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Primaduta Award for Lebanese Businessman (0)
The Indonesian Embassy in Beirut has acknowledged its continued support for trade cooperation improvement between Indonesia and Lebanon. Indonesian Ambassador to Lebanon Hajriyanto Y Thohari gave the Primaduta Award to Lebanese businessman and importer, George R Fattouh. The award was given for his service in helping market Indonesian products in Paris from the Middle East. The award was given at a ceremony at the Indonesian Embassy in Beirut, Thursday (11/1) Fatough, is the owner of George R. Fattouh S.A.L, a business that has been importing Indonesian products since the 1980s. It has a range of products, including: palm oil and its derivatives, oil and fats (including cocoa butter substitute, fat spread, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, and lauric confectionery fats), cardboard, stationary, and school equipment. Some Indonesian products are now even available at famous retail networks, such as Spinney’s and Carrefour. In 2022, the value imported by George R. Fattough S.A.L of Indonesian products, was 981.3 million USD. This was a 149.5 million USD increase when compared to 2021. Fattouh said Indonesian products are known for their quality and are in high demand in Lebanese markets. However, he said, the challenge now is increasing freight costs due to security challenges in the region.
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Garulina (0)
Listeners, a number of delicious dishes were served to the guests of Dhaup Ageng Pura Pakualaman Yogyakarta, at the wedding reception of the youngest son of K.G.P.A.A. Paku Alam X, namely B.P.H. Kusumo Kuntonugroho with Laily Annisa Kusumastuti which was held on January 10, 2024.Head of the Customs and Accommodation Division, Dhaup Ageng Pura Pakualaman, KRT Radyo Wisroyo said that the menu served to guests was quite varied. These menus are typical menus prepared by Pakualaman Pura, Indonesian menus and western food menus were also available. All invited guests including VIP and VVIP guests got the same menu. The first menu served to welcome guests, namely two types of welcome drink, namely lime lemongrass and ginger drink with lime. The welcome drink was given when guests sat down and watched the Bedhaya Sidamukti and Bedhaya Kakung Indrawidagda dance performances. Next, they gotsnacks for appetizer such as croquettes and other light snacks. There is a snack that is considered quite special and rare called Garulina. Garulina was the opening snack at the Pahargyan Dhaup Ageng Pakualaman lunch on the first day. Garulina has been around since the era before Indonesian independence. Garulina is actually not a typical Central Javanese food. It looks like the Lapis Legit layered cake, but there is something different, because there is a special layer like vla which is made from fresh milk, eggs and sugar. To get this sweet snack, Pakulaman Temple has to place a special order from the third generation of makers who have been pioneering since the 1950s. In Jogja, Garulina is very difficult to find and is considered rare because it is not sold every day.
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October
ITB Develops Waste Management Startup Using Black Army Flies
Written by MaryatiWaste is still a serious problem that must be solved, especially in terms of its processing. In regard to this problem, ITB students and lecturers are encouraged to create a Bio-refinery Society -BIOS startup engaged in processing organic waste. BIOS is a techno-social startup that has a vision to create bio-refinery or processing biomass into renewable energy and other materials that are useful for people's lives. Interestingly, in processing the garbage, the BIOS utilizes black army flies. The larva of the black army fly is a type of fly that is larger than ordinary flies and is well-understood for its ability to consume and reduce organic waste.
Co-founder and CEO of the startup, Bagoes Muhammad Inderaja explained that currently, the BIOS is focusing on developing the concept of bio-refinery through the use of protein-rich black fly larvae to be used as premium animal feed. The premium feed developed by BIOS has the name Magic Pet Feed. He also explained that the use of black army flies is more advantageous in comparison with the conventional waste treatment such as bio-digester, or composter. Bio-digester and composter usually take long time. Within 6 weeks until 2 months, new waste can be processed. With black army fly larvae, the processing of waste can be faster up to twice or 3 times.
The BIOS startup has two excellent products: firstly fertilizer for plants, and secondly dry larvae with high protein. The BIOS has even managed to process waste of nearly 150 kilograms for 6 months. The protein-rich larvae produced contain very high protein and are very appropriate for ornamental fish and pet feed such as turtles. Meanwhile, related to fertilizer products produced by the BIOS, Bagoes added that The BIOS startup has also been included in SNI standards. However, the product has not yet entered the market because the BIOS is trying to continue to develop.
