PMI Down , Mirror Weak Domestic Demand

 PMI Down , Mirror Weak Domestic Demand


Manufacturing activity index ( PMI ) of HSBC in Indonesia fell to the lowest in seven months in March . Recent data underscore the decline in domestic manufacturing production .

PMI edged down to 50.1 in March from 50.5 in February , according to HSBC economist Su Sian Lim on Tuesday . Latest PMI numbers marked decline in two consecutive months for Indonesia .

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"This implies that domestic demand for goods continued to decline and persist at a moderate pace , following a macro-prudential and monetary tightening aggressively since mid-2013 , " said Lim . " At the same time , external demand is also only slightly increased , as reflected in the value of new export orders were slightly creeping up . "

A PMI reading below 50 indicates a contraction in manufacturing activity . A PMI reading above 50 indicates expansion .

Bank Indonesia in March cut its growth forecast to between 5.5 % and 5.9 % this year . Decreased from the previous prediction of 5.8 % and 6.2 % . Indonesia 's economy grew 5.8 % last year, the slowest pace since 2009 .

PMI Turun, Cermin Lemahnya Permintaan Domestik

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PMI Turun, Cermin Lemahnya Permintaan Domestik


Indeks aktivitas manufaktur (PMI) HSBC untuk Indonesia turun hingga yang terendah dalam tujuh bulan pada Maret. Data terbaru ini menggarisbawahi penurunan produksi manufaktur dalam negeri.

PMI Maret turun tipis menjadi 50,1 dari 50,5 pada Februari, menurut ekonom HSBC Su Sian Lim pada Selasa. Angka terbaru PMI menandai penurunan dua bulan berturut-turut untuk Indonesia.

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“Ini mengisyaratkan bahwa permintaan dalam negeri untuk barang-barang terus menurun dan bertahan pada laju moderat, menyusul pengetatan makroprudensial serta moneter yang agresif sejak pertengahan 2013,” papar Lim. “Pada saat yang sama, permintaan eksternal juga hanya sedikit meningkat, seperti tercermin dalam nilai pesanan ekspor baru yang sedikit merangkak naik.”

Angka PMI di bawah 50 mengindikasikan kontraksi dalam aktivitas manufaktur. Angka PMI di atas 50 mengindikasikan ekspansi.

Bank Indonesia pada Maret memangkas proyeksi pertumbuhan menjadi antara 5,5% dan 5,9% tahun ini. Prediksi menurun dari sebelumnya untuk 5,8% dan 6,2%. Perekonomian Indonesia tumbuh 5,8% tahun lalu, laju terlambat sejak 2009.WSJ

Film ' Sokola Woods ' Rotated Prime in America

Film ' Sokola Woods ' Rotated Prime in America

ASATUNEWS - Indonesian Movie , " Sokola Jungle " on Tuesday ( 25/3 ) premiered at a film festival in Washington DC . Screening followed by an interactive discussion with the director , Riri Riza .

 National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC on Tuesday night ( 25/3 ) and then filled with movie lovers who want to watch the movie " Sokola Woods " directed by Riri Riza . " Sokola Jungle " which tells the story of a woman's experience of teaching children the Jungle .

As VOA encountered while before playback , Riri said he was happy .
" I think it 's great for a filmmaker must have the opportunity to show our film beyond a comfortable environment , " he said .

The story of a woman who teaches children the Jungle in the jungle , played in Environmental Festival in Washington DC . Riri said the film is loaded with issues of education , social and environmental .

" This movie should talk about how we have to realize that the environment , forests , tropical forests in Indonesia must be kept in balance , and the dimensions must be maintained . Because when people start Jungle depressed , and they are forced to change , what happens is a disaster , "added Riri .

At the premiere , the film is mostly using the language of the Wilderness warmly welcomed American society , as evidenced by the height of the discussion between the audience after the screening and Riri Riza .

One of the audience , Robin Tatu , claimed he learned a lot of films and discussions . He said , " I'm glad the discussion about what is the importance of letting people live the Jungle to keep running their way . And a lot we can learn from them . They have a tradition , knowledge of the forest and the knowledge of life . "

One other spectators , Julie Sidhartha , says he increasingly encouraged to become volunteers in Indonesia .

" I 've actually been wanting to go back to Indonesia , maybe 1-2 months of each year with the intent to become a sort of volunteer to give something back to Indonesia . Because I always give back to my neighborhood here in Richmond , Virginia and I think now it's time to go back to Indonesia , "said Julie .
Sokola volunteers were taught to read and write to the villagers Wailago , Flores ( Photo : dock )
Sokola volunteers were taught to read and write to the villagers Wailago , Flores ( Photo : dock )
Film Sokola Rimba removed from real experience Butet Manurung education activist who devoted himself to teach reading and math to children in Tribal Children who live in the inland forest in Jambi province . His experience has been outlined in a book called " Sokola Jungle " which was first published in 2007 .

" The first year in the Jungle , I do not speak their language . I really like a diary , but the diary of the first year I taught in the jungle long . So filled with stories funny , my mistakes , trouble - troubleku long in the woods, I wrote it all , "said Butet .

Similarly, the VOA said Butet met two years ago after launching his book in America . The book was translated into English and published under the title " The Jungle School " .

Wife of Singapore 's Ambassador to America , Gouri Minpouri , is one of the book 's editor . He said , " Now the message will reach more people . That is about the people who face the challenges of the Jungle in carrying out the tradition that they have run hundreds of years . Messages about the environmental changes and challenges they face , the message that they need to be understood , that they need education . All people need education . "

Editor of the book " The Jungle School " other , Ro King , hoping film starring Prisia Nasution and the Jungle , it can help improve understanding of the needs of many minority residents .

" We hope the audience happy with the film and was impressed with the sincerity of the Jungle children , thus making them interested in buying the book . Because the sale of the book will be used to help build Sokola - sokola in Indonesia , "said Ro King .

Now there are five Sokola spread in Indonesia , including the newly opened Sokola in the interior of Papua . | VOA

Film 'Sokola Rimba' Diputar Perdana di Amerika

Film 'Sokola Rimba' Diputar Perdana di Amerika

Film Indonesia, “Sokola Rimba” hari Selasa (25/3) diputar perdana di dalam sebuah festival film di Washington DC. Pemutaran diikuti dengan diskusi interaktif dengan sutradaranya, Riri Riza.

 National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington DC hari Selasa malam (25/3) lalu dipenuhi para pencinta film yang hendak menyaksikan film "Sokola Rimba" arahan sutradara Riri Riza. “Sokola Rimba” yang menceritakan tentang pengalaman seorang perempuan mengajar anak-anak Rimba.

Ketika ditemui VOA beberapa saat sebelum pemutaran, Riri mengaku senang.
“Senang sekali saya rasa ini buat seorang pembuat film pastinya kesempatan untuk menunjukkan film kita di luar lingkungan yang nyaman,” katanya.

Cerita tentang seorang perempuan yang mengajar anak-anak Rimba di pedalaman hutan ini, diputar dalam Festival Lingkungan Hidup di Washington DC. Riri mengatakan filmnya sarat dengan isu pendidikan, sosial dan lingkungan.

“Film ini bicara soal bagaimana kita sebaiknya harus menyadari bahwa lingkungan, hutan, hutan tropis di Indonesia harus dijaga keseimbangannya, dan harus dijaga dimensinya. Karena ketika orang-orang Rimba mulai tertekan, dan perubahan terhadap mereka dipaksakan, yang terjadi adalah bencana,” tambah Riri.

Pada pemutaran perdananya, film yang sebagian besar menggunakan bahasa Rimba ini disambut hangat masyarakat Amerika, terbukti dengan ramainya diskusi usai pemutaran antara penonton dan Riri Riza.

Salah seorang penonton, Robin Tatu, mengaku ia belajar banyak dari film dan diskusinya. Ia mengatakan, “Saya senang diskusi tentang apa pentingnya untuk membiarkan orang-orang Rimba untuk tetap menjalankan hidup dengan cara mereka. Dan banyak yang bisa kita pelajari dari mereka. Mereka memiliki tradisi, pengetahuan tentang hutan dan pengetahuan tentang hidup.”

Seorang penonton lain, Julie Sidharta, mengatakan ia semakin terdorong untuk menjadi relawan di Indonesia.

“Saya sebenarnya sudah lama ingin kembali ke Indonesia, mungkin 1-2 bulan setiap tahun dengan maksud untuk menjadi semacam sukarelawan untuk memberikan sesuatu kembali ke Indonesia. Karena saya selalu memberikan kembali ke lingkungan saya disini di Richmond, Virginia dan saya rasa sekarang sudah waktunya untuk kembali ke Indonesia,” ujar Julie.
Relawan Sokola sedang mengajarkan baca tulis kepada para penduduk desa Wailago, Flores (Foto: dok)
Relawan Sokola sedang mengajarkan baca tulis kepada para penduduk desa Wailago, Flores (Foto: dok)
Film Sokola Rimba diangkat dari pengalaman nyata aktivis pendidikan Butet Manurung yang mengabdikan dirinya mengajar membaca dan berhitung kepada anak-anak Suku Anak Dalam yang tinggal di pedalaman hutan di provinsi Jambi. Pengalamannya telah dituangkan dalam buku berjudul “Sokola Rimba” yang terbit pertama kali pada tahun 2007.

“Setahun pertama di Rimba, aku tidak bisa bahasa mereka. Aku memang suka menulis diari, tapi diari satu tahun pertama aku mengajar di rimba itu panjang. Jadi penuh dengan cerita-cerita yang lucu-lucu, kesalahan-kesalahanku, trouble-troubleku selama di hutan, itu aku tulis semua,” ungkap Butet.

Demikian ujar Butet yang ditemui VOA dua tahun lalu usai meluncurkan bukunya di Amerika. Buku itu diterjemahkan dalam bahasa Inggris dan diterbitkan dengan judul “The Jungle School”.

Isteri Duta Besar Singapura untuk Amerika, Gouri Minpouri, adalah salah seorang penyunting buku itu. Ia mengatakan, “Kini pesannya akan sampai ke lebih banyak orang. Yaitu tentang orang-orang Rimba yang menghadapi tantangan dalam mengemban tradisi yang telah mereka jalankan ratusan tahun. Pesan tentang perubahan lingkungan yang mereka hadapi dan tantangannya, pesan bahwa mereka perlu dipahami, bahwa mereka perlu pendidikan. Semua orang perlu pendidikan.”

