Section: Indonesia
Worst year in Asia? Not Obama, or airlines, but an entire people
As 2015 unfolds with Southeast Asia reeling from yet another airlines tragedy, we take one last look at the year we left behind. A year ago, taking a page from Washington Post columnist Chris Cillizza’s awarding US President Barack Obama the dubious distinction of “Worst year in Washington,” we took to the digital pages of Fortune Magazine....
For some Russians, mortgage costs soaring due to ruble slide
When they took out a mortgage on a small two-room apartment seven years ago, Oksana Li and her husband hoped to make a new home for themselves and their young son.Now, like thousands of other Russians, they are seeing that dream unravel as they are unable to make payments — even by working longer hours and a second job.That’s because they...
Beijing, Almaty submit bid files for ’22 Winter Games to IOC
The two cities left in the depleted field for the 2022 Winter Games have submitted their bid files to the International Olympic Committee.Bid leaders from Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan, handed over their documents Tuesday at IOC headquarters in Lausanne, a day ahead of the deadline.The so-called bid books include details of each city’s...
Insight: Dirty money and development
The world has made enormous progress in recent decades in the fight against poverty. But, as 2014 draws to a close, one billion people — one in seven — still live on less than US$1.25 a day.It will take a global effort to end poverty — and to find the resources to do so. At first glance, the price tag is staggering. We know that development aid...
Bodies From AirAsia Crash Arrive in Surabaya
Jakarta/Surabaya. The first two bodies from the AirAsia plane that crashed off the coast of Borneo arrived on Wednesday in the Indonesian city of Surabaya, where relatives have gathered to await news of their loved ones. Rescuers believe they have found the plane on the sea floor off Borneo, after sonar detected a large, dark object beneath...
Bad weather hobbles Indonesia jet recovery; 7 bodies found
Bad weather hindered efforts to recover victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 Wednesday, and sent wreckage drifting far from the crash site, as grieving relatives “surrounded in darkness” gathered in an airport and prayed for the strength to move forward.The massive hunt for 162 people who vanished Sunday aboard the Airbus A320 from...
Searchers resume hunt for bodies from AirAsia jet
A massive hunt for the 162 victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 resumed in the Java Sea on Wednesday, focusing on an area of the aqua-colored waters where the first bodies and debris were located a day earlier. But wind, strong currents and high surf hampered recovery efforts as distraught family members anxiously waited to identify their loved...
Debris spotted off Indonesia coast; possible link to AirAsia
Several pieces of debris seen floating in the sea off Borneo island might be linked to the missing AirAsia jetliner, an Indonesia National Search and Rescue spokesman said Tuesday.Yusuf Latif said an Indonesian military aircraft saw white, red and black objects, including what appears to be a life jacket, off the coast, about 105 miles (170...
Neighboring nations offer help in search for AirAsia plane
China is offering its assets to help search for AirAsia flight QZ8501, which went missing on Sunday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement in Beijing on Monday.“We are offering our assistance — aircraft and vessels — to help search and rescue operations for the AirAsia incident,” the ministry said as quoted by Antara news agency in...
Search area expanded in hunt for AirAsia plane
More planes will be in the air and more ships on the sea Tuesday hunting for AirAsia Flight 8501 in a widening search off Indonesia that has dragged into a third day without any solid leads.At least 30 ships, 15 aircraft and seven helicopters were looking for the jet carrying 162 people, said Indonesia’s Search and Rescue Agency chief Henry...
