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Although the eruption of Mount Agung is still happening, but it seems that natural disasters are not feared by humans anymore. They simply move to a safe location and enjoy the rare natural phenomenon.

US Ambassador to Indonesia Joseph Donovan apologized to the Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi on the incident of TNI Commander General Gatot Nurmantyo was refused when he was about to fly to the United States. "The US embassy has coordinated with the TNI Commander's staff on this issue, the US embassy is ready to facilitate the travel of General Gatot Nurmantyo) to the United States," the US embassy said on Sunday.

TNI Commander-in-Chief TNI Gatot Nurmantyo is reportedly denied entry into the United States by the US Government. The news was received by General Gatot Nurmantyo through a notice of rejection submitted by the Emirates airline. The airline was supposed to take Gatot and his wife to the United States to attend a conference meeting to meet the invitation of the United States Army Commander General Joseph F Durford, Jr. in the City of Washington, at the request of the US internal security authority.

President Director of Garuda Indonesia, Pahala Nugraha Mansury PT Garuda Indonesia Tbk (GIAA) will conduct a review of the flight route from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Jakarta) to Heathrow Airport (London) via Singapore. The reason, based on audits from the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), the performance of flight route Jakarta-London via Singapore apparently has not provided an encouraging advantage to the company. President Director of Garuda Indonesia, Pahala Mansury explained if starting early November 2017 the Garuda side will modify the Jakarta-London flight route. As of November 2nd, 2017 Garuda Indonesia will make direct flights to London without transit in Singapore.

Belgian King Philippe Leopold Louis Marie and Queen Mathilde are very interested in listening to the hundreds of ancient artifacts from different parts of Indonesia displayed at the Europalia Arts Festival Indonesia. King and queen who was accompanied by Vice President of Indonesia Jusuf Kalla and Mufidah Jusuf Kalla looks very serious attention and listening from a history expert every artifact is displayed. In fact, the King and Queen of Belgium several times spin in several artifacts to see in detail the written inscription on the lower left side of each artifact. Some of the ancient artifacts featured, among others, are made of wood, bronze, gold, silver, and stone, such as from North Sumateta, South Sulawesi, Java, NTT, NTB, Sulawesi, Borneo, and Papua. After traveling around to see the artifacts, Vice President with the King and Queen of Belgium and the entourage witnessed a number of traditional dance Indonesia. Dance, motion, and singing performances are ...

OCTOBER became the month commemorated as the month care about breast cancer international. In this month, you may see more pink color everywhere. Breast cancer is internationally symbolized by pink ribbons. But on the other hand, not only pink bands are used to symbolize breast cancer.

Tourism sector in the City of Rain increasingly ogled foreign tourists. It is evident from the trend of foreign tourists visiting (tourists) to the city of Bogor, which every year continues to increase. In 2014 alone, there are 202,187 foreign tourists visiting, increasing by 2015, as many as 222,406 people. While in the year 2016 rose drastically to 246,867 foreign tourists. Of these, tourists from the Netherlands are at the top, followed by Japan, Australia, China and South Korea. "If the majority of visits from the Netherlands, because they trail the ancestors who lived in Bogor. Most are also researchers, "said Head of Tourism at the Department of Tourism and Culture (Disparbud) Bogor City Susilowati. From various tourist sites, Bogor Botanical Gardens, Presidential Palace, and Hotel Salak is still a tourist attraction. Moreover, continued Susi, the tour guide at the Tourist Information Center (TIC) often bring the tourists to the puppet show Pagentongan. B...

Anies Baswedan and Sandiaga Uno will be inaugurated as governor and vice governor of DKI Jakarta on Monday, 16 October. Until now, preparations for the inauguration and handover of the post of governor-vice-governor still take place. Anies-Sandi won the election of DKI Jakarta with the difference of numbers far adrift from rival, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or Ahok and Djarot Saiful Hidayat, in the second round. Jakarta elections are fierce, draining the energy of both camps and supporters. So exciting, even mentioned election DKI Jakarta is like a bout of presidential elections. Pilkada has ended and new leaders of Jakarta will be officially held. Welcome Bang Anies and Bang Sandi. You both have been selected citizens of Jakarta. Now, it is the turn of Jakarta residents to collect your promises during the last campaign. We certainly hope Anies and Sandiaga able to carry out the mandate well. Not only the citizens of Jakarta who want this city better, but also the desire of...

