INTRODUCTION Indonesia is the largest country in Southeast Asia. Consists of more than 18,000 islands, Indonesia provides a beautiful views, cultures, and tourist resort. The capital of Indonesia and the largest city is Jakarta, located in Java Island. The Indonesian’s currency is rupiah. Indonesia is a republic country, and the government system is democracy Absolutely, Indonesia also have a lot of tribes with different languages and religion. Indonesia got the freedom from the Netherlands in
always becomes very needed and important to a state to enhance its foreign relations. It also applies to Indonesia as one of the most populous countries in the world with the third largest democracy in the world. As one of the example, the bilateral relation between Indonesia and Australia. Indonesia has been shared a strong bilateral relation with Australia since a very long time ago. Indonesia and Australia have a relationship that is interesting to be reviewed, because they have a lot of differences
Development in Indonesia Exporting goods from Indonesia The diversity of trees from soft wood to hard wood is found in the forest in Indonesia. The local people utilize their natural resources (wood) for construction, furniture and handcrafted goods to generate more revenues. Other than exporting goods to the world, they are also made use of it for personal benefits. Indonesia is one of the largest wood exporters in the world, especially through the export of timber. Forest in Indonesia has contributed
1. Introduction Urbanization is a common phenomenon in a country, particularly developing countries such as Indonesia. Urbanization occurs due to factors push and pull that causes people switching to another area. The dominant factor is the economic problem. The reason people move from one area to another in order to increase the community's economy and find better economic resources. It usually occurs in rural communities who migrated to urban area, because they expect a good job there
this paper intends to explain why the change of population structure has an effect on the society’s economic condition in Indonesia with examining the demographic variables. This short paper is aimed to support the hypothesis that the demographic variables are important influential factors on the economic development and significantly affect on the social welfare in Indonesia. Therefore, the paper proceed with examining the demographic transition from 1970 to 2000 in the change of population structure
Indonesia’s Kebaya, India’s Sari What is the first thing coming up in your mind when you hear “Indonesia”? How about “India”? It is over and over to find people think that Indonesia and India are two similar countries, because of their look-alike names. However, if you look at the map or recall a little history, you will absolutely confirm if both are actually different country, yet some similarities do exist. Besides lying in the same continent, Asia, these countries are on the top list of the
Background Indonesia is a large country that is made up of more than 16,000 islands, which, in 1999, were populated by 206,51700,000 people (Biro Pusat Statistik, 1999) who, according to Alisyahbana (1990) speak about 500 different languages. The people inhabiting this vast region are generally grouped as Indonesian. Anthropologically speaking, they are made up of many different ethnic groups, each having its own culture and speak a distinct language as its mother tongue. In spite of differences
adorns the national symbol of Indonesia, somehow becoming a national motto of the Indonesia. What does it mean? It means, “Unity in Diversity”. With more than 300 ethnic groups, 742 different languages, 6 official religions, Indonesia is a prime example of Benedict Anderson’s “Imagined Communities”. This paper will explore on how identity and citizenship interact in Indonesia through the writer’s personal experiences. In the beginning, there was never an Indonesia. Indonesia was merely a concept envisioned
MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE RELATIONS Malaysia and Singapore go way back as they first started out as a country and eventually separating out to two different countries as Singapore was unhappy with the way Malaysia had decided to rule its country and it stated that Malaysia was a pro Malay country. With that Malaysia became an independent state. However the separation of Malaysia and Singapore did not completely severe all its ties as they were neighboring countries and relied on each other on certain
current issues happen in Indonesia since Suharto era. Besides that, corruption is undergoing in the political environment and economic environment. Corruption was one of seven per cent economic growth per annum on average over a period of 32 years, and despite its cronyism and corruption. (Aimbaruddin, 2011) There are some reasons and analyses which forms of corruption are manifest in Indonesia. First of all, low income and poverty can cause corruption to be happened in Indonesia. In 2010, Indonesian
