Ki Sudirman Ronggo Darsono: The master of 'sabet' style Sep 12, 2008
" Other places visited by kejawen practitioners who are dalangs are the grave of the wali Sunan Bayat in Klaten, or the grave of the man believed to be the founder of modern Javanese wayang kulit, dalang Sapanyana, in Purwadadi. Alongside the famous wali Sunan Kalijaga, dalang Sapanyana is credited for developing shadow puppets to spread Islam. During the spreading of Islam in Java, the puppets were stylized so as not to be in conflict with the Islamic ban on depicting the human body. At the... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Children of the PKI claim their own independence Aug 19, 2008
He helped rejuvenate the PKI two years after its first rebellion in the East Java town of Madiun in 1948. Bimo said he had read a lot about the PKI in his school textbooks, but none of it was positive. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Julia admonished for showing her back Jul 31, 2008
JAKARTA: Actress-cum-singer Julia Perez, who recently released a dangdut album titled Belah Duren (Tearing Durian), has been admonished for baring her back while performing in Madiun, East Java. "It was a critique that will help me improve," Jupe, as she is usually called, was quoted as saying by detikhot. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Saekan: Piping a way to green progress Jul 22, 2008
ID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Madiun, East Java ... Back in 1972, Padas village in Dangangan subdistrict, Madiun Regency, East Java, was a dry community with little water. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
National resurgence through the eyes of artists May 30, 2008
The jury awarded two other artists who submitted rather non-conventional pieces of art: Midori Hirota, from Japan and Saptoadi, from Madiun -- both submitted object and video installations. Midori Hirota's installation showed the reconciliation process of Indonesians who became victims during the Japanese invasion. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
'Indonesian Idol' enters fifth season, with no sign of letting up Apr 15, 2008
Applicants came mainly from big cities like Jakarta, Surabaya, Medan and Bandung as well as small towns including Cirebon (West Java); Madiun and Malang (in East Java); Ambon (Maluku) and Manado (North Sulawesi). "They have powerful vocal characteristics. I can remember most of them," one of the Indonesian Idol jurors, Indra Lesmana, told reporters. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Indonesia slides, floods kill more Dec 28, 2007
About 40 people were missing after floods swept away a bridge in Madiun district in East Java province on Wednesday, a local police officer said. advertisement. (MSNBC -- International)
Search intensifies for Indonesian landslide victims Dec 28, 2007
In neighbouring East Java province, police said only two people were missing after floods swept away a bridge over an overflowing river in Madiun district, after initial reports had estimated 40 people were feared dead ... He also said two children drowned in floods in Madiun. (Reuters UK)
Over 120 feared dead in Indonesia landslides, floods Dec 27, 2007
About 40 people were missing after floods swept away a bridge in Madiun district in East Java province on Wednesday, a local police officer said. In neighbouring Central Java province, about 1,000 rescuers, police and soldiers tried to unearth 26 people buried in mud from steep slopes in Tawangmangu, a hilly area that has been hardest hit by landslides on Java. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Landslides, floods kill 130 in Indonesia Dec 27, 2007
"This is still an estimate there were many people passing the bridge at the time according to witnesses," a policeman at Madiun district police station told AFP early on Thursday. "A rescue and search team together with a Brimob paramilitary unit have been trying to search for victims. The search is not easy as the current is still very strong," he added. (iAfrica.com)
More than 130 feared dead after Indonesian rains Dec 27, 2007
In East Java, operational unit chief of Madiun district police Alit Suyasa said that at least 100 rescuers were deployed to search for the estimated 50 people believed to have been on a bridge swept away by a swollen river. "We found today three motorcycles stuck not far from the bridge," he said, adding that no bodies were recovered. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Floods sweeps away bridge in Indonesia, dozens missing Dec 27, 2007
JAKARTA, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Around 50 people are missing after a bridge collapsed in Madiun regency of East Java province on Wednesday, local police said Thursday. Strong currents of the river triggered by flood had damaged one of the foundations of the bridge and cause the bridge collapse, local police chief Supardi had told Xinhua through telephone from the regency on Wednesday night. (Xinhuanet, China)
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Thursday, December 27, 2007. Rescuers hunt for victims after deadly Indonesian rains Posted: 27 December 2007 1218 hrs. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Rescuers pull victims from rubble after deadly Indonesian rains Dec 27, 2007
"This is still an estimate -- there were many people passing the bridge at the time according to witnesses," a policeman at Madiun district police station, Ilham, told AFP Thursday. "The search is limited to along the river's banks. But no victims have been found so far," he said, adding that strong currents were hindering the search. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Scores dead or missing in Indonesia floods, landslides Dec 26, 2007