October
To promote Indonesian coffee in Russia, Indonesian embassy in Moscow cooperated with Tanamera Coffee Indonesia and Cocar Coffee Rusia to hold a training of Indonesian specialty coffee. By having the theme ‘’Let’s Roast Indonesian Coffee’’, the training was held in Moscow on Friday (11/10). It was officially opened by Indonesian Ambassador to Federation of Russia concurrently Republic of Belarus, M Wahid Supriyadi. At the training, Indonesian coffee, especially specialty, cupping, and roasting coffee was presented. Therefore, the participants who were representatives from a number of roasting company, also owners of coffee stalls and Russian barista, get to be more familiar with various kinds of Indonesia’s specialty coffee and its process.
Indonesian embassy in Croatia held cultural art performances at Public Street without stage in front of Zadar city hall, a tourism city at the South of Croatia on Friday (11/9). Zadar is an old city as well as tourism city which is located around 300 kilometers from the capital city of Zagreb. Although the embassy did not distribute invitation to attend the performance, the number of audiences who attended the performance reached hundreds of people. They were domestic and foreign tourists who were on vocation at Zadar coastal area. Indonesian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Croatia, Sjachroedin Zainal Pagaralam in Narodni TRG, Zadar, on Friday (11/9) explained that with the opened stage concept on tourist street, promotion of Indonesian cultures and arts will be much more striking. In the event, the Indonesian embassy in Croatia invited again Archipelagic Art and Cultural Committee, led by Hendardji Soepandji to promote Indonesian culture and arts.
Indonesian government, especially Ministry of Social Affairs is interested in promoting various agendas of social welfare development in ASEAN region. Through ASEAN young ambassadors, the program will be more effective to be received by ASEAN people. Through ASEAN young ambassadors, the Ministry cooperated with Ministry of Foreign Affairs to educate and to explain to ASEAN people how the challenges and opportunities are in people’s social welfare development. This was stated by Secretary General of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Hartono Laras in his speech in the event "Mainstreaming of ASEAN Cooperation Concept: Car Free Day – ASEAN Young Ambassadors 2019" at Car Free Day area, in Jakarta on Sunday (13/10). In the collaboration of the two ministries, the 20 youths also campaigned duty and function of the Social Ministry in this regard ASEAN Enabling Master-plan 2025: Mainstreaming the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Regional Plan of Action on the Elimination of Violence against Children on the Car Free Day.
October
The first story for today’s Diplomatic Corner is from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. To establish cooperation among universities, delegation of FISIP UNAIR Surabaya visits Ethiopia.
Ethiopia is one of African countries which succeeds well to increase economic growth to keep political stability and to strengthen development of human resources. Thus, Politic and Social Knowledge Faculty of Airlangga University chose Ethiopia as the main destination in Africa to extend study and research in the field of politic, economic, social affairs, and African culture. This was stated by Dr. Falih Suaedi, Dean of the faculty when being received by Indonesian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Djibouti and African Union, Al Busyra Basnur at the Indonesian Embassy in Addis Ababa on Monday (7/10). Falih during in Ethiopia from October 1 – 7, 2019 said that the visit in Ethiopia was also aimed to establish partnership among colleges and to expand networks in strengthening Indonesian and Ethiopian relations.
Next information is from Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Provincial government of South Sulawesi explores cooperation with University of Tasmania.
Provincial government of South Sulawesi is ready to establish cooperation with University of Tasmania, Australia through The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) in the form of research to maximize management of marine and fisheries resources of South Sulawesi. IMAS is known as institute which is successful to conduct research and development of maritime resources in Australia. This was stated by Governor of South Sulawesi, Nurdin Abdullah in a press release in Makassar on Thursday (9/10). Meanwhile, Executive Director of IMAS, Terry Bailey admitted being ready to cooperate with provincial government of South Sulawesi in researching and studying for development resources which exist in the province.
The last information is from Washington D.C.
Diplomatic celebration in commemorating the 74th anniversary of Indonesian military which was held by Indonesian embassy in Washington, DC, USA on Tuesday (8/10) strengthened the solid bilateral relations between Indonesia and the United States of America, especially in the field of military cooperation. Indonesia is a country which is complex but dynamic. This was stated by Indonesian Ambassador to the USA, Mahendra Siregar in his speech. The Ambassador also said that currently, it is a moment of the best relations of the two countries in the military-to-military or defense-to-defense cooperation and has potential to keep being increased in the next future.
