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Ewer Airport
Ewer Airport is an airport located in Joerat, Asmat Regency, South Papua, Indonesia. The airport serves as the main point of entry to both Agats, the capital of Asmat Regency, and the regency as a whole. The airport is connected by flights to Merauke, the capital of South Papua, and to Timika in Central Papua, as well as to some rural destinations. History Ewer Airport was first constructed in 1964 by the Diocese of Merauke to support missionary activities. At the time, the runway was only 400 meters long and could only accommodate small aircraft such as the Cessna. When it was first built, the runway consisted of compacted earth covered with wooden planks. Between the 1970s to 1980s, this was replaced with steel matting. With the installation of the steel mats, cargo aircraft such as the Pilatus Porter were able to land at Ewer Airport to deliver logistics to eastern Indonesia. To improve airport facilities and accommodate the growing number of passengers, major upgrades w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Indonesia
The term Government of the Republic of Indonesia (, GOI, sometimes also referred to as Government of Indonesia or the Central Government () especially in laws) can have a number of different meanings. At its widest, it can refer collectively to the three traditional branches of government – the executive branch, legislative branch and judicial branch. The term is also used colloquially to mean the executive and legislature together, as these are the branches of government responsible for day-to-day governance of the nation and lawmaking. At its narrowest, the term is used to refer to the executive branch in the form of the President of Indonesia, as assisted by the Vice President of Indonesia, Vice President and the Cabinet of Indonesia, Cabinet, as this is the branch of government responsible for day-to-day governance. History Liberal democracy phase An era of Liberal Democracy () in Indonesia began on August 17, 1950, following the dissolution of the federal United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kompas
''Kompas'' () is an Indonesian national newspaper published in Jakarta, founded on 28 June 1965. It is published by PT Kompas Media Nusantara, which is part of Kompas Gramedia Group. The paper's head office is located at the Kompas Multimedia Towers, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta. It is considered Indonesia's newspaper of record. The paper manages an online portal, kompas.id, which contains updated news and the digital subscription version of the paper, while Kompas Gramedia also manages another editorially separated portal, kompas.com. ''Kompas'' is one of two newspapers in Indonesia audited by the International Federation of Audit Bureau of Circulations. History General Ahmad Yani, then commander of the Indonesian Army, first suggested the paper to Frans Seda, a government minister and leader of the Catholic Party. Yani encouraged Seda to publish a newspaper representative of the Catholic Party faction to counter the communist propaganda spearheaded by the PKI. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timika Airport
Timika is a chartered city (''kota''), and the capital of Mimika Regency on the southern coast of Central Papua, Indonesia. At the 2020 Census, the district which includes the town (it remains administratively within the Regency, rather than having a separate status) had a population of 142,909. Air transport In August 2012, the Indonesian government announced plans to develop a new commercial airport in Timika. The Mozes Kilangin International Airport will feature a new apron and taxiway created on an 800x300m plot of land adjacent to the existing airport. Beginning from 15 August 2014, the airline Garuda Indonesia has been serving the Timika-Sorong-Manado route for 3 times a week with a Bombardier CRJ-1000 plane that has 84 economy class seats and 12 business class seats. Climate Timika has a tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wings Air
PT Wings Abadi Airlines, operating as Wings Air, is a scheduled commuter passenger low-cost airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The airline operates out of Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Makassar as well as several other airports around Indonesia. The company was established as a short-haul regional flight service, wholly owned subsidiary of Lion Air and started operations on July 10, 2003 and the airline is currently linking tier-two and tier-three cities in Indonesia as to bypass the airline's congested base in Jakarta. Destinations Fleet , Wings Air operates an all-ATR (aircraft manufacturer), ATR fleet composed of the following aircraft: Aircraft orders On 15 November 2009, Wings Air announced that it had signed a deal with ATR (aircraft manufacturer), ATR worth US$600 million. The deal involved an order for 15 ATR 72, ATR 72-500 aircraft with a further 15 options for ATR's new ATR 72, ATR 72-600 aircraft. The new aircraft replaced the airline's aging Bomb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mopah Airport
Mopah Airport is located in Merauke, South Papua, Indonesia. The airport is Indonesia's second easternmost airport after Sentani International Airport in Sentani. The airport serves as the main gateway to several tourist destinations around Merauke, most notably Wasur National Park. History The original air strip measured and was completed on 28 June 1943 by the Seabees of the 55th Naval Construction Battalion during World War II as part of Naval Base Merauke.Merauke airfield, Merauke, Dutch New Guinea, Building the Navy's Bases in World War II, Volume II (Part III, Chapter 26), Chapter XXVI, Bases in the Southwest Pacific, Naval History and Heritage Command web-site, Published: Wed 14 Feb 201/ref> The airfield had a No. 86 Squadron RAAF and a few bombers assigned to do daily reconnaissance and bombing missions. After the Surrender of Japan in 1945, allied forces departed the airfield, and military control of the airport was handed over to the government of Dutch East Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trigana Air
Trigana Air (registered as Trigana Air Service) is an airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. History The company commenced operations in early 1991 with two Beechcraft King Air 200 fixed-wing aircraft, and by the end of that year had added two licence-built Bell 412SP helicopters. Although the airline itself never flew to the European Union, the region imposed a ban on all Indonesian airlines from flying into its airspace in 2007 following the crash of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a category that included Trigana Air. The ban was lifted in 2018. In March 2021, the company announced a partnership with J&T Express. It was also said that J&T Express would use some of the airplanes owned by Trigana Air for its operations. Destinations Trigana Air flies to 20 destinations throughout Indonesia, with a particular focus on Western New Guinea. * Ambon – Pattimura Airport *Biak – Frans Kaisiepo International Airport * Bula – Kufar Airport *Dekai – Nop Goliat Dekai Airport *Jak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susi Air