Penyunting buku “The Jungle School” lainnya, Ro King, berharap film yang dibintangi Prisia Nasution dan orang-orang Rimba itu, bisa membantu meningkatkan pemahaman banyak orang akan kebutuhan warga minoritas.

“Kami harap penonton senang dengan filmnya dan terkesan dengan ketulusan anak-anak Rimba, sehingga membuat mereka tertarik membeli bukunya. Karena hasil penjualan bukunya akan digunakan untuk membantu membangun Sokola-sokola lain di Indonesia,” papar Ro King.

Kini ada lima Sokola yang tersebar di Indonesia, termasuk satu Sokola yang baru dibuka di pedalaman Papua.|VOA

Somalia Capture 2 Senior al-Shabab commander

Somalia Capture 2 Senior al-Shabab commander

The Somali government said it had arrested two senior al-Shabab commander, one of the suspects in the bombing that killed over 20 people.

Somali officials on Monday (31/3) showing two men in front of reporters in town Qoryoley - but did not release their names pending further investigation.

Somalia Deputy Security Minister Ibrahim Isak Yarow told VOA Somali broadcast one of two men suspected of involvement in a suicide bombing at the headquarters of the African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu in 2009.

The attack killed 21 people - 17 of them African soldiers including the deputy force commander.

Another person who was arrested is said to be trainer Amniyat - an elite unit in charge of al-Shabab missions suicide bombings, intelligence and murder.

.Somalia Tangkap 2 Komandan Senior Al-Shabab

.Somalia Tangkap 2 Komandan Senior Al-Shabab

Pemerintah Somalia mengatakan telah menangkap dua komandan senior al-Shabab, salah satunya tersangka dalam pemboman yang menewaskan lebih 20 orang.

Pejabat Somalia hari Senin (31/3) menampilkan kedua orang itu di hadapan para wartawan di kota Qoryoley – tetapi tidak merilis nama mereka sambil menunggu penyelidikan lebih lanjut.

Wakil Menteri Keamanan Somalia Ibrahim Isak Yarow mengatakan kepada VOA siaran bahasa Somalia salah satu dari kedua orang itu diduga terlibat dalam pemboman bunuh diri di markas pasukan perdamaian Uni Afrika di Mogadishu tahun 2009.

Serangan itu menewaskan 21 orang – 17 diantaranya tentara Afrika termasuk wakil komandan pasukan itu.

Seorang lainnya yang ditangkap dikatakan sebagai pelatih Amniyat – sebuah unit elit al-Shabab yang mengurusi misi-misi bom bunuh diri, intelijen dan pembunuhan.

Debris from the plane that allegedly turns Malaysian Fishing Equipment

Debris from the plane that allegedly turns Malaysian Fishing Equipment

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott - whose country is now leading the search for the missing jet Malaysia since March 8 - said he did not set a deadline for the search of the plane .

Officials say the debris is visible and is expected as a promising clue on board the Malaysia Airlines , it is a fishing equipment .

In recent weeks , satellites and aircraft search has announced the location of hundreds of debris expected loss of a team of investigators Malaysia Airlines MH370 aircraft could be used to track the whereabouts of the aircraft . But so far they have not managed to find the debris or any object from the missing plane .

On Monday ( 31/3 ) - a fleet of 11 ships - including seven of Chinese ships and 10 aircraft , to explore an area of ​​254,000 square kilometers in the Indian Ocean . Search team reported several more objects identified as a promising lead .

Despite the frustration , the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott - a press conference in Perth on Monday - saying no set time limit to find the plane .

" I certainly did not set a time limit searches . We owe a duty to the families of the passengers , to any person of air travel , the countries whose citizens were on the plane that was lost , to the world during the past three weeks transfixed by this mystery , to everyone who does anything that makes sense in this search effort , and therefore we will continue to search in the coming days , "said Abbott .

Tony Abbott added intensity this operation continues to increase despite the challenges and the magnitude of the operation which he calls the " tremendous effort difficult " .

Malaysian Defense Minister Hishamuddin Hussein said Monday he will travel to Hawaii this week to meet U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and discuss the search effort . He also will talk with its partners - ASEAN defense ministers - in Honolulu .

The Malaysian government says they are working with Australia to form a new Joint Agency Coordination Center led by retired Australian air force chief of staff , who will coordinate the efforts of the international search of Pearce air base in Perth - Australia .

A boat carrying a special tool detector plane's black boxes is expected to arrive in the area on Thursday . The team of investigators hope that if they can bring the device close enough to the aircraft flight recorder , the device will detect the signal and the searchers will be able to determine the location of the main wreckage aircraft .

Twenty- six countries involved in the search operation MH370 Malaysian Airlines plane that disappeared from radar on March 8 while on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew . Most of the passengers , or about 154 people are citizens of China .

Family members of Chinese nationals protested loudly that the Malaysian way of handling the disaster situation .

But on Monday , the Chinese government newspaper " China Daily " published an editorial which appeared to soften the Chinese government 's official stance , saying people " should not be submerged in anger and for the families to accept the tragedy. The newspaper said the only thing to do now is to continue the search of the wreckage .VOA

Puing yang Diduga dari Pesawat Malaysia ternyata Alat Memancing

Puing yang Diduga dari Pesawat Malaysia ternyata Alat Memancing

PM Australia Tony Abbott – yang negaranya kini memimpin upaya pencarian pesawat jet Malaysia yang hilang sejak 8 Maret lalu – mengatakan ia tidak menetapkan batas waktu pencarian pesawat tersebut.

Para pejabat mengatakan puing-puing yang terlihat dan diperkirakan sebagai petunjuk menjanjikan atas pesawat Malaysia Airlines tersebut, ternyata adalah peralatan memancing.

Dalam beberapa pekan terakhir ini, satelit-satelit dan pesawat-pesawat pencari telah mengumumkan lokasi ratusan puing yang diharapkan tim penyelidik hilangnya pesawat Malaysia Airlines MH370 bisa digunakan untuk melacak keberadaan pesawat itu. Tetapi sejauh ini mereka belum berhasil menemukan puing-puing atau obyek apapun dari pesawat yang hilang tersebut.

Hari Senin (31/3) – armada 11 kapal – termasuk tujuh kapal dari China, serta 10 pesawat terbang, menjelajahi daerah seluas 254.000 kilometer persegi di Samudera India itu. Tim pencari melaporkan beberapa lagi objek yang diidentifikasi sebagai petunjuk yang menjanjikan.

Meski frustrasi, Perdana Menteri Australia Tony Abbott – dalam konferensi pers di Perth hari Senin – mengatakan tidak ada batas waktu yang ditetapkan untuk menemukan pesawat tersebut.

“Saya tentu saja tidak menetapkan batas waktu pencarian. Kita berkewajiban kepada keluarga para penumpang, kepada setiap orang yang melakukan perjalanan udara, pada negara-negara yang warganya berada di dalam pesawat yang hilang itu, kepada dunia yang selama tiga minggu ini terpaku oleh misteri ini, kepada setiap orang yang melakukan apapun yang masuk akal dalam upaya pencarian ini, dan karenanya kita akan terus melakukan pencarian pada hari-hari mendatang,” ujar Abbott.

Tony Abbott menambahkan intensitas operasi ini terus meningkat meski menghadapi tantangan dan besarnya operasi yang disebutnya sebagai “upaya yang luar biasa sulitnya”.

Menteri Pertahanan Malaysia Hishamuddin Hussein hari Senin mengatakan ia akan melakukan perjalanan ke Hawaii pekan ini untuk bertemu Menteri Pertahanan Amerika Chuck Hagel dan membahas upaya pencarian tersebut. Ia juga akan berbicara dengan mitra-mitranya – para menteri pertahanan ASEAN – di Honolulu.

Pemerintah Malaysia mengatakan mereka bekerjasama dengan Australia untuk membentuk Pusat Koordinasi Instansi Gabungan baru yang dipimpin oleh pensiunan kepala staf angkatan udara Australia, yang akan mengkoordinasi upaya pencarian internasional dari pangkalan udara Pearce di Perth – Australia.

Sebuah kapal yang membawa alat khusus pendeteksi kotak hitam pesawat diperkirakan akan tiba di daerah itu hari Kamis. Tim penyelidik berharap bahwa jika mereka dapat membawa alat itu cukup dekat dengan alat pencatat penerbangan pesawat, alat itu akan mendeteksi sinyalnya dan para pencari akan dapat menentukan lokasi reruntuhan utama pesawat.

Dua puluh enam negara terlibat dalam operasi pencarian pesawat Malaysian Airlines MH370 yang hilang dari radar 8 Maret lalu selagi dalam penerbangan dari Kuala Lumpur menuju Beijing dengan 239 penumpang dan awak pesawat. Sebagian besar penumpang atau sekitar 154 orang adalah warga negara China.

Anggota-anggota keluarga warga China itu memprotes keras cara Malaysia menangani situasi musibah tersebut.

Tetapi hari Senin, suratkabar pemerintah China “China Daily” mempublikasikan sebuah editorial yang tampaknya memperlunak sikap resmi pemerintah China, dengan menyatakan orang “seharusnya tidak tenggelam dalam kemarahan dan bagi keluarga korban untuk menerima tragedi tersebut. Suratkabar itu menyatakan satu-satunya yang dapat dilakukan sekarang adalah melanjutkan pencarian puing pesawat tersebut.

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Democrats Covert Campaign '' '' , for a free - for Tabloid

Democrats Covert Campaign '' '' , for a free - for Tabloid

Democratic Party led by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono '' '' covert campaign to distribute free tabloid National Journal on the main streets of Jakarta , Tuesday ( ¼ ) .

Tabloid April 2014 edition of the 40-page displays ( head line ) front page image Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ( SBY ) by wearing clothes and berets ( caps ) Democrat blue .

Tabloid distributed free to pedestrians , public transportation passengers , buses and trains .

Almost the entire contents of the tabloid shows the president 's success over the last two periods , dialawali front page exclusive interview with President SBY : SBY : Nothing is so dominant , all important party .

The tabloid also peeling '' map '' fierce Presidential candidates . '' Corruption PDIP and Golkar greater '' .