October
3 Indonesian Writers become Speakers at the International Literature Festival
Written by MaryatiIndonesian writers, Sapardi Joko Damono, Goenawan Mohamad and young writer Norman Erikson Pasaribu will become three speakers at the George Town Literary Festival-GTLF which is scheduled to return on November 21-24 in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. Malaysia's largest annual international literary event will reflect the last 100 years of world literature. Other well-known writers who are also scheduled to be the keynote speakers of the event are the prestigious literary award winner, Man Booker International Prize 2019, Jokha Alharti, winner of the 2019 EBRD Literature Prize, Hamid Ismailov, Japanese poet, Hiromi Ito, essayist and intellectual writer, Eliot Weinberger, writer Djiboutian-French, Abdourahman Waberi, and contemporary Chinese poet, Xi Chuan, and historian of modern China, Rebecca E. Karl.
Last year's GLTF featured up to 64 shows and was attended by more than 6,000 participants. This year, GTLF presents conversations, panel discussions, readings, performances, film screenings, and workshops and other activities. For the first time, the festival also holds weekly creative workshops for students every Saturday from October 5 to 26 in libraries throughout the city, with themes related to creative writing, screenplay writing for films and poetry.
The George Town Literary Festival (GTLF) is the world's largest literary festival held in Malaysia and the first literary event in Southeast Asia to receive the Literature Festival Award at the London Book Fair International Excellence Awards. GTLF celebrates world literature, translation and literary arts, with various writers, artists and thinkers from various locations and disciplines gathering together each year to engage in intellectual discourse. This festival usually takes place every last weekend in November. Entry to the festival is free of charge for all members of the community.
October
The commemoration reception of the 74th Anniversary of the Indonesian Military ( TNI) in Beijing on Wednesday night (9/10) was attended by high-ranking Chinese officers and a number of military attaché officials from friendly countries. Indonesian Ambassador to China, Djauhari Oratmangun delivered a speech about the role of TNI in the past and present. In Southeast Asia, TNI has increased cooperation, including within the framework of the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting, the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting Plus, military exercises, joint maritime patrols, education and training programs. Ambassador Djauhari explained that the TNI has also cooperated with the Chinese People's Liberation Armed Forces in various sectors, such as education, training programs and joint military exercises.
Three Indonesian Muslim intellectual figures, Din Syamsuddin, Nasaruddin Umar, and Ismail Fajrie Alatas visited Amman, Jordan to attend the 18th Conference of the Royal Institute Aal-Bayt for Islamic Thought under the leader of Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad. Aal al-Bayt is an international institution of Islamic studies under the auspices of the Kingdom of Jordan, which consists of 120 prominent Muslim intellectuals from 36 countries. The agency holds an international conference every three years to discuss various issues which are faced by Muslims and to find out solutions through the perspectives of Islamic teachings. Based on the official statement of the Indonesian Embassy in Amman, last Wednesday (9/10), the conference was opened by Prince Ghazi as adviser to the King of Jordan for religious and cultural affairs.
Millennial generation is expected to strengthen relations between Indonesia and South Korea through the Indonesia-South Korea Young Leaders Dialogue, which was held in Jakarta, 10th and 11th October 2019. The activity is one of the results of the bilateral meeting between Indonesian President Joko Widodo and South Korean President, Moon Jae-in in September 2018. The dialogue between the Indonesia-South Korea Young Leaders is held annually. South Korean Ambassador to Indonesia, Kim Chang-beom, after opening the dialogue at the Pancasila Building, Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry in Jakarta on Thursday (10/10) explained that it was the first time for Korea to obtain suggestions from leaders of next generation.
October
October 8, 1912, the Balkan War I begins.
The First Balkan War was a series of battles that took place from 8 October 1912 to 18 May 1913 between the Balkan League (Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria) against the Ottoman Empire of Turkey. It was the first part of the War on the Balkan Peninsula and aimed at capturing Macedonia, then controlled by Turkey. The war ended in victory on the Balkan League and the London Agreement was signed. After the end of the war, a dispute arose over the territorial borders between members of the league, which led to the outbreak of the Balkan War II.
October 8, 1929, Jakarta Kota Station was inaugurated.
Jakarta Kota Station, also known as Beos or Batavia Zuid, was originally built around 1887, then closed in 1926 to be renovated into a current building. Around 200 m from the closed station, the new Jakarta Kota Station was built. Construction was completed on August 19, 1929 and officially operated on October 8, 1929. The inauguration ceremony was carried out on a large scale by planting buffalo heads by the Governor of the Netherlands East Indies from 1926 to 1931, A.C.D. de Graeff.