Meanwhile in East Java, where heavy rains have also been falling, at least 10 people were killed when a bridge was swept away by swelling flood waters, Andi Hartoyo, chief of police at Madiun district, told ElShinta radio. "Based on several witnesses, at least 10 people were swept away by strong currents as they were standing on the bridge when it collapsed," he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Bali bomb families Oct 16, 2007
I noticed in your Monday Oct. 8 edition that you published a photo of rare maroon leaf monkeys for sale in Madiun, East Java. Given the rarity of this primate I am disappointed that The Jakarta Post chose to essentially advertise the illegal sale of these animals rather than using the photo to highlight the huge problem that is the illegal trade of animals in Indonesia. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
G30S a nagging wound Indonesia eager to deny Sep 29, 2007
Way back in the early days of the Republic, in the 1950s there was the debate about the brief "Madiun Affair" of September 1948. At that time Leftist forces attempted to build an Indonesian Soviet Republic in the East Java town of Madiun and were annihilated by government soldiers. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
CARE continues to provide basic needs to earthquake affected community in Bengkulu Sep 26, 2007
A villager carrying a bundle of grass to feed his animals walks through an almost dry Dawuhan dam in Madiun, Indonesia's East Java province September 24, 2007. Hundreds of villagers are short of drinking water after a prolonged drought hit their village and dried up the dam, a villager said. (AlertNet)
Lesson from history: Soviets told to fight Sep 8, 2007
Dr Drugov helped train thousands of Indonesians at navy bases in Vladivostok and Sevastopol, and then joined Soviet military trainers at bases in Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya and Madiun. "It is now possible to reveal that when a military solution was mooted for Western Irian, the Soviet officers and other servicemen in Indonesia were ordered to act on Indonesia's side," Dr Drugov wrote this week. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
President presents 16 statehood medals Aug 16, 2007
The Bintang Jasa Pratama awards went to economist H.S. Dillon, State Administration Agency head Prapto Hadi, Madiun regent Djunaedi Mahendra, Jambi's Tebo regent H.A. Madjid Mu'az and East Kalimantan's Tarakan mayor Jusuf Serang Kasim. BPPT biotechnology division head Wahono Sumaryono, Attorney General's Office training division head Yon Artiono Arba`i Widyaiswara, and Community Activity Unit head of the East Java administration Soedirman were also recipients of the Bintang Jasa Pratama award. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Failed movement narrated in 'Rashomon' style Jun 3, 2007
The commentary (as was customary in this section, written in rather an intimidating style) reads, Madiun = Malang: A single phrase that has not yet received the attention of any researcher, but which can be interpreted as signaling Nyoto's own opposition to the planned movement. The commentary may be seen as a warning -- that if there were to occur a political upheaval similar to that following the Madiun affair of 1948, this would surely lead to misfortune (ke-Malang-an). (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Can traditional rice farmers help combat climate change? May 8, 2007
Madiun Regent Djunaedi Mahendra says his government is going to reforest hundreds of hectares of agricultural land on the slopes of the Wilis volcano to combat the problem of landslides and flooding. Farmers have cleared large tracts of forests up all the slopes of every volcano on this island, and reforestation has hitherto been handicapped by the fact that these farmers need the income of the cash crops produced on those unstable soils. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Applying 'Java spirit' to help handicapped Apr 11, 2007
These include Janssen being shifted to Madiun (in western East Java) to develop Catholic tertiary education, a falling-out with his superiors who considered his interest in the disabled "a hobby", and a move to Malang in 1959. The move came about when his project was visited by a group of German doctors and journalists who were so impressed by his work that they offered big funding through a charity. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Dancing dramas of the past in Surakarta Mar 25, 2007
" Sadly, there are no authentic references to the dance movements, the structure of the original play, the language used or the performers' costumes. So the Dirodo Meto performance presented on March 17 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of Mangkunegaran Temple is a totally new work, though based on the limited facts available. It was choreographed by Herwasto with dancers Mangkunegaran and Daryono, and researchers from the Indonesian Art Institute (ISI) in Surakarta. Herwasto... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
'Rebel' economist passes away Mar 16, 2007
Sarbini was born in Madiun, East Java, on Aug. 20, 1918. A Harvard University graduate, he was among the group of pioneering economists who introduced the concept of national economic development to former president Soeharto, who was then the commander of the Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad). (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
Indonesians unnecessarily at the mercy of nature Mar 4, 2007
Torrential rains have been moving eastward, already flooding many rice fields in West Java; and causing landslides in Madiun, Central Java, in the second week of February this year. Floods also struck Solo, in Central Java, in the middle of February although to a much smaller extent than in Jakarta. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