Also write business success Social Security Agency ( BPJS ) called Revolution Social Security ( See : criticism in Asatunews.com and

http://newsandfeaturesonindonesia.blogspot.com/2014/02/bpjs-lebih-ribet-dan-tetap-bayar.html )

So , if the other party is also eager as Democrats , also for sharing the tabloids or newspapers.

Partai Demokrat ‘’Kampanye Terselubung’’, bagi-bagi Tabloid gratis

Partai Demokrat ‘’Kampanye Terselubung’’, bagi-bagi Tabloid gratis

Partai Demokrat yang dipimpin Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono melakukan ‘’kampanye terselubung’’ dengan membagikan Tabloid Jurnal Nasional secara gratis di jalan-jalan utama Jakarta, Selasa,(¼).

Tabloid edisi April 2014 setebal 40 halaman itu menampilkan (head line) halaman depan gambar Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) dengan mengenakan baju dan baret (topi) Partai Demokrat yang berwarna biru.

Tabloid dibagikan gratis terhadap para pejalan kaki, penumpang angkot, bis dan kereta api.

Hampir seluruh isi tabloid berisi kesuksesan Presiden SBY selama dua periode terakhir, dialawali dengan halaman depan wawancara khusus Presiden SBY : Sby: Tak ada yang sangat dominan, semua partai penting.

Tabloid ini juga mengupas ‘’Peta sengit para calon Presiden’’. ‘’Korupsi PDIP dan Golkar lebih besar’’.

Juga menulis kesuksesan Badan Pengelola Jaminan Sosial (BPJS) yang disebut Revolusi Jaminan Sosial (Lihat: kritikannya di Asatunews.com dan

http://newsandfeaturesonindonesia.blogspot.com/2014/02/bpjs-lebih-ribet-dan-tetap-bayar.html)

Jadi, apakah partai lain juga berkeinginan seperti Partai Demokrat, Juga bagi-bagi tabloid atau Koran gratis.

IDX IDX Up 27.89 Points , Gold and Oil falls

IDX IDX Up 27.89 Points , Gold and Oil falls



BEI index opened up 27.89 points , the market price of gold fell in New York , Wall Street ended up driven technology stocks , global stock markets rose driven Fed statement

 Composite Stock Price Index ( CSPI ) in Indonesia Stock Exchange ( IDX ) on Tuesday opened up by 27.89 points, driven by positive expectations on economic data Indonesian market .

BEI index opened up 27.89 points, or 0.58 percent, to 4796.16 . While the index of 45 leading shares ( LQ45 ) rose 7.23 points ( 0.90 percent ) to a level of 806.74 .

" Positive Expectations on Indonesian economic data to be published on this day was the catalyst for BEI index , such as inflation and trade balance , " said the Head of Research Valbury Asia Securities Alfiansyah Tuesday .

He argues that inflation is expected to remain under control in March 2014 in accordance with the projection of Bank Indonesia ( BI ) in the range of 0.1 percent . In addition , the Central Statistics Agency ( BPS ) estimates the trade surplus trend will begin to take place in February until the end of 2014 .

According to him , it will be able to continue to encourage the flow of foreign funds ( capital inflow ) into the domestic stock market .

Meanwhile , Team Technicians Mandiri Securities in a study predicting that there will be a trade surplus of 490 million U.S. dollars in February . It should be underlined that the central bank has also been able to predict the trade surplus reached 700 million U.S. dollars in February .

" With these conditions , the BEI index still has the potential to move mixed with a strong tendency . On Tuesday , the BEI index may move in the range of 4747-4784 points .

Regional exchanges , including the Hang Seng index rose 147.30 points ( 0.66 percent) to 22298.36 , the Nikkei index fell 2.29 points ( 0.02 percent ) to a level of 14825.08 and Straits Times gained 12.53 points ( 0.40 percent ) to 3201.37 position .

Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange closed down for the fourth consecutive session on Monday (Tuesday morning GMT ) , as many economic reports are expected to create several volatile sessions throughout the week .

The most active gold contract for June delivery lost 10.5 dollars, or 0.81 percent, to settle at 1283.8 dollars per ounce . Tracking active contract , the price of gold was 2.9 percent lower for March , but rose 6.8 percent for the first quarter and so far this year , statistics show .

The price of gold on Monday was the lowest closing position for a most-active contract since Feb. 10 . According to some market analysts , as the U.S. economy improves and the Federal Reserve began to withdraw excess liquidity on the road to raise interest rates , precious metal prices will likely go down .

This week will end with the monthly U.S. jobs report , and other important reports to be released in the next few days , including initial jobless claims report . On a technical basis , the next support level for gold prices near U.S. $ 1,253 , some market analysts say .

Silver for May delivery fell 3.8 cents, or 0.19 per cent to close at 19.752 U.S. dollars per ounce , according to Xinhua reported .

World oil prices fell on Monday ( Tuesday morning GMT ) , as investors took profits after last week's strong gains triggered by a positive U.S. economic data and tensions over Ukraine .

In trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange , light sweet crude or West Texas Intermediate ( WTI ) for delivery in May fell nine cents to close at 101.58 dollars per barrel .

In London , Brent North Sea crude for delivery in May dipped 31 cents to stand at 107.76 dollars per barrel .

The absence of any progress over the weekend in clashes between Russia and the West over Ukraine to help take some of the pressure on prices , although the situation remains tense .

Russian troops were gathered in the eastern border of Ukraine , sparking concerns about Moscow plans after taking over the Crimean Peninsula this month .

Oil prices fell as the U.S. and Russia are trying to solve the Ukrainian crisis through diplomatic means .

Weekend talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry did not reach any agreement . But the market took it as a sign that both sides seem to have been open to exchange views .

Although the two sides on Sunday ( 30/3 ) failed to reach a breakthrough deal in Paris , they agreed to continue talks after what was described as a negotiation " light " and " constructive " .

Russia provides about a quarter of Europe's natural gas supply , with about half of their exports shipped through pipelines in Ukraine , analysts said .

" The oil market is still locked into the balance of geopolitical risk and adequate supply , " said Phil Flynn of Price Futures Group .

" Talks with Russia that appear everywhere increases the likelihood that there will be sanctions lead to Russia . Still Russian troops are on the border of Ukraine . "

Also helped weaken oil prices was the start of production from the West Qurna - 2 field in Iraq , starting at 120,000 barrels per day but is expected to increase to 420,000 barrels per day by the end of the year .

Traders also kept an eye on important traffic in the Strait of Hormuz , where an armed warship attacked an oil tanker on Sunday .

While Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen said on Monday that the economy will require further support . His comments helped crude oil pared losses initially .

There is still room for the Fed to boost the U.S. economy through a policy of " extraordinary " in the form of bond-buying program and the massive interest rates near zero , Yellen said .

Speech to reassure investors after Yellen said in his first press conference as chairman of the Fed after the Fed policy meeting in March that the first increase in the federal funds rate can occur six months after the reduction of the stimulus ends , earlier than market expectations , so quoting AFP and Xinhua .

IHSG BEI Naik 27,89 Poin, Emas dan Minyak Turun

IHSG BEI Naik 27,89 Poin, Emas dan Minyak Turun



IHSG BEI dibuka naik 27,89 poin, Harga emas turun di pasar New York, Wall Street ended up driven technology stocks , global stock markets rose driven Fed statement

 Indeks harga saham gabungan (IHSG) di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) Selasa, dibuka naik sebesar 27,89 poin didorong ekspektasi positif pasar terhadap data ekonomi Indonesia.

IHSG BEI dibuka naik 27,89 poin atau 0,58 persen menjadi 4.796,16. Sedangkan indeks 45 saham unggulan (LQ45) menguat 7,23 poin (0,90 persen) ke level 806,74.

"Ekpektasi positif terhadap data ekonomi Indonesia yang akan dipublikasikan pada hari ini menjadi katalis bagi IHSG BEI, seperti inflasi dan neraca perdagangan," kata Head of Research Valbury Asia Securities Alfiansyah di Jakarta, Selasa.

Ia mengemukakan bahwa inflasi Maret 2014 diperkirakan masih terkendali sesuai dengan proyeksi Bank Indonesia (BI) di kisaran 0,1 persen. Selain itu, Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) memperkirakan tren surplus neraca perdagangan akan mulai terjadi pada Bulan Februari hingga akhir tahun 2014.

Menurut dia, itu akan dapat terus mendorong aliran dana asing masuk (capital inflow) ke dalam bursa saham domestik.

Sementara itu, Tim Analis teknikal Mandiri Sekuritas dalam kajiannya memprediksi bahwa akan terjadi surplus perdagangan sebesar 490 juta dolar AS pada Februari. Patut digarisbawahi bahwa BI juga telah memprediksi surplus perdagangan dapat mencapai 700 juta dolar AS pada Februari.

"Dengan kondisi itu, indeks BEI masih berpotensi bergerak mixed dengan kecenderungan menguat. Pada perdagangan Selasa ini, IHSG BEI diperkirakan bergerak di kisaran 4.747--4.784 poin.

Bursa regional, di antaranya indeks Hang Seng menguat 147,30 poin (0,66 persen) ke level 22.298,36, indeks Nikkei turun 2,29 poin (0,02 persen) ke level 14.825,08 dan Straits Times menguat 12,53 poin (0,40 persen) ke posisi 3.201,37.

Emas berjangka di divisi COMEX New York Mercantile Exchange ditutup turun untuk sesi keempat berturut-turut pada Senin (Selasa pagi WIB), karena banyak laporan ekonomi diperkirakan dapat menciptakan beberapa sesi volatil sepanjang pekan ini.

Kontrak emas yang paling aktif untuk pengiriman Juni turun 10,5 dolar AS atau 0,81 persen menjadi menetap di 1.283,8 dolar AS per ounce. Pelacakan kontrak teraktif, harga emas berada 2,9 persen lebih rendah untuk Maret, tetapi naik 6,8 persen untuk kuartal pertama dan sejauh tahun ini, data statistik menunjukkan.

Harga emas pada Senin adalah posisi penutupan terendah untuk kontrak teraktif sejak 10 Februari. Menurut beberapa analis pasar, karena ekonomi AS membaik dan Federal Reserve mulai menarik ekses likuiditas di jalan menuju menaikkan suku bunga, harga logam mulia kemungkinan akan turun.

