Word: indonesianness
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...same period almost 800 have been officially classified as lost at sea, and some think that may be a serious underestimate. To get a sense of the risk, listen to the Middle-Eastern businessman who Jacky says is his boss, the man who heads one of the biggest Indonesian smuggling syndicates. Insisting in a telephone interview on anonymity, the businessman speaks in soft, precise English, explaining that he charges about $3,000 a head for his services and "gives good value." But, he adds, "My responsibility ends once they are in Indonesia. I don't concern myself about...
...Ihab Khazaal, an Iraqi physician caught by Indonesian police a year ago aboard a leaky boat off Irian Jaya, has come to Jakarta to help the traumatized survivors. "I would never think of going aboard a boat again," says Ihab, who has been granted refugee status by the U.N. and is now waiting for an offer of asylum. In the grimy Jakarta hotel that houses last week's survivors, men still in torn, dirty clothes stand alone or in small groups, staring dazedly at the ground or weeping quietly. Speaking on the hotel's single phone, a woman is rocking...
...countries have secured temporary help because of U.S. diplomatic needs. President Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia--a country plagued by violent anti-U.S. rioting since early October--stopped by the White House Sept. 22, when President Bush agreed for one year to lift 5% to 10% tariffs on 11 Indonesian goods, including copper, plywood sheeting, rattan, sorbitol sweetener and tuna. This deal was designed to deliver some help to Indonesia, with minimal impact on U.S.-based industries...
...protect the mining operation and their American partners. They?ve set up their own law and order forces, cordons and roadblocks, and made it clear that they will not allow outside interference in their lives. My electrician was upset that this type of development, which involves thousands of Indonesian Muslims, has gotten no publicity, whereas every anti-American demonstration with 50 people hits the front pages...
...Indonesian government?s inability, so far, to find its way in this crisis is perplexing to those of us who have observed the country for many years. Indonesia is the fourth largest nation in the world, and the largest Muslim nation, with very important strategic demographics, but for decades has maintained an incredibly low global profile. No other nation this large is so little understood and publicized in the world at large. So why now, when a low profile is most called for, is the Indonesian government suddenly wandering onto center stage, with seemingly nothing to gain from a prominent...