As the world's largest archipelagic country with more than 17,000 islands, Indonesia is often included in the list of mandatory tourist destinations around the world. Although some places like Bali and Lombok have attracted the attention of foreign tourists, Indonesia actually still has a variety of hidden tourist destinations that have not been widely known by the mainstream. The global travel search company Skyscanner also makes use of its internal data to compile a list of 5 of the best hidden tourist destinations in Indonesia that are not widely known in 2017 - yet have great potential to become famous in the near future. Five tourist destinations are Medan, Labuan Bajo, Belitung, Manado, and Bandar Lampung. In the period from January to August 2017, Skyscanner noted there are hundreds of thousands of searches for plane tickets to these destinations in their search engine. "We are aware that local and foreign tourists are very interested in exploring more ar...

Executing the task of Geological Agency Head of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Rida Mulyana still appealed to people and tourists not to get closer to the area of ​​ Mount Agung, Bali. Because, until now the status of Mount Agung is still dang erous and potentially occur eruption. According to Rida, volcanic activity of Gunung Agung is still quite high. In one day it recorded 800 earthquakes around the area of ​​ Mount Agung. Conditions that, shows the movement of magma closer to the surface. "T he number of earthquakes is very high, an average of 800 times a day," Rida said when met at the Office of Geological Agency, Jalan Diponegoro, Bandung, Wednesday (11/10). In addition, he said, the condition of the mountain is now visible bloated. This is due to the pressure of magma from within. "The mountain is bloated, so fat because there is a magma drive under it, it will erupt, but when (erupt) we do not know," said Rida. Seeing the dev...

Jakarta - Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika said the number of tourist visits in Bali after the increased activity of Gunung Agung in Karangasem is still high. Nevertheless, he reminds tourists not to come to the location of the mountain. "Tourism is still full, only what I advise do not get near danger, that's it, there's still it, I see, but I appeal to all of them, especially those who like adventure tours, that they want to see if they can stay away from the area , "said Mangku Pastika after a meeting with President Jokowi at the Presidential Palace complex, Jakarta, Thursday (28/09/2017). Mangku Pastika said there has been no decrease in tourist visit number in Bali, although some countries have issued travel warning to Bali. Flights and hotels in Bali are still full. "Even though there is a travel warning, anything is still full of airplanes, the hotel is still full, I think they see for themselves what happened in Bali, it is sometimes very...

Sky Garden Night Club to be attracted foreign tourists who visit the Legian Kuta Badung Bali. Clubs adjacent to Ground Zero Monument is indeed the choice of every tourist, especially WN Australia to enjoy the night on the Island of the Gods. However, with the alert status of Mount Agung on last Friday, the level of visits to the Sky Garden also subsided. Information collected from the Management, that really decreased the visit. The number of guests coming far decreased by 30 percent.   Every night nightclub visits reach 300 minimum per night, and when the prestigious event, then up to 500 people are in the building. "Yes there is a decline, from the amount that comes down to 30 percent," said the Management to the Tribune Bali, who are reluctant to mention his name, Wednesday (27/09/2017). Management Party acknowledged, that Night Club was visited by many Australians. However, the loneliness was felt since two weeks ago, before Mount Agung declared the status o...

Gunung Agung's activities in Bali remained high with increasing number of shallow vuklanic earthquakes, recorded 38 times over six hours. Head of Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation PVMBG, Kasbani said the increase in volcanic earthquake shows the movement of magma began to rise to the surface. "Earthquakes are still high and shallow volcanic earthquakes are increasingly an indication that the source of the eruption is close to the surface of the mountain crater," Kasbani told BBC Indonesia on Sunday (24/09).   Based on monitoring from Gunung Agung Observation Post located in Rendang Village, Rendang District, Karangasem, also noted that frequent occurrence of local tectonic earthquake reached 3.5 Richter scale. From 00.00 - 12.00 Wita recorded 332 times of deep volcanic earthquake, 211 times shallow volcanic and 43 times local tectonic earthquake. Head of PVMBG Volcano Mitigation, Gede Suantika said the magma activity is ...