Minggu ini akan berakhir dengan laporan pekerjaan AS bulanan, dan laporan-laporan penting lainnya akan dirilis dalam beberapa hari ke depan termasuk laporan klaim pengangguran awal. Pada basis teknikal, dukungan berikutnya untuk harga emas dekat tingkat 1.253 dolar AS, beberapa analis pasar mengatakan.

Perak untuk pengiriman Mei melemah 3,8 sen atau 0,19 persen menjadi ditutup pada 19,752 dolar per AS ounce, demikian Xinhua melaporkan.

Harga minyak dunia turun pada Senin (Selasa pagi WIB), karena investor mengambil untung setelah kenaikan kuat pekan lalu dipicu oleh data ekonomi AS yang positif dan ketegangan atas Ukraina.

Dalam perdagangan di New York Mercantile Exchange, minyak mentah light sweet atau West Texas Intermediate (WTI) untuk pengiriman Mei turun sembilan sen menjadi ditutup pada 101,58 dolar AS per barel.

Di London, minyak mentah Brent North Sea untuk penyerahan Mei merosot 31 sen menjadi berdiri di 107,76 dolar AS per barel.

Tidak adanya kemajuan apapun selama akhir pekan pada pertikaian antara Rusia dan Barat atas Ukraina membantu mengambil beberapa tekanan terhadap harga, meskipun situasi tetap tegang.

Pasukan Rusia yang berkumpul di perbatasan timur Ukraina, memicu kekhawatiran tentang rencana Moskow setelah mengambil alih Semenanjung Krimea bulan ini.

Harga minyak turun karena AS dan Rusia berusaha untuk menyelesaikan krisis Ukraina melalui jalur diplomatik.

Pembicaraan akhir pekan antara Menteri Luar Negeri Rusia Sergei Lavrov dan Menteri Luar Negeri AS John Kerry tidak mencapai kesepakatan apapun. Tetapi pasar mengambil itu sebagai tanda bahwa kedua belah pihak tampaknya telah terbuka untuk bertukar pandangan.

Meskipun kedua belah pihak pada Minggu (30/3) gagal mencapai terobosan kesepakatan di Paris, mereka setuju untuk melanjutkan pembicaraan setelah apa yang digambarkan sebagai negosiasi yang "terang" dan "konstruktif".

Rusia menyediakan sekitar seperempat dari pasokan gas alam di Eropa, dengan sekitar setengah dari ekspor mereka dikirim melalui jaringan pipa di Ukraina, analis mengatakan.

"Pasar minyak masih terkunci ke dalam keseimbangan risiko geopolitik dan pasokan yang cukup," kata Phil Flynn dari Price Futures Group.

"Pembicaraan dengan Rusia yang tampak ke mana-mana meningkatkan kemungkinan bahwa akan ada sanksi lebih mengarah kepada Rusia. Pasukan Rusia masih berada di perbatasan Ukraina."

Juga membantu melemahkan harga minyak adalah dimulainya produksi dari ladang Qurna Barat-2 di Irak, diawali pada 120.000 barel per hari namun diperkirakan akan meningkat menjadi 420.000 barel per hari pada akhir tahun.

Pedagang juga terus mengawasi jalur lalu lintas penting di Selat Hormuz, di mana sebuah kapal perang bersenjata menyerang sebuah kapal tanker minyak pada Minggu.

Sementara Ketua Federal Reserve Janet Yellen pada Senin mengatakan bahwa perekonomian akan memerlukan dukungan lebih lanjut. Komentarnya membantu minyak mentah memangkas kerugian awalnya.

Masih ada ruang bagi Fed untuk meningkatkan ekonomi AS melalui kebijakan "luar biasa" dalam bentuk program pembelian obligasi besar-besaran dan tingkat suku bunga mendekati nol, Yellen mengatakan.

Pidatonya meyakinkan investor setelah Yellen menyatakan pada konferensi pers pertamanya sebagai ketua Fed setelah pertemuan kebijakan Fed Maret bahwa kenaikan pertama suku bunga federal fund bisa terjadi enam bulan setelah pengurangan stimulus berakhir, lebih awal dari ekspektasi pasar, demikian mengutip AFP dan Xinhua.

Wall Street ended up driven technology stocks , global stock markets rose driven Fed statement

Wall Street ended up driven technology stocks , global stock markets rose driven Fed statement

Stocks on Wall Street surged on Monday (Tuesday morning GMT ) , stock driven technology sector rebounded after falling last week , aided by the assurance that the Federal Reserve Janet Yellen will continue to support the U.S. economy .

At the close of trading , the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 134.60 points ( 0.79 percent) to 16457.66 .

The broad-based S & P 500 added 14.72 points ( 0.79 percent ) to finish at 1872.34 . The tech-rich Nasdaq composite index rose 43.24 points ( 1.04 percent) to 4198.99 .

Technology stocks were the main beneficiaries rise , after being under heavy selling pressure last week on fears of new bubbles and fears that Western tensions with Russia could deteriorate over the weekend .

Monday also marked the last trading day of March and the first quarter of this year .

On a quarterly basis , leading stocks the Dow fell 0.7 percent during the last quarter , while the broader S & P 500 and Nasdaq recorded each rose 1.3 percent and 0.5 percent .

While for March , the Dow rose 0.8 percent , the S & P 500 rose 0.7 percent , but the Nasdaq lost 2.5 percent .

U.S. stocks opened higher moves and held up until the end of the session because Yellen 's comments support the market sentiments .

Federal Reserve Chairman Yellen provide market support in his speech , in which he underlined that unemployment is still a major challenge for the economy and the Fed will maintain extraordinary measures until the unemployment rate falls much more .

"The recovery still feels like a recession to many Americans , and also looks like it was in some economic statistics , " he said .

There is still room for the Fed to boost the U.S. economy through a policy of " extraordinary " in the form of bond-buying program and the massive interest rates near zero , Yellen said Monday , referring to the weak labor market .

Bio- tech stocks were big losers during last week turned up or " rebound " , with Gilead Sciences rose 3.4 percent , while rival Biogen Idec added 4.0 percent and 2.3 percent rise Amgen .

Oracle jumped 3.4 percent on reports that it has surpassed Gartner IBM rose 1.1 Percent become the second largest software provider in the world .

The largest software provider , Microsoft , rose 1.7 percent helped by the success of his latest Word applications for Apple devices .

General Motors , the problem continues to rise ahead of a hearing in the U.S. Congress over the withdrawal of the recent cars , lost 0.9 percent .

Tesla , a luxury electric car maker , lost 1.9 percent since announcing improvements to battery fire issues .

Bond prices vary . The yield on 10 - year U.S. government slightly higher at 2.73 percent , up from 2.72 percent on Friday ( 28/3 ) , while the 30 - year flat at 3.57 percent . Prices and bond yields move inversely .

Shares in major world markets rose on Monday , while gold , yen , and other safe assets fell after the chairman of the U.S. central bank ( Federal Reserve ) Janet Yellen reiterated the importance of commitment " extraordinary " to support the U.S. economy .

The euro bounced back against the U.S. dollar even when " estimates softer " inflation will be added to the discussion of whether the European Central Bank ( ECB ) will cut interest rates when it meets later this week .

The S & P 500 posted gains for the 14th month in the past 17 months and the fifth consecutive quarterly rise , as seen quarterly in 2006-2007 and 2003-2004.

Yellen on Monday maintaining strong financial policy - loose ( easy - money ) the Fed in a speech at a conference in Chicago investment community .

" I think the commitment is still needed exceptional and for some time , and I believe that the broad view is shared by our fellow colleagues at the Fed's policy -makers , " said Yellen told Reuters.

Joseph Tanious of JP Morgan Asset Management in New York said that Yellen is done to provide clarity .

When there are no worries of tightening by the Fed , the market could breathe .

At the end of Monday's trading , the Dow rose 134.60 points, or 0.82 percent to 16,457.66 , the S & P 500 rose 14.72 points, or 0.79 percent, to 1.8872,34 , while the Nasdaq closed down 43.24 ( 1.04 % ) higher at 4198.99 .

MSCI's main stock market index rose 0.7 percent , while European blue chip index ( STOXX50E ) daily highs touched in over five years , although the FTSEurofirst 300 index of leading shares closed up less than 0.1 percent .

Tokyo's Nikkei index ( Nikkei 225 ) rose 0.9 percent to touch a three -week highs , supported by comments from Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday that Beijing is ready to support the cooling economy , and said the government has an important policy in placing and pushing through infrastructure investment .

Wall Street berakhir naik didorong saham teknologi,Pasar saham global menguat didorong pernyataan Fed

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Wall Street berakhir naik didorong saham teknologi,Pasar saham global menguat didorong pernyataan Fed

Saham-saham di Wall Street melonjak pada Senin (Selasa pagi WIB), didorong saham sektor teknologi yang berbalik naik setelah pekan lalu berjatuhan, dibantu oleh jaminan Janet Yellen bahwa Federal Reserve akan terus mendukung perekonomian AS.

Pada penutupan perdagangan, Dow Jones Industrial Average naik 134,60 poin (0,79 persen) menjadi 16.457,66.

Indeks berbasis lebih luas S&P 500 bertambah 14,72 poin (0,79 persen) menjadi berakhir pada 1.872,34. Indeks komposit teknologi Nasdaq naik 43,24 poin (1,04 persen) menjadi 4.198,99.

Saham teknologi merupakan penerima manfaat utama kenaikan, setelah berada dalam tekanan jual berat pada minggu lalu di tengah kekhawatiran gelembung baru dan kekhawatiran bahwa ketegangan Barat dengan Rusia bisa memburuk selama akhir pekan.

Senin juga menandai hari perdagangan terakhir Maret dan kuartal pertama tahun ini.

Pada basis kuartalan, saham unggulan Dow turun 0,7 persen selama kuartal lalu, sementara yang lebih luas S&P 500 dan Nasdaq tercatat masing-masing naik 1,3 persen dan 0,5 persen.

Sementara untuk Maret, indeks Dow naik 0,8 persen, indeks S&P 500 naik 0,7 persen, namun Nasdaq kehilangan 2,5 persen.

Saham-saham AS dibuka bergerak lebih tinggi dan mempertahankan kenaikannya sampai akhir sesi karena komentar Yellen mendukung sentimen pasar.