PT ASI Pudjiastuti Aviation, operating as Susi Air, is an Indonesian scheduled airline, scheduled and air charter, charter airline based in Pangandaran, West Java. Sixty percent of the airline's operation serves commercial regular routes and pioneer routes while the rest is charter flights. The company currently operates from several main bases across the Indonesian archipelago. Susi Air is listed in category 2 by Indonesian Civil Aviation Authority for airline safety quality. Although previously listed on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union, this ban was lifted on 14 June 2018. History Susi Air was established in late 2004 by Christian von Strombeck, who worked as Director of Operations, and his wife Susi Pudjiastuti, it was originally set up to transport the fisheries cargo of sister company PT ASI Pudjiastuti, because land transportation to Jakarta took around 12 hours, too long to maintain the freshness of the company's marine produce as they make their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Republik Indonesia
(Radio of the Republic of Indonesia, abbreviated as RRI, stylized in logo in all-lowercase) is a public radio network of Indonesia and one of Indonesia's two national Public Broadcasting Institutions, the other being the public television network TVRI. Founded on 11 September 1945, it is the first radio network in Indonesia and one of the oldest media company in the country. RRI headquarters are located on Medan Merdeka Barat Street in Central Jakarta, Jakarta. RRI has four radio networks as well as visual radio channels, broadcasts all over Indonesia to serve all citizens throughout the nation. The network is supported by roughly 90 local stations, the largest of any radio network in the country. Through its overseas broadcasting division Voice of Indonesia, RRI also provides information about Indonesia to people around the world. Its funding primarily comes from annual state budget approved by the parliament, advertisement, and other services. History RRI was establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CNN Indonesia
CNN Indonesia is a 24-hour clock, 24-hour Indonesian free-to-air television news, television news channel owned by Trans Media in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery under a CNN license. Broadcasting from Trans Media studios in South Jakarta, the local franchise presents national and international content, focusing on general news, business, sports, and technology. The TV programs are aired 24 hours a day via digital terrestrial television, digital terrestrial TV networks, pay TV providers Transvision (Indonesia), Transvision and IndiHome nationwide, and Streaming media, live streaming services for overseas viewers. History In 2007, Trans Media initially planned its own news-oriented Streaming television, web TV network named Detik TV, which was named after the online news portal detik.com (which was acquired by Trans Media in 2011). It initially planned to broadcast entertainment and news programs, where some of the news content would be taken from Trans TV's ''Repo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tempo (Indonesian Magazine)
''Tempo'' (stylized in all caps) is an Indonesian weekly magazine that covers news and politics on Mondays. It was founded by Goenawan Mohamad and Yusril Djalinus and the first edition was published on 6 March 1971. The magazine's motto is ''Enak Dibaca dan Perlu'' (). History New Order era On June 21, 1994, under the New Order (Indonesia), New Order of President Suharto (1921–2008), Information Minister Harmoko (1939–2021) banned the publishing of ''Tempo'' magazine, along with two other weekly news magazines, ''Editor'' and ''DeTik'', citing them as a threat to national stability. In response to the ban, a number of journalists established the Alliance of Independent Journalists (Aliansi Jurnalis Independen), while others established the ''Gatra (magazine), Gatra'' magazine. Publication of ''Tempo'' resumed following Suharto's departure from office in 1998. Post New Order era The magazine has continued its independent position, and on 27 June 2010 published a story about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joko Widodo
Joko Widodo (; born 21 June 1961), often known mononymously as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician, engineer, and businessman who served as the seventh president of Indonesia from 2014 to 2024. Previously a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), he was the country's first president not to emerge from the country's political or military elite. He previously served as governor of Jakarta from 2012 to 2014 and mayor of Surakarta from 2005 to 2012. Jokowi was born and raised in a riverside slum in Surakarta. He graduated from Gadjah Mada University in 1985, and married his wife, Iriana, a year later. He worked as a carpenter and a furniture exporter before being 2005 Surakarta mayoral election, elected mayor of Surakarta in 2005. He achieved national prominence as mayor and was elected governor of Jakarta 2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election, in 2012, with Basuki Tjahaja Purnama as vice governor. As governor, he reinvigorated local politics, introduced publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asmat People
The Asmat are an ethnic group of New Guinea, residing in the province of South Papua, Indonesia. The Asmat inhabit a region on the island's southwestern coast bordering the Arafura Sea, with lands totaling approximately 18,000 km2 (7,336 mi2) and consisting of mangrove, tidal swamp, freshwater swamp, and lowland rainforest. The land of Asmat is located both within and adjacent to Lorentz National Park, a World Heritage Site, the largest protected area in the Asia-Pacific region. The total Asmat population is estimated to be around 110,000 as of 2020. The term "Asmat" is used to refer both to the people and the region they inhabit. The Asmat have one of the most well-known woodcarving traditions in the Pacific, and their art is sought by collectors worldwide. Culture and subsistence The natural environment has been a major factor affecting the Asmat, as their culture and way of life are heavily dependent on the rich natural resources found in their forests, rivers, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