especially in rural and remote area. Even in fact the rural or remote area has the quality of education that is lower than public school, where it is the inverse of elite private school in the urban area (Tobias 2014). 3.1 Education policy in Indonesia The policy to improve the quality of education is carried out by reforming the curriculum, from teacher-learning-centered to student-learning-centered which has begun in 2002 (Tobias 2014). Then, in 2003, there were four important educational regulations;
Bengawan Solo is the longest river in the Indonesian archipelago, located at the island of Java. It runs through Mount Lawu’s slopes, passes through the province of Solo, and streams over the lowlands then discharges to the Java Sea. Java is well known to have a tropical monsoon climate; therefore flooding is a common environmental problem throughout Indonesia. Java has lengthy humid forecasts during October up until April, with the most humid months being January and February. Due to the recent eruptions
In the year 1967, ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian nation) was formed. There are five members of countries participate in the ASEAN economic community, such as: Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippine’s and Indonesia. The first five countries are the founder of ASEAN .Other than these five countries, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Burma and Cambodia have also joined the ASEAN community. The ASEAN has covers 3% total area of the land on earth and was known the rank as eight largest economies in the
Gamelan Music in Indonesia Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world that consists of 17,508 islands (International Religious Freedom Report). Indonesia has more than 300 ethnic groups that have different cultural backgrounds. Music is one of the important heritage cultural aspects that depict the uniqueness of Indonesia. Indonesian music is developed in all regions of the island and is a hereditary habit, which is still run by the local community. The music is spread almost throughout the
risen in eastern Java. Gajah Mada, the empire's chief minister from 1331 to 1364, succeeded in gaining allegiance from most of what is now modern Indonesia and much of the Malay archipelago as well. Legacies from Gajah Mada's time include a codification of law and an epic poem. Reasons for the fall of these empires remain obscure. Islam arrived in Indonesia sometime during the 12th century and, through assimilation, supplanted Hinduism by the end of the 16th century in Java and Sumatra. Bali, however
Introduction to Hakka The Hakkas are a unique ethnic group of "Han" Chinese. They are thought to be the earliest "Han" settlers in China. One theory states that many of the early Hakkas were affiliated with the "royal bloods." After 17 century, the sailing skill was improved and developed, therefore, about in the early Qing dynasty, a lot of Minnan and Uedong people sailed across the sea to Taiwan. But Hakkas were much fewer than Minnan people. There were two reasons: the first is that during
The Westernization in Asian Countries, Should It be Banned Especially in Indonesia? Globalization is one of the main factors in development to make a better world. Because by globalization, we can enhance and enrich our knowledge become global minded person as many things that supporting us to do so such as Internet, gadget, computer, and many more which all of them are relating in technology. Nowadays technology always keep develop its sophistication. We all know that we can even do a self-learning
Health System Assignment 1 Improving Health Access in the Remote Areas of Indonesia Introduction Right to health is one of the basic human rights without distinction of ethnicity, religion, race or socio-economic conditions. As a consequence, all of people have the same right to the highest attainable standards of health both physically and mentally including access to various medical services with affordable and proper quality (WHO, 2008). Furthermore, the government should ensure the availability
Indonesia Indonesia is beautiful country with amazing simplicities, but what really makes it up? In this essay you will learn anything from Indonesia’s government to etiquette, history to clothing attire, land to traditions, and everything in between. In the early 17th century, the Dutch began to colonize the country of Indonesia. After Japan’s surrender, Indonesia declared its independence on August 7, 1945, and on December 27,1949 it was recognized as independent by the Netherlands. After decades
Unity and Diversity of Indonesia From "Sabang ‘till Merauke" is the name of a song dedicated to Indonesia’s many islands and it’s diversity. It’s numerous chain of islands contained in the thirty-two thousand miles dividing two oceans, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. Sabang is a small island just off the coast of Sumatra; Merauke is a small village near the border of Papua New Guinea. Indonesia’s 13,677 islands inhabited by 350 different ethnic groups, and more than 200 different languages