Ketua Federal Reserve Yellen memberikan pasar sebuah dukungan dalam pidatonya, di mana ia menggarisbawahi bahwa pengangguran masih merupakan tantangan besar bagi ekonomi dan Fed akan mempertahankan langkah-langkah luar biasa sampai tingkat pengangguran jatuh lebih banyak.

"Pemulihan masih terasa seperti resesi untuk banyak orang Amerika, dan juga terlihat seperti itu di beberapa data statistik ekonomi," kata dia.

Masih ada ruang bagi Fed untuk meningkatkan ekonomi AS melalui kebijakan "luar biasa" dalam bentuk program pembelian obligasi besar-besaran dan tingkat suku bunga mendekati nol, Yellen mengatakan Senin, mengacu pada pasar tenaga kerja yang lemah.

Saham-saham bio teknologi yang merugi besar sepanjang minggu lalu berbalik naik atau "rebound", dengan Gilead Sciences naik 3,4 persen, sementara rivalnya Biogen Idec menambahkan 4,0 persen dan Amgen meningkat 2,3 persen.

Oracle melonjak 3,4 persen karena laporan Gartner bahwa mereka telah melampaui IBM yang naik 1,1 Persen menjadi penyedia perangkat lunak terbesar kedua di dunia.

Penyedia perangkat lunak terbesar, Microsoft, naik 1,7 persen dibantu oleh keberhasilan aplikasi Word terbarunya untuk perangkat Apple.

General Motors, yang masalahnya terus meningkat menjelang rapat dengar pendapat di Kongres AS atas penarikan mobil baru-baru ini, kehilangan 0,9 persen.

Tesla, pembuat mobil listrik mewah, kehilangan sebesar 1,9 persen karena mengumumkan perbaikan untuk masalah kebakaran baterainya.

Harga obligasi bervariasi. Imbal hasil pada obligasi 10-tahun pemerintah AS sedikit lebih tinggi pada 2,73 persen, naik dari 2,72 persen pada Jumat (28/3), sementara pada obligasi 30-tahun datar pada 3,57 persen. Harga dan imbal hasil obligasi bergerak terbalik.

Saham-saham di pasar utama dunia pada Senin menguat, sementara emas, yen, dan aset aman lainnya turun setelah ketua bank sentral Amerika Serikat (Federal Reserve) Janet Yellen menegaskan perlunya komitmen "luar biasa" untuk mendukung ekonomi AS.

Euro bangkit kembali terhadap dolar AS bahkan ketika "perkiraan lebih lembut" inflasi akan ditambahkan ke pembahasan apakah bank sentral Eropa (ECB) akan memangkas suku bunga ketika mereka bertemu akhir pekan ini.

Indeks S & P 500 mencatatkan kenaikan yang ke-14 bulan dalam 17 bulan terakhir dan kelima berturut-turut kenaikan kuartal, seperti triwulanan yang terlihat pada 2006-2007 dan 2003-2004.

Yellen pada Senin mempertahankan kuat kebijakan keuangan-longgar (easy-money) the Fed dalam pidatonya di konferensi masyarakat investasi di Chicago.

"Saya pikir komitmen luar biasa ini tetap dibutuhkan dan untuk beberapa waktu, dan saya percaya bahwa pandangan luas dibagi oleh rekan kami sesama pembuat kebijakan di Fed," kata Yellen dikutip Reuters.

Joseph Tanious dari JP Morgan Asset Management di New York menyebut bahwa yang dilakukan Yellen adalah untuk memberikan kejelasan.

Ketika tidak ada kekhawatiran pengetatan oleh Fed, pasar bisa bernafas lega.

Pada akhir perdagangan Senin, indeks Dow Jones naik 134,60 poin atau 0,82 persen ke posisi 16.457,66, indeks S & P 500 menguat 14,72 poin atau 0,79 persen menjadi 1.8872,34, sedangkan Nasdaq ditutup 43,24 (1,04%) lebih tinggi pada 4.198,99.

IndekS MSCI pasar saham utama naik 0,7 persen, sedangkan indeks blue chip Eropa (STOXX50E) menyentuh level tertinggi harian dalam lebih lima tahun, meskipun indeks FTSEurofirst 300 saham-saham terkemuka ditutup naik kurang dari 0,1 persen.

Indeks Nikkei Tokyo (Nikkei 225) naik 0,9 persen menyentuh level tertinggi tiga minggu, didukung oleh komentar Perdana Menteri Tiongkok Li Keqiang pada Jumat bahwa Beijing siap untuk mendukung pendinginan ekonomi, dan mengatakan pemerintah punya kebijakan penting dalam menempatkan dan mendorong melalui investasi infrastruktur.

Russia regrets the recent tensions on the Korean peninsula, China calls for calmness in the Korean peninsula

Russia regrets the recent tensions on the Korean peninsula, China calls for calmness in the Korean peninsula

 Russia on Monday voiced concern over the escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula after North and South Korea exchange of fire heavy weapons.

"We are concerned about the sustainability of each other's rhetoric, including the North Korean statement can perform another nuclear test," said Foreign Ministry statement urging restraint and condemned the United States for military training with South Korea, which he called in an emergency, Reuters reported.

North Korea fired more than 100 rounds of heavy weapons into South Korean waters as part of the training on Monday, which encourages South returned fire, officials in Seoul said, but the training it seemed more a show of force rather than the beginning of military tension.

North Korea declared its intention conducting training in response to criticism of the United Nations on launching kandalinya bullet last week and he said the threat of military training in the South by U.S. forces.

North Korea at the end of last week also accused the South of kidnapping applies like a gangster with one of the boats of fishermen and threatened to retaliate. Southern states to send it back after drifting vessel in its waters.

More than 100 of the 500 or so North Korean missile, fired, fell in South Korean waters, which encourages South sailor replied fired more than 300 bullets in Northern waters, said defense officials in Seoul.

Seoul also deploy the F-15 fighter aircraft in the border region, they said.

China calls for calm and restraint on the Korean peninsula after North Korea fired a heavy weapon in training soldiers near the disputed sea border with the South on Monday, triggering retaliation by the South.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei expressed that statement in a daily press briefing.

North Korea announced on Monday training with live ammunition near the disputed sea border with South Korea, Seoul's defense ministry said.

"North Korea informed us that they will hold military training with live ammunition near the Yellow Sea border on this day," said ministry spokesman told AFP.

China calls for calm and restraint on the Korean peninsula after North Korea fired a heavy weapon in training soldiers near the disputed sea border with the South on Monday, triggering retaliation by the South.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei expressed that statement in a daily press briefing, AFP and Reuters reported.

Training the Northern army, in response to criticism of the United Nations over its missile launch last week, allegedly to show off the power, not the initial increase tension.

North Korea announced on Monday training with live ammunition near the disputed sea border with South Korea, Seoul's defense ministry said.

"North Korea informed us that they will hold military training with live ammunition near the Yellow Sea border on this day," said ministry spokesman told AFP.

However, it is not clear when the training took place, but the Yonhap news agency declared North Korea warned the South to control naval ship ahead of the training.

Not unusual for North Korea told the South before the training with live ammunition and the announcement came when the inter-Korean tensions increased.

Pyongyang conducted a series of launch rockets and short-range missiles in recent weeks, the criticism of the South Korean annual military training-United States, which is ongoing.

On Wednesday, the North test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles, capable of reaching Japan, triggering criticism of the Security Council of the United Nations.

Maritime boundary between the two Koreas-North Line Limit-not recognized Pyongyang, which argues that the limit unilaterally forces of the United Nations-led United States after the 1950-1953 Korean War.

The border dispute into a short clash, but bloody, navy in 1999, 2002 and 2009.

In addition, North Korea on Monday blasted the highest human rights body of the United Nations over evil and hostile actions by approving a resolution condemning human rights violations systematically Pyongyang.

In a statement broadcast on North Korea's official KCNA news agency, Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry said totally reject and oppose the resolution, which he called evil and hostile policies, which engineered the United States.

Rusia menyayangkan ketegangan baru di semenanjung Korea, Cina serukan ketenangan di semenanjung Korea

Rusia menyayangkan  ketegangan baru di semenanjung Korea, Cina serukan ketenangan di semenanjung Korea

 Rusia pada Senin menyuarakan keprihatinan atas peningkatan ketegangan di semenanjung Korea sesudah Korea Utara dan Selatan baku tembak senjata berat.

"Kami khawatir tentang kesinambungan saling beretorika, termasuk pernyataan Korea Utara dapat melakukan uji nuklir lagi," kata pernyataan Kementerian Luar Negeri mendesak pengendalian diri dan mengecam Amerika Serikat atas pelatihan tentara dengan Korea Selatan, yang disebutnya memperparah keadaan, lapor Reuters.

Korea Utara menembakkan lebih dari 100 peluru senjata berat ke perairan Korea Selatan sebagai bagian dari pelatihan pada Senin, yang mendorong Selatan balas menembak, kata pejabat di Seoul, tapi pelatihan itu tampak lebih berupa pameran kekuatan daripada awal ketegangan tentara.

Korea Utara menyatakan niatnya melakukan pelatihan dalam menanggapi kecaman Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa atas peluncuran peluru kandalinya pada pekan lalu dan terhadap yang dikatakannya ancaman pelatihan tentara di Selatan oleh pasukan Amerika Serikat.

Korea Utara pada akhir pekan lalu juga menuduh Selatan berlaku bagai gangster dengan menculik salah satu kapal nelayannya dan mengancam membalas. Selatan menyatakan mengirimkan kapal itu kembali setelah hanyut di perairannya.

Lebih dari 100 dari 500 atau lebih peluru Korea Utara, yang ditembakkan, jatuh di perairan Korea Selatan, yang mendorong pelaut Selatan balas menembakkan lebih dari 300 peluru di perairan Utara, kata pejabat pertahanan di Seoul.

Seoul juga mengerahkan pesawat tempur F-15 di perbatasan laut wilayahnya, kata mereka.

Tiongkok menyerukan ketenangan dan pengendalian diri di semenanjung Korea sesudah Korea Utara menembakkan senjata berat dalam pelatihan tentara di dekat perbatasan laut sengketa dengan Selatan pada Senin, yang memicu pembalasan oleh Selatan.

