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View all search resultsObservers and industry players have questioned whether Garuda can bring Merpati Nusantara Airlines back to life, yet also highlighted opportunities in the cargo business and aviation services, which will be the line of business focus for the ailing airline.
Against the backdrop of poor internet connection in Indonesia’s outermost regions, President Jokowi conducted on Monday the operational launch of the Palapa Ring project, a billion-dollar fiber optic development program to connect all corners of the country with broadband internet.
Members of Ekspedisi Maritim Timur Nusantara (Maritime Expedition to the East of the Archipelago) have shared their experience of sailing to 16 islands in Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua on a traditional boat.
In the 2016-2017 Global Competitiveness Report, Indonesia ranks 60th of 138 countries for infrastructure. One of the factors dragging the country down is poor infrastructure development in eastern Indonesia, which consists of relatively poor territories, namely Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Timor, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua.
A former leader of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Abraham Samad, is gathering support for a run in the 2019 presidential election from a group calling themselves the Eastern Indonesian People’s Coalition.
It’s not hard to understand why eastern Indonesia is on most travelers' bucket lists. It is certainly the place to go if you’re looking for exceptional experience, rough and raw travel, genuinely lovely people and places far from tourist traps.
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