October 8, 2009, a meteor crashed in Bone, South Sulawesi province.
Bone meteor explosion is a natural event that occurred on October 8, 2009 by 11:30 local time. An asteroid fragment entered into the Earth's atmosphere and exploded in space. This explosion caused anxiety to the surrounding residents. It killed one indirect victim due to shock and a heart problem. On October 23, 2009 NASA issued a report stating that the explosion was detected by infrasound analysis from several illegal nuclear explosion monitoring agencies. The force of the explosion is estimated to be close to 50 kilotons of TNT, or about three times the strength of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
October
Leading companies from Florida, United States expressed wishes to focus more on cooperating with companies in Indonesia and further increase the value of trade and investment between the two countries. The wishes also received support from members of the United States Congress representing various districts in Florida and Florida high officials who attended the seminar at the JAX Chamber Jacksonville with the theme "The 70th Anniversary of Indonesia and US Relations: Ways to Move Forward" in Jacksonville, Florida, United States on Tuesday (1/10).
The seminar was aimed at enhancing trade cooperation between Indonesia and America, particularly Florida and Jacksonville City and was held in collaboration with the Indonesian Embassy in Washington DC, Consulate General in Houston, and Representative Member of the District Three Congress in Florida, Ted Yoho. The seminar was also attended by Florida District Four Congress member -John Rutherford, officials in the Florida government offices and Jacksonville City and more than 70 businesspeople both from Indonesia and from various regions in Florida.
In his remarks, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the United States, Mahendra Siregar invited all businesspeople to actively explore efforts to establish a sustainable business ecosystem between Indonesia and Jacksonville City. Ambassador Mahendra also said that Florida as chosen as the venue for the business forum, it was one of the five states in the United States, with the highest trade value with Indonesia.
Ambassador Mahendra also invited Florida businesspeople to attend the Trade Expo in Indonesia on October 16-20 2019. Congressman, Ted Yoho said that the business forum was aimed at promoting Indonesia to businesspeople from Florida. He also said that Indonesia and the United States have many principles in common that could be the basis for strengthening trade cooperation, security politics in the ASEAN region and educational cooperation.
Meanwhile, Florida District Four Congress member, John Rutherford said that Jacksonville City with a very complete logistics infrastructure is ready to collaborate in various fields with Indonesia. The business forum continued with a field visit so that Indonesian business people had the opportunity to obtain first-hand information about the operations of several leading companies in Florida: Jacksonville port operator -Jaxport, and LNG Management Company in Jacksonville -JAX LNG and the expedition company -TOTE Maritime.
October
Indonesian embassy in Pretoria carried out Indonesian Tourism Promotion Mission in South Africa. The event was held in Johannesburg, South Africa on October 3, 2019, according to press release from the Indonesian embassy in Pretoria which was received in Jakarta on Sunday (6/10). In the event, the Indonesian embassy in Pretoria, Tourism Ministry and Indonesian Trade Promotion Center Johannesburg cooperated with Singapore Airlines to invite 25 travel bureaus and business partners in South Africa in a bid to convey the update of Indonesian tourism.
Indonesian embassy in Beijing introduced ‘Pelangi Sepak’ sport which was competed on the commemoration of the 74th Indonesian Military Anniversary in Beijing, China on Saturday (5/10). The sport is like ‘Sepak Takraw’ or kick volleyball, but each group consists of two persons by using ball from multicolored goose feathers. So, it is called Pelangi Sepak or Sepak rainbow. Defense attaché of the Indonesian embassy in Beijing, Brigadier General Kuat Budiman said that the rainbow color on the ball reflects Indonesian students who competed in the sport in Beijing coming from various kinds of backgrounds such as tribes, races and religions in accordance with the motto of Unity in Diversity.
Chiefs of Agency of Drug and Food Control from two countries: National Agency of Drug and Food Control of Indonesia and Saudi Food and Drug Administration -SFDA of Saudi Arabia agreed to strengthen cooperation in the field of drug and food control. Based on the press release of Presidenri.go.id. on Saturday (5/10), the bilateral meeting was held in Riyadh recently. In the meeting, there are five strong reasons which become background of strategic cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Indonesia in the field of drug and food regulation. Saudi Arabia and Indonesia have majority of Islamic population and they have strong relations. Both of them are member countries of G20. Drug and food Control in Saudi Arabia and Indonesia is conducted by one independent agency and the two agencies of drug and food control. Saudi Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) and National Agency of Drug and Food Control have their specific and excellent strengths in their field in each region.