Juru bicara Kementerian Luar Negeri Hong Lei mengemukakan pernyataan tersebut dalam jumpa pers harian.

Korea Utara pada Senin mengumumkan melakukan pelatihan dengan peluru tajam di dekat perbatasan laut bersengketa dengan Korea Selatan, kata kementerian pertahanan Seoul.

"Korea Utara memberitahu kami bahwa mereka akan menggelar pelatihan tentara dengan peluru tajam di dekat perbatasan laut Kuning pada hari ini," kata juru bicara kementerian itu kepada AFP.

Tiongkok menyerukan ketenangan dan pengendalian diri di semenanjung Korea sesudah Korea Utara menembakkan senjata berat dalam pelatihan tentara di dekat perbatasan laut sengketa dengan Selatan pada Senin, yang memicu pembalasan oleh Selatan.

Juru bicara Kementerian Luar Negeri Hong Lei mengemukakan pernyataan tersebut dalam jumpa pers harian, lapor AFP dan Reuters.

Pelatihan tentara Utara itu, dalam menanggapi kecaman Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa atas peluncuran peluru kendalinya pada pekan lalu, diduga pamer kekuatan, bukan awal meningkatkan ketegangan.

Korea Utara pada Senin mengumumkan melakukan pelatihan dengan peluru tajam di dekat perbatasan laut bersengketa dengan Korea Selatan, kata kementerian pertahanan Seoul.

"Korea Utara memberitahu kami bahwa mereka akan menggelar pelatihan tentara dengan peluru tajam di dekat perbatasan laut Kuning pada hari ini," kata juru bicara kementerian itu kepada AFP.

Namun, belum jelas kapan pelatihan itu berlangsung, tapi kantor berita Yonhap menyatakan Korea Utara memperingatkan Selatan mengendalikan kapal angkatan lautnya menjelang pelatihan tersebut.

Tidak biasa bagi Korea Utara memberitahu Selatan menjelang pelatihan dengan peluru tajam dan pengumuman itu datang saat ketegangan antar-Korea tersebut meningkat.

Pyongyang melakukan serangkaian peluncuran roket dan peluru kendali jarak pendek dalam beberapa pekan belakangan, dalam kecaman terhadap pelatihan tentara tahunan Korea Selatan-Amerika Serikat, yang sedang berlangsung.

Pada Rabu, Utara melakukan uji-tembak dua peluru kendali balistik jarak sedang, yang mampu mencapai Jepang, memicu kecaman Dewan Keamanan Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa.

Batas laut di antara kedua Korea itu -Batas Garis Utara- tidak diakui Pyongyang, yang berpendapat bahwa batas tersebut secara sepihak dilakukan pasukan Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa pimpinan Amerika Serikat sesudah Perang Korea 1950-1953.

Perbatasan bersengketa itu menjadi tempat bentrokan singkat, tapi berdarah, angkatan laut pada 1999, 2002 dan 2009.

Selain itu, Korea Utara pada Senin mengecam badan tertinggi hak asasi manusia Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa atas tindakan jahat dan bermusuhan dengan menyetujui resolusi mengutuk pelanggaran hak asasi secara sistematis Pyongyang.

Dalam pernyataan disiarkan kantor berita resmi Korut KCNA, Kementerian Luar Negeri Pyongyang mengatakan benar-benar menolak dan menentang resolusi itu, yang disebutnya kebijakan jahat dan bermusuhan, yang direkayasa Amerika Serikat.

Russia pull troops from the border of Ukraine

Russia pull troops from the border of Ukraine

Russian motorized infantry battalion withdraw from the area near the eastern border of Ukraine , said the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman as quoted by the state news agency on Monday .

They did not explain whether the Russians from other battalion near the boundary will also be withdrawn , according to Reuters .

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in talks on Sunday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declared progress in resolving the crisis over Ukraine depends on the withdrawal of troops from the border .

Ukrainian Defense Ministry on Monday said it saw a gradual withdrawal of Russian troops from the border , which may be related to the latest Washington to urge diplomatic solution to the worst crisis since the East - West Cold War .

" In recent days , Russian troops gradually withdraw from the border , " said a spokesman for the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskiy in a telephone interview .

Dmytrashkivskiy said it could not ascertain the number of soldiers in the withdrawal or are still in the Russian border with the former Soviet satellite .

Officials of the United States and the European Union on the weekend predicted increase in the number of Russian soldiers abruptly along the eastern border of Ukraine reached 30 thousand to 40 thousand troops .

Observers in Military and Political Studies Center Dmytro Tymchuk Kiev on Monday said the source told him that Russia only has 10 thousand remaining soldiers near the border on Monday morning .

Ukrainian Defense Ministry officials have not officially declared Kiev obtain information about the withdrawal by Moscow and not knowing the reason for the removal of troops .

" It can be associated with regular rotation by the army , " said

Dmytrashkivskiy , " Or maybe associated with the Russian -American negotiations . "

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Paris on Sunday for talks , which did not produce a breakthrough over the crisis , but ended with the agreement of both parties to continue negotiations again soon .

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Monday visited the Crimea as the first Russian leader to travel to the Black Sea region after the escape from the Ukraine .

" I am in Simferopol . On this day , the government will discuss the development of the Crimea , " Medvedev said on Twitter .

Rusia tarik tentara dari perbatasan Ukraina

Rusia tarik tentara dari perbatasan Ukraina

Rusia menarik batalion infanteri bermotor dari daerah dekat perbatasan timur Ukraina, kata juru bicara Kementerian Pertahanan Rusia seperti dikutip kantor berita negara pada Senin.

Mereka tidak menjelaskan apakah tentara Rusia dari batalion lainnya di dekat tapal batas itu juga akan ditarik, lapor Reuters.

Menteri Luar Negeri Amerika Serikat John Kerry dalam pembicaraan pada Minggu dengan Menteri Luar Negeri Rusia Sergei Lavrov menyatakan kemajuan dalam menyelesaikan kemelut atas Ukraina tergantung pada penarikan pasukan dari perbatasan tersebut.

Kementerian Pertahanan Ukraina pada Senin menyatakan melihat penarikan bertahap pasukan Rusia dari perbatasannya, yang mungkin terkait dengan dorongan terbaru Washington untuk penyelesaian diplomatik atas kemelut terburuk Timur-Barat sejak Perang Dingin itu.

"Dalam beberapa hari belakangan, pasukan Rusia secara bertahap menarik diri dari perbatasan," kata juru bicara Kementerian Pertahanan Ukraina Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskiy dalam wawancara telepon.

Dmytrashkivskiy mengatakan tidak bisa memastikan jumlah tentara dalam penarikan itu atau yang masih di perbatasan Rusia dengan bekas satelit Soviet tersebut.

Pejabat Amerika Serikat dan Eropa Bersatu pada akhir pekan memperkirakan peningkatan jumlah prajurit Rusia secara tiba-tiba di sepanjang perbatasan timur Ukraina mencapai 30 ribu hingga 40 ribu tentara.

Pengamat di Pusat Kajian Militer dan Politik Kiev Dmytro Tymchuk pada Senin menyatakan sumbernya memberitahu dia bahwa Rusia hanya memiliki 10 ribu tentara tersisa di dekat perbatasan itu pada Senin pagi.

Pejabat Kementerian Pertahanan Ukraina menyatakan Kiev belum secara resmi memperoleh keterangan tentang penarikan oleh Moskow itu dan tidak mengetahui alasan pemindahan pasukan tersebut.

"Itu bisa dikaitkan dengan perputaran biasa oleh tentara," kata

Dmytrashkivskiy, "Atau mungkin terkait dengan perundingan Rusia-Amerika Serikat."

Menteri Luar Negeri Amerika Serikat John Kerry bertemu dengan Menteri Luar Negeri Rusia Sergei Lavrov di Paris pada Minggu untuk melakukan pembicaraan, yang tidak menghasilkan terobosan atas kemelut itu, tapi berakhir dengan kesepakatan kedua pihak segera melanjutkan perundingan lagi.

Perdana Menteri Rusia Dmitry Medvedev pada Senin mengunjungi Krimea sebagai pemimpin pertama Rusia melakukan perjalanan ke wilayah Laut Hitam itu setelah lepas dari Ukraina.

"Saya di Simferopol. Pada hari ini, pemerintah akan membahas perkembangan Krimea," kata Medvedev di Twitter.

Mega : Jokowi Not My Doll

Mega : Jokowi Not My Doll


ASATUNEWS - Since officially been mandated as the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Struggle , attacks to Joko Widodo increasingly insistent . It was recognized Chairman Megawati PDI .

" Now many are trying to obstruct , " Mega said while campaigning in Field Koni Sario Manado , Manado , North Sulawesi , on Monday ( 31/3 ) .

Therefore , Mega urge people to win the PDI-P North Sulawesi on 9 April 2014 legislative elections . With a win or achieve a minimum of 20 percent , the PDI-P can carry its own candidate .

" I want to prove in North Sulawesi , I ask for help , if Mr. Jokowi want to be in the second round ( election ) , " said Mega PDIP campaign .

According to him , without a win in pileg or reach a minimum of 20 percent , it should seek a combination with another party or coalition . And if we do a combined rate , then Mr. Jokowi will not stand upright alone . Because the president must specify relates to an attitude of its own , "said Mega .

On that occasion , also dismissed the allegation Mega Jokowi a puppet candidate . " If he became president , presidential puppet ? Puppet Who ? " Mega said .

According to him , the party cadres which Jokowi is of course himself as the Chairman of the one who must decide who the candidate will be promoted as a candidate . " So I said Ir Joko Widodo . 's Not that he's my doll , " said Mega .

Mega reasoned choice fell to Jokowi Solo's former mayor is a person who has principles , beliefs and how the welfare of the people . " I'm the chairman of the party not carelessly choose someone as president who tridak people can prosper , " Megawati said .

After the campaign , the Deputy Secretary General of Democratic Party of Struggle Hasto Kristianto , Eriko Sutarduga and Treasurer PDI has been clearly stated that there is no command to Jokowi to be stuffed . " There is no command Jokowi so stuffed . At warrant , there are four struggle and there is no command like that , " he concluded .

Mega: Jokowi Bukan Boneka Saya

Mega: Jokowi Bukan Boneka Saya


ASATUNEWS - Sejak resmi mendapat mandat sebagai calon presiden dari PDI Perjuangan, serangan kepada Joko Widodo semakin bertubi-tubi. Ini pun diakui Ketua Umum PDI Perjuangan Megawati Soekarnoputri.

