case

It is increasingly clear that the charges against Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan were mostly fabricated. The National Ombudsman found suspected fraud in the police investigation. The prosecution's case against Novel, concluded the Ombudsman, should not even have qualified for a court hearing.

Irregularities were first suspected when a 2004 resolved case involving Novel was regurgitated. He was, at the time, posted in a Bengkulu district police precinct and charged with allegedly allowing his subordinates to torture some bird-nest thieves. The case should have been closed after Novel was given a strong warning that same year. Unfortunately, the police dug it up when Novel, as a KPK investigator, exposed the corruption inside the National Police traffic division.

Opinion Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Edition

Irzal Rakhmadani
A Doctor Working through the Smoke

After the noon prayers, Irzal Rakhmadani, 24, packed his things in a rucksack and went out. Two items he never goes without are his stethoscope and sphygmometer. He would ride on his motorbike to the office of the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, three kilometers away. There, he would treat people suffering from the effects of forest fire smoke around Palangkaraya. In 2015, he treated some 1,000 patients.

In mid-September, Irzal and his colleagues visited a camp for workers who had been laid off by an oil palm company. Fifteen volunteers of Earth Hour Palangkaraya had gathered to help the smoke victims there. Irzal saw something that distressed him. About 300 people were crammed into a 5x15 meter barrack. Because there was not enough room, tarpaulin tents had been set up outside the barracks. People lived alongside chicken and their pet dogs.

Cover Story Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Edition

Anies Baswedan, Minister of Culture, Elementary and Secondary Education
Don't ever undermine the value of teachers by monetizing their profession

ON the first day that Anies Baswedan began his job as minister for culture and elementary and secondary education a year ago, he knew there would be piles of work ahead of him. Among the many issues that needed to be sorted out was the scarcity of teachers in Indonesia's remote areas. Yet, statistically, there should have been enough teachers to go around. The student-teacher ratio is around 16 to 1. "That's an excess, while in South Korea, the ratio is 30 to 1. Ideally it should be 25 to 1," said Anies, admitting that the problem in Indonesia was one of unequal distribution. In some places such as Papua, the ratio dropped significantly to 75 students for every teacher. So, in May this year, the education ministry initiated the Guru Garis Depan (Frontline Teachers ) program to address the shortage of teachers in the outer parts of the country. So far, 798 teachers have been sent out to teach at 28 regencies. Next year, the number is expected to increase to 3,500. Anies discussed the Frontline Teachers initiative with Tempo English reporters Sadika Hamid, Syari Fani and Amanda Siddharta. Excerpts:

Outreach Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Edition

Dadan Kusdiana Coordinator, Sumba Iconic Island Executive Committee
Don't Spoil People With Free Electricity

THE Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has an ambitious plan for next year: raising the budget for the development of renewable energy by 10 times. "The future of Indonesia's development depends on seeking and building renewable energy. We can no longer rely solely on fossil fuel energy, which is bound to become scarce," said Dadan Kusdiana, director of the ministry's section on bio-energy.

Outreach Tuesday, May 12, 2015 Edition

Rumah Gadang: A Woman's Domain

Rice, rendang beef stew, jackfruit curry and many kinds of sambal (chili paste) sit in the front lanjar (guestroom) of Etek Nuraini's traditional rumah gadang house in Nagari Sumpur, in the Tanah Datar regency of West Sumatra. It is early in the month of February. Some 40 guests have gathered, including village elders and West Sumatra Governor Irwan Prayitno. Guests sit on the floor, eating side-by-side. Prayers are recited for the safety and wellbeing of those who will inhabit the house. Family photos hang on the wall. Windows are left open to let sunlight in.

From the vantage of the dining area, the house's spacious interior is in clear view. Six jua (Cassia siamea) pillars grace the building's 17-meter-long sides. Jua, a type of ulin ironwood, is extremely durable: once dry, its impossible to cut it down to size. The walls, meanwhile, are made of surian (Toona ciliata), and floors from bayur (pterospermum javanicum) tree trunks.

Outreach Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Rumah Gadang Reborn

Forty young men strain and groan, taut muscles shining with sweat as they haul a jua tree (Cassia siamea) out from a ravine near Singkarak Lake, West Sumatra. The trunk is 11 meters long and will be used as the main pillar in a rumah gadang (traditional Minangkabau house). The house is being built for the heirs of Etek Siti Fatimah in the hamlet of Nagari, Sumpur village, Tanah Datar regency. Etek is what locals call an aunt, or a respected female figure.