September
Pencak Silat Festival was held at the Universities at Shady Grove, Rockville, Maryland in the United States of America on Saturday (28/9). The event recorded history as the first festival which was held in the USA. The festival was participated in by hundreds of participants who were majority in the United States of American citizens and one of Pencak Silat maestros, Cecep Rahman. Cecep directly comes from Indonesia as star guest of the festival and shared his skill through workshop. The festival was also enlivened by warriors of Pencak Silat who educate various Silat colleges in the United States of America. In showing the uniqueness of cultural art element in Pencak Silat as original martial arts of Indonesia, there were two groups of Indonesian art culture from Washington DC and surrounding area, Rumah Gadang USA led by Muhammad Afdal, an artist from West Sumatra and Javanese Gamelan group of Indonesian embassy led by maestro Gamelan from Yogyakarta, Muryanto.
Twenty-six elementary students in Beijing, China accompanied by some teachers visited Indonesian embassy in Beijing towards celebration the 70th anniversary of the establishment of People’s Republic of China. Wade Cheng as companion of elementary students in Beijing, on Saturday (28/9) said that Indonesian embassy in Beijing is one of the main objects which should be visited by students because Indonesia has very tightly relations with China. At the Indonesian embassy in Beijing, those elementary students were received by ‘attaché staffs of Education and Culture and Indonesian students who joined in the Indonesian Student Association in China. They were taught to play Angklung, Sundanese traditional instruments from bamboo and traditional dances from some regions in Indonesia. On the sideline of the visit, those students enjoyed lunch with Indonesian cuisine.
Indonesian products were sold out by visitors of not only Indonesian citizens but also Danish citizens. Indonesian embassy’s press release in Denmark reported that those products such as batik and woven clothes were in demand, especially by women. Packaging food products such as soy sauce, chili sauce, abon and tea were also sold out. Many kinds of Archipelagic culinary such as Rendang, chicken kalio, gulai, chicken satay, fried rice, chicken noodle, Pangsit meatball, egg martabak, and Pempek were also sold. The visitors also tasted Wedang Secang and Indonesian coffee. Indonesian embassy in Copenhagen participated in Gentofte Cultural Festival held by the government of Gentofte district annually. This was stated by Indonesian ambassador to Denmark, M. Ibnu Said in press release on Saturday (28/9). In the festival, the visitors were also presented Pencak Silat attraction. Indonesian embassy in Copenhagen cooperated with Indonesian people and diaspora in implementing the cultural festival.
September
The Headlines Begin with Kompas titled, “Face It Professionally.”
Dialog needs to be held immediately to overcome disagreements on some law revision that triggered waves of protest in some regions. Professional moves and without violence are also needed to face the protesters that happened again around Parliament Complex, Jakarta on Wednesday (25/9). This was because victims were falling in the protest that ended with riot on last Tuesday. According to data of Jakarta Metro Police, 254 people were wounded and 11 were hospitalized due to the riot. Around 39 police officers were also wounded.
Meanwhile, Republika with, “Criminal Code Bill will be revised.”
Government and House of Representatives agreed to delegate the discussion of Criminal Code Draft Bill to the members of 2019-2024 periods. The delay was done to accommodate public’s aspiration towards controversial articles. Speaker of the House Bambang Soesatyo at Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta on Wednesday (25/9) said, the House will try to improve the articles disputed by the public. Even, they might drop some articles if necessary. Some articles in the Criminal Code draft were seen as threatening freedom of speech, criminalizing press, and too much intervening private realm.
We end the Headlines with Koran Sindo titled, “New Capital City Boosts Investments.”
Relocation of Indonesia’s capital from Jakarta to North Penajam Paser and Kutai Kartanegara in East Kalimantan is projected to boost investment growth for short, middle, and long term. This positive impact could also benefit other parts of Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and most of eastern Indonesia. Even Java and Sumatera also will receive investment growth from the capital relocation. The projection was conveyed by National Development Planning Minister and National Development Planning Agency Head - Bappenas Bambang Brojonegoro during his explanation about capital city relocation, in a meeting with House of Representatives’ special committee for capital relocation, at Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta yesterday (25/9).