"Sekarang banyak yang coba menghalangi," kata Mega saat berkampanye di Lapangan Koni Sario Manado, Kota Manado, Sulawesi Utara, Senin (31/3).

Karenanya, Mega mengajak masyarakat Sulut untuk memenangkan PDI Perjuangan di pemilihan legislatif 9 April 2014. Dengan kemenangan atau meraih minimal 20 persen, maka PDI Perjuangan bisa mengusung capres sendiri.

"Saya ingin buktikan di Sulut, saya minta bantu, kalau Pak Jokowi ingin jadi di ronde kedua (pilpres)," kata Mega dalam kampanye PDIP.

Menurutnya, tanpa menang di pileg atau meraih minimal 20 persen, maka harus mencari gabungan dengan partai lain atau koalisi. Padahal kalau kita lakukan suatu tingkat gabungan, maka Pak Jokowi tidak akan berdiri dengan tegak sendiri. Karena seornag presiden harus tentukan sikap sendiri," ungkap Mega.

Dalam kesempatan itu, Mega juga menepis tudingan Jokowi merupakan capres bonekanya. "Beliau kalau jadi presiden, presiden boneka? Bonekanya siapa?" ujar Mega.

Menurutnya, Jokowi merupakan kader partainya yang sudah tentu dirinya sebagai Ketua Umum-lah yang harus memutuskan siapa calon yang akan diusung sebagai capres. "Maka saya katakan Ir Joko Widodo. Bukan berarti dia boneka saya," ucap Mega.

Mega beralasan pilihan jatuh kepada Jokowi bekas Wali Kota Solo itu adalah orang yang punya prinsip, keyakinan dan bagaimana mensejahterakan rakyat. "Saya sebagai ketua umum partai tidak sembarangan pilih seseorang sebagai presiden yang tridak bisa mensejahterakan rakyatnya," papar Megawati .

Usai kampanye, Wakil Sekjen PDI Perjuangan Hasto Kristianto, Eriko Sutarduga dan Bendahara Umum PDI Perjuangan menyatakan bahwa sudah jelas tidak ada perintah kepada Jokowi untuk menjadi boneka. "Tidak ada perintah Jokowi jadi boneka. Pada surat perintah, ada empat perjuangan dan tidak ada perintah seperti itu," pungkasnya.

Expires book Sin , was published Dahlan Iskan New Biography

Expires book Sin , was published Dahlan Iskan New Biography

ASATUNEWS - After the publication of the book Sins Dahlan Iskan edited by senior journalists who are members of Petition 50 , Djalil Latuconsina , some time ago, now appear Dahlan Iskan biography titled The Next One : Biography Dahlan Iskan , which was launched on Monday night ( 31/3 ) .

State Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan said , although his biography has been written several times in the book , he still felt surprise at the presence of the book . "There are some of my biography . I do not remember the exact amount , " Dahlan said on the sidelines of the launch of the book The Next One : Biography Dahlan Iskan .

According moved her , he just had time to read a few pages of the book contents , but has been told all of its contents by the author , Budi Rachman Hakim . Dahlan admitted he sibukan as Minister of SOEs and convention attendees Democratic presidential candidate , so no time to read books .

Meanwhile , the Group Chairman People's Freedom , Budi Rachman Hakim , author of The Next One : Biography Dahlan explained , this book tells the real experience Dahlan Iskan on various occasions , especially after holding a position as Director of PT PLN and the Minister of SOEs . " Incidentally , I believed to often accompany Mr. Dahlan in carrying out his duties to the various regions , " he said . During the accompanying Dahlan Iskan , Budi Rachman Hakim rate, many lunge Dahlan Iskan noteworthy . These records , according to Dahlan , would not be just saved yourself but need to be known by the public .

Judge Budi Rachman partner in writing the book , Deden Ridwan , said he wrote the book of the approach , namely direct dialogue and activities mencerimati Dahlan . The book , he said , also written in a language that flows so that adds to the spirit itself .

" From the writing, so I know exactly who and how Dahlan Iskan , " he said . Deden judge , Dahlan is typical of people who were involved in total . That is , if it has been plunged into a field , wants total . He hoped , Dahlan Iskan truly be The Next One that could plunge the total .

Habis Buku Dosa, Terbitlah Biografi Baru Dahlan Iskan

Habis Buku Dosa, Terbitlah Biografi Baru Dahlan Iskan

ASATUNEWS - Setelah terbitnya buku Dosa-Dosa Dahlan Iskan yang disunting oleh wartawan senior yang anggota Petisi 50, Abdul Djalil Latuconsina, beberapa waktu lalu, kini muncul buku biografi Dahlan Iskan berjudul The Next One: Biografi Dahlan Iskan, yang diluncurkan di Jakarta, Senin malam (31/3).

Menteri BUMN Dahlan Iskan mengatakan, meskipun biografinya sudah beberapa kali ditulis dalam buku, ia tetap merasa surprise dengan kehadiran buku tersebut. "Sudah ada beberapa buku biografi saya. Saya tidak ingat jumlah persisnya," kata Dahlan Iskan di sela kegiatan peluncuran buku The Next One: Biografi Dahlan Iskan.

Menurut Dahkan, dirinya baru sempat baca beberapa halaman saja isi buku itu, tapi sudah diceritakan semua isinya oleh penulisnya, Budi Rachman Hakim. Dahlan mengakui dirinya sibukan sebagai Menteri BUMN dan peserta konvensi calon presiden Partai Demokrat, sehingga tidak sempat membaca buku.

Sementara itu, Pimpinan Grup Rakyat Merdeka, Budi Rachman Hakim, penulis buku The Next One: Biografi Dahlan Iskan menjelaskan, buku ini menceritakan pengalaman nyata Dahlan Iskan dalam berbagai kesempatan, terutama setelah menduduki jabatan sebagai Direktur PT PLN dan Menteri BUMN. "Kebetulan, saya dipercaya untuk sering mendampingi Pak Dahlan dalam menjalankan tugas-tugasnya ke berbagai daerah," katanya. Selama mendampingi Dahlan Iskan tersebut, Budi Rahman Hakim menilai, banyak sepak terjang Dahlan Iskan yang patut dicatat. Catatan-catatan tersebut, menurut Dahlan, kiranya tidak bisa hanya disimpan sendiri tapi perlu diketahui oleh publik.

Pasangan Budi Rachman Hakim dalam menulis buku tersebut, Deden Ridwan, mengatakan dia menulis buku tersebut dengan pendekatan dari dalam, yakni langsung berdialog dan mencerimati kegiatan-kegiatan Dahlan. Buku tersebut, kata dia, juga ditulis dengan bahasa yang mengalir sehingga menambah semangat dirinya.

"Dari menulis buku tersebut, saya jadi tahu betul siapa dan bagaimana Dahlan Iskan," katanya. Deden menilai, Dahlan adalah tipikal orang yang terjun total. Maksudnya, jika sudah terjun ke suatu bidang, ingin total. Dia berharap, Dahlan Iskan benar-benar menjadi The Next One sehingga bisa terjun total.

Billed family Certainty , Abbot : No Limits Search Aircraft

Billed family Certainty , Abbot : No Limits Search Aircraft

The family from Indonesia MH370 passenger wanted flight information assurance related to Malaysia Airlines missing since March 8 but no one has been found .

" The families want certainty , " said Chairman of the Special Envoy of the Government of Indonesia to issue MH370 , Wiwiek Setyawati Word in Kuala Lumpur , Monday , after meeting with the Minister of Transport Malaysia , Hishammuddin Hussein and his officials.

During the meeting , the Indonesian government 's special envoy said that the family are looking forward to the latest information delivered from time to time .

Nevertheless , he said, it really understand the problems faced by the Malaysian government in the search for the missing plane MH370 .

To that end , the Indonesian government strongly supports the efforts of Malaysia who continue to search until the plane was found .

Similar delivered Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Herman Prayitno who also participated in the meeting by stating that the family is still hoping that airline passengers could be saved .

" The family is still hoping MH370 passengers can be saved , " he said .

In another part , the Indonesian government also expressed support and always be ready to turn to for help in the search effort in accordance with the MH370 aircraft capabilities.

Support and assistance is appreciated by the Indonesian government of Malaysia to express his gratitude to the government of Indonesia, which since its inception has been providing assistance in the search for the missing plane .

" The Government of Malaysia as stated Hishammuddin greatly appreciate the support of Indonesia has deployed naval and air into the Straits of Melaka in the search for the plane early , " said Herman .

 Prime Minister ( PM ) of Australia Tony Abbott says , there is no time limit in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 aircraft , which carries 239 passengers and was declared missing since March 8, 2014 .

" I certainly did not give a deadline for this , " said Abbott told reporters after meeting with the crew at Pearce airbase , Perth .

" Our search intensity and scale of operations increased , not lowered , " he said, adding that search teams owe passengers the bereaved family to continue the search .

Authorities in Australia reported on Monday, as many as 20 aircraft and ships will be back combing an area of ​​2,000 kilometers in the Indian Ocean in the west Perth , which is strongly suspected as the crash site MH370 .

The family criticized the handling of the Malaysian passenger plane and menyeliki in finding the case, including his decision last week to say that based on the evidence satellites , MH3709 plane crashes in the southern Indian Ocean .

Abbott rejects the notion that Malaysia too hasty news stating that , because there is no debris was found and the last aircraft radar in northwestern Malaysia to India .

" No, the accumulated evidence suggests that the plane was gone , and he was lost somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean , " he said .

Malaysia said the missing plane less than an hour after the start flights from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing allegedly purposely changed direction , away from the actual direction .

Investigators said there was no suspicion of motive or 227 passengers or crew 12th .

China also criticized Malaysia in the handling of the case , but it looks more and more softened the attitude shown by the China Daily article that can understand that not all sensitive information could be opened to the public .

" Although the Malaysian government over the handling of this crisis is rather poor , we must understand that this is probably the most bizarre incidents in civil aviation history of Asia , " according to an editorial in the newspaper .