The men take turns pulling the tree up and out of the gully. Shortly after noon, they reach the top. After clearing another small rise they toss the trunk down the other side, watching it tumble downhill.

Outreach Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Anies Baswedan:
Education Should be a Pleasant Experience, not a Misery

PHOTOGRAPHS of elementary school students hang on the walls of the Ki Hajar Dewantara Building of the Elementary and Secondary Education and Culture Ministry in Jakarta. Most of them show children in remote areas, wearing shabby uniforms but genuine smiles on their faces. The photographs were put up at the request of the new minister, Anies Baswedan, who asked that they be hung everywhere, including in all meeting rooms. "So that when we meet, their faces will remind us that we work for them," said Anies, in his office last week.

Barely two months into his new assignment, Anies has created a buzz in Indonesia's education sector. He changed the function of national school examinations from determining a student's passing grade to merely a tool to measure the quality of education. A recent bombshell was when Anies halted the Curriculum 2013 and reverted to the Curriculum 2006 on December 6. He rejected the new curriculum because he noticed that teachers and schools were not ready to use it. "It's like being told to suddenly switch to an iPhone when you're used to using BlackBerry," Anies explained.

Interview Tuesday, December 16, 2014 Edition

Sekarpandan

His name is Sekarpandan. He is short, with a huge behind. In Cirebon style wayang kulit, he is one of the nine clown-retainers who accompany the five Pandawa.

Sekarpandan got his bodily form after taunting Semar, who wanted to marry Sekarpandan's older sister Sudiragen. In the fight that ensued, Sekarpandan lost and was thrown into a clump of pandanus, immediately changing form: he became a replica of the person he had been taunting. Also in character.

Sidelines Tuesday, November 18, 2014 Edition

An Enigma Called Benny Moerdani

PERHAPS he was born with a gun in his hand. At the age of 13, Benny Moerdani fought as a member of the military academy cadets. He nearly died when Dutch gunfire destroyed his rifle barrel. Fragments flew into his face, causing him to bleed profusely.

Without being trained as a paratrooper, Benny once jumped from an airplane over Pekanbaru to win back the Caltex oilfield which had been taken over by rebels from the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PRRI). During a different assault in Padang, his parachute failed to open. The cord wrapped around his leg, and his body slammed against the plane's fuselage. Fortunately he was able to use his reserve chute. With his leg in a cast, he insisted on going to the battlefield.

Cover Story Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Ancient Metal Artifacts Found on Mount Padang

A national research team has discovered ancient buildings and artifacts at the Mount Padang archaeological site in, Cianjur regency, West Java. The team's deputy chairman for geology, Danny Hilman Natawidjadja, said they had found a 22-centimeter-long stone rod on the mountain's southern slope, about two or three meters below the surface. The rod has pores and magnetic characteristics that attract it to metal. "It resembles Harry Potter's magic wand, which is fit for gripping," Danny said last week.

Other finds included knife-shaped metals, metal waste and burned soil with stacks of stones beneath. Based on laboratory tests, the burned residual materials have been in the location since 5,200 BC.

Arround The Archipelago Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Edition

Hamdan Zoelva, Constitutional Court Chief Justice:
This was our toughest case

FOR almost a year, Hamdan Zoelva has only managed to sleep five hours a day. As the chief justice of the Constitutional Court he has had to bear the consequences of his predecessor Akil Mochtar's actions. Last year Akil was arrested, tried and sentenced to jail by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). "Many people don't trust the Court anymore," said 52-year-old Hamdan.

Akil was guilty of accepting bribes from regional chief executives whose elections were in dispute. He was arrested in early October 2013, in the process of receiving money from Hambit Bintih, district chief of Gunung Emas. The case shook the Court. When Hamdan took over, public trust in the judiciary was at its lowest.

Cover Story Tuesday, August 26, 2014 Edition

Constitutional Court Chief Justice Hamdan Zoelva:
Election monitoring bodies are not competent

CONSTITUTIONAL Court Chief Justice Hamdan Zoelva turned red and his voice rose one decibel higher as he presided over the lawsuit submitted by the Jambi-based National Democrat Party. Two of the three witnesses had given conflicting information. When they were questioned further, they had no valid data. "It was very clear they were making it all up," Hamdan told Tempo.

The inaccurate testimony, according to Hamdan, was one among many problems in the court proceedings looking into disputes arising out of the recent legislative election. Some 700 cases submitted by political parties and legislative candidates were pending, with only three weeks to go before the deadline on June 30. "This week we will evaluate the cases so that a week before the deadline, all is in place."

