Building bridges
Dr Norbert Baas has travelled widely over three decades with
the German Foreign Office, but his stint as ambassador to Indonesia
isn’t simply another overseas posting. Geraldine Tan learns about his
experiences thus far.
An official with the National Awakening Party (PKB) has urged the Prosperous Justice Party…
Four workers have been confirmed dead and five others remain in critical condition after…
Fresh on the heels of the central government’s plan to offer incentives for the…
Kuala Lumpur. Fast-growing budget carrier AirAsia said on Thursday it had ordered engines worth…
London. Gold prices tumbled to their lowest in more than two-and-a-half years on Thursday,…
Singapore/Hanoi. Global food producers such as Nestle SA will have to pay more for the…
Dehradun. Thousands of Indian soldiers battled on Thursday to reach villages and towns cut…
London. Barack Obama repeatedly called Chancellor George Osborne “Jeffrey” as he was briefing G8…
Singapore. A haze blanketing Singapore from fires in Indonesia could persist for weeks or…
Launceston, Australia. It’s taken Asian countries far too long to realize that fuel subsidies…
Rome. The growing consensus, momentum and commitment to eradicate world hunger may seem overly…
When President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono put off raising fuel prices last year following opposition…
Seven people were hurt in a stampede Thursday as hundreds of fans rushed to…
Football superstar David Beckham said Thursday he sees a “bright” future for the Chinese…
Bayern Munich’s new coach Pep Guardiola has been warned to keep communication with his…
Traditional Betawi food is typically served on the side of the road or at…
Rapper Kanye West pushes the boundaries of hip hop with his latest album “Yeezus,”…
He may now be a doting dad marketing a range of jams and jellies,…
How do you build change? One way is simply by putting one foot in…
When we asked our precocious intern Tika Lestari, a 18-year-old incoming freshman at Kampus…
Good friends, they say, are like stars — the darker the night, the brighter…
This opinion mainly highlights the importance of a small secondary airport and the presence…
Approaching the upcoming 2014 general elections, apathy still plagued a large number of Indonesian…
Most universities offer exchange programs for students to study one semester in another university.…
Dr Norbert Baas has travelled widely over three decades with
the German Foreign Office, but his stint as ambassador to Indonesia
isn’t simply another overseas posting. Geraldine Tan learns about his
experiences thus far.