Interview Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Abundance in Sumba

On the eastern part of Sumba Island, Mbatakapidu village chief Jacob Tanda is synonymous with bountiful harvests. He succeeded in turning around a perennial food shortage into abundance and resilience, thanks to his innovative farming ways. He urged his villagers to plant 10 kinds of crops and to re-use the traditional barns to store food. He persuaded women active in the local Community Welfare Program (PKK), to carry out a 'love your local products' campaign. In just four years, he altered an impoverished village into a bountiful, resilient community. Tempo reporter Syari Fani flew to eastern Sumba to report on this success story on the occasion of World Food Day on October 16.

Outreach Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

A Century of "New" Gondangdia

This is a portrait of how things have changed in the first elite neighborhood in the Dutch Indies. The area in question was formerly called Nieuw-Gondangdia. Later its name was changed to Menteng. This is where the wealthy lived, from top government officials and governors to ambassadors and businesspeople. Over the years, however, its beauty has faded. It has grown in an irregular fashion, due to the inconsistent application of city regulations, as well as its residents' lack of concern for the environment.

On this year's anniversary of the city of Jakarta, which coincides with Menteng's 100th anniversary, Tempo attempts to write extensively about Indonesia's first modern tropical residential area. This is where the Indische (Indies) architectural style originated. Not many buildings of this style exist today. Now it is a crowded, polluted area, used by motorists avoiding carpool roads. Menteng is a typical example of Jakarta's muddled zoning regulations.

Interlude Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Lendang Nangka Village

In the village of Lendang Nangka, East Lombok, residents have attained self-sufficiency in their clean water supply. In addition to receiving an award for their efforts, the villages water supply has made it easier for residents to conduct their business.

Outreach Thursday, January 1, 1970 Edition

Ramadan

The month of Ramadan (fasting) will end with the Idul Fitri holidays, a cause for joyous celebration. Young and old, the high and the low, will come together in a new beginning, marked by day-long feasting and fun. But there will also be a sobering moment of spiritual reconnection, of forgiveness and joint prayers, giving thanks to the greatness of God Almighty. At this joyous time, Tempo English Edition presents a special photo essay of Ramadan celebration in eastern Indonesia.

Outreach Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Edition

Endangered Tuna

Located in the middle of the World Coral Triangle, Indonesia plays an important role in determining the fate of the tuna, the highly popular food fish that is slowly but irrevocably diminishing from the earth’s oceans, no thanks to years of excessive fishing. Processing plants can no longer meet fish production capacity, fishermen must sail farther out to sea for their catches yet exports are declining. Can government regulations bring back the endangered tuna? A special report by the Tempo English Edition team.

Outreach Wednesday, March 23, 2011 Edition

Jonathan Pradana Meiloa: Our education system is too passive

THE life rhythm of this youth suddenly changed in mid-July. He is now spotlighted, photographed, interviewed and gets to meet all kinds of people. Jonathan Pradana Mailoa is receiving praises galore because he is the shining star in a nation that is going through so much darkness: earthquakes, floods, famine and that endless disease called corruption. Indonesias reputation went up a notch through the brilliance of this 16-year-old, when he became the absolute winner of the 37th International Physics Olympics, held in Singapore and participated in by 86 countries.

Interview Tuesday, August 1, 2006 Edition

Indonesian Migrants in Mindanao

LAST month, the Philippine government began identification of Indonesian migrants in Mindanao. They were offered a choice of repatriation to Indonesia, legalization or naturalization. Legalization allows the immigrants to stay in the Philippines and retain their Indonesian citizenship while naturalization provides the migrants with full Filipino citizenship. Most of the migrants came from the islands of Sangihe and Talaud in northern Sulawesi. The forefathers of these Indonesians, who have since taken Philippine citizenship, arrived in the southern Philippines in the 15th century. Locally called the Sangil, they considered themselves natives of Mindanao Island, although they spoke a language originating in Sangihe. Tempo correspondent Verrianto Madjowa traveled to Mindanao last September to observe the lives of the Indonesian migrants and filed this report.

Intermezzo Tuesday, December 6, 2005 Edition

Two Days on Sipadan

Even before the verdict handed down in The Hague last Tuesday, Malaysia had long been occupying Sipadan and Ligitan. TEMPO journalist Wenseslaus Manggut, who recently traveled to the islands, was unceremoniously told to leave in no uncertain terms by the Malaysian Police.

National Tuesday, December 24, 2002 Edition

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