In addition , a leading English-language newspaper in China noted , " Public opinion should not blame the Malaysian authorities for deliberately concealing information in the absence of real evidence . "

Dozens of objects seen since Australian search area to shift 1,100 miles to the north based on a new analysis of radar and satellites , but no one associated with the MH370 .

Multinational air search teams and 10 vessels , including seven Chinese ships , two Australian Navy ships , and the merchant ships along the area on Monday , said the Australian Maritime Safety Authority ( AMSA ) said in a statement .

The new search area , although closer to Perth and the weather is more supportive , but also close to the Indian Ocean region where all kinds of garbage and floating objects dragged by the currents there .

"I would say that the location is in the search area we call trash , " said Erik van Sebille , researchers at the University of New South Wales .

He replied , " Even so , there are more fragments at the site than in the Southern Ocean . Flakes of Western Australia who stopped at the trash that will traverse the search area . "

However , the biggest problem faced is the extent of the search area is almost as large as Poland or New Mexico .

" If you compare it to Air France flight 447 , then we have much better information about the position where the plane crashed into the water , " said the official United States Navy ( U.S. Navy ) Captain Mark Matthews on Sunday ( 30/3 ) .

He made the statement referring to the plane that crashed near Brazil in 2009 , and it took two years to find it .

Among which will join the search operation in the coming days is the Australian military ship Ocean Shield , which was equipped with a flight recorder search tool called the black box ( black box ) .

However , the equipment can not be used until visual evidence of plane debris was found , said U.S. Navy spokesman Colonel William Marks told the CBS program " Face the Nation " .

If a place can not be found , he argued , the search team will use sonar to slowly and methodically mapping the ocean floor .

" It will be a very long process . Was possible , but it takes time , " he added .

Keluarga Menagih Kepastian, Abbot: Tidak Ada Batas Cari Pesawat

Keluarga Menagih Kepastian, Abbot: Tidak Ada Batas Cari Pesawat

Pihak keluarga penumpang MH370 asal Indonesia sangat menginginkan kepastian informasi terkait pesawat Malaysia Airlines yang hilang sejak 8 Maret lalu namun hingga kini belum berhasil ditemukan.

"Pihak keluarga inginkan kepastian," kata Ketua Utusan Khusus Pemerintah Indonesia untuk masalah MH370, Wiwiek Setyawati Firman di Kuala Lumpur, Senin, seusai bertemu dengan Menteri Transportasi Malaysia, Hishammuddin Hussein beserta jajarannya.

Dalam pertemuan tersebut, utusan khusus pemerintah Indonesia menyampaikan bahwa pihak keluarga sangat mengharapkan informasi terbaru yang disampaikan dari waktu ke waktu.

Namun demikian, kata dia, pihaknya sangat memahami masalah yang dihadapi oleh pemerintah Malaysia dalam upaya pencarian pesawat MH370 yang hilang tersebut.

Untuk itu, pemerintah Indonesia sangat mendukung upaya Malaysia yang terus melakukan pencarian sampai pesawat tersebut ditemukan.

Senada disampaikan Duta Besar Republik Indonesia untuk Malaysia Herman Prayitno yang juga turut dalam pertemuan tersebut dengan menyampaikan bahwa pihak keluarga tetap berharap penumpang pesawat tersebut dapat terselamatkan.

"Pihak keluarga masih berharap penumpang MH370 dapat diselamatkan," ucapnya.

Di bagian lain, pemerintah Indonesia juga menyampaikan senantiasa mendukung dan siap sedia untuk dimintai bantuan dalam upaya pencarian pesawat MH370 sesuai dengan kemampuan yang dimiliki.

Dukungan dan bantuan Indonesia tersebut diapresiasi oleh pemerintah Malaysia dengan menyampaikan ucapan terima kasih kepada pemerintah Indonesia yang sejak awal telah memberikan bantuan dalam pencarian pesawat yang hilang tersebut.

"Pemerintah Malaysia seperti disampaikan Hishammuddin sangat menghargai dukungan Indonesia yang telah mengerahkan armada laut dan udara ke Selat Melaka dalam upaya pencarian awal pesawat tersebut," kata Herman.

 Perdana Menteri (PM) Australia Tony Abbott mengatakan, tidak ada batas waktu dalam pencarian pesawat Malaysia Airlines penerbangan MH370, yang membawa 239 penumpang dan dinyatakan hilang sejak 8 Maret 2014.

"Saya pastinya tidak memberikan batas waktu untuk ini," kata Abbott kepada wartawan setelah bertemu dengan kru pesawat di pangkalan udara Pearce, Perth.

"Intensitas pencarian kami dan skala operasi ditingkatkan, bukan diturunkan," katanya seraya menambahkan bahwa tim pencari berhutang pada keluarga penumpang yang berduka untuk melanjutkan pencarian.

Pihak berwenang di Australia melaporkan, pada Senin ini sebanyak 20 pesawat dan kapal akan kembali menyisir kawasan seluas 2.000 kilometer di Samudera Hindia di barat Perth, yang diduga kuat sebagai lokasi jatuhnya pesawat MH370.

Para keluarga penumpang mengritik penanganan Malaysia dalam mencari pesawat dan menyeliki kasus itu, termasuk keputusannya pekan lalu untuk mengatakan bahwa berdasar bukti-bukti satelit, pesawat MH3709 terhempas di selatan Samudera Hindia.

Abbott menolak pendapat bahwa Malaysia terlalu terburu-buru menyatakan berita itu, karena tidak ada pecahan pesawat yang ditemukan dan pesawat itu terakhir tertangkap radar di barat laut Malaysia menuju India.

"Tidak, akumulasi bukti-bukti menunjukkan bahwa pesawat sudah hilang, dan ia hilang di suatu tempat di selatan Samudra Hindia," katanya.

Malaysia mengatakan pesawat yang hilang kurang dari sejam setelah memulai penerbangan dari Kuala Lumpur menuju Beijing diduga berubah arah dengan sengaja, jauh dari arah sebenarnya.

Penyelidik menyatakan, tidak ada motif atau kecurigaan dari 227 penumpang ataupun ke-12 kru pesawat.

China juga mengritik Malaysia dalam penanganan kasus itu, namun sikap itu terlihat makin melunak ditunjukkan dengan artikel harian China Daily yang bisa mengerti bahwa tidak semua informasi sensitif bisa dibuka ke publik.

"Meski penanganan pemerintah Malaysia atas krisis ini agak buruk, kita harus memahami bahwa ini mungkin insiden paling aneh dalam sejarah penerbangan sipil Asia," demikian editorial di harian tersebut.

Selain itu, koran berbahasa Inggris terkemuka di China itu mencatat, "Opini publik tidak seharusnya menyalahkan pihak berwenang Malaysia karena sengaja menutupi informasi dengan tidak adanya bukti nyata."

Puluhan benda terlihat sejak Australia menggeser area pencarian 1.100 kilometer ke utara berdasar analisa radar dan satelit baru, namun tidak ada satu pun yang terkait dengan MH370.

Tim pencarian udara multinasional dan 10 kapal, termasuk tujuh kapal China, dua kapal AL Australia, dan satu kapal dagang menyusuri area itu pada Senin, kata Otoritas Keamanan Laut Australia (AMSA) dalam pernyataannya.

Area pencarian baru itu, meski lebih dekat ke Perth dan cuaca lebih mendukung, namun juga dekat dengan wilayah di Samudra Hindia dimana semua jenis sampah dan benda mengapung terseret oleh arus ke sana.

"Saya katakan bahwa area pencarian berada di lokasi yang kita sebut tempat sampah," kata Erik van Sebille, peneliti pada Universitas New South Wales.

Ia menimpali, "Meski demikian, ada lebih banyak serpihan di lokasi itu dibandingkan di Lautan Selatan. Serpihan dari Australia Barat yang berhenti di tempat sampah itu akan melintasi area pencarian."

Namun, masalah terbesar yang dihadapi adalah luasnya area pencarian yang hampir sama dengan luas Polandia atau New Mexico.

"Jika Anda bandingkan dengan Air France penerbangan 447, maka kita memiliki informasi posisi jauh lebih bagus mengenai tempat pesawat itu jatuh ke air," kata pejabat angkatan laut Amerika Serikat (US Navy) Kapten Mark Matthews pada Minggu (30/3).

Ia mengemukakan hal itu merujuk pada pesawat yang jatuh dekat Brazil pada 2009, dan membutuhkan waktu dua tahun untuk menemukannya.

Di antara yang akan bergabung dengan operasi pencarian dalam beberapa hari mendatang adalah kapal militer Australia Ocean Shield, yang sudah dilengkapi dengan alat pencari alat pencatat penerbangan yang disebut kotak hitam (black box).

Namun, peralatan itu tidak bisa digunakan sampai bukti visual serpihan pesawat ditemukan, kata jurubicara US Navy Kolonel William Marks kepada CBS dalam acara "Face the Nation".

Jika tempat tidak ditemukan, ia mengemukakan, maka tim pencari akan menggunakan sonar untuk secara perlahan dan metodis memetakan dasar lautan.

"Ini akan menjadi proses yang sangat lama. Itu mungkin, tapi butuh waktu," katanya menambahkan.

Russian PM Medvedev visited the Crimea , Russia's foreign minister urged the U.S. pull troops from the border with Ukraine

Russian PM Medvedev visited the Crimea , Russia's foreign minister urged the U.S. pull troops from the border with Ukraine

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Monday visited the Crimea .

AFP writes Medvedev as the first Russian leader to travel to the Black Sea region after Moscow took over the territory of Ukraine .

" I am in Simferopol . Today, the government will discuss the development of the Crimea , " Medvedev wrote on Twitter .

Medvedev arrived in the main city of Simferopol Crimea as chairman of the delegation who will lead the meeting on social and economic development of the Crimea after it joined Russia .

The Russian government said that Medvedev would discuss " issues of socio-economic development of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol city at this time . "

He was accompanied by officials including Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov that I have a major influence .

Medvedev is also scheduled to visit Sevastopol , headquarters of the Russian Navy fleet in the Black Sea are based , according to RIA Novosti news agency .

 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Sunday called for Russia to withdraw its troops from the border with Ukraine , and said that any discussion about the country's future should include leaders of Kiev .

" We will not accept the next step where the legitimate government of Ukraine is not included in the negotiations . Principle is clear . No decision on Ukraine without Ukraine , " Kerry told reporters after nearly four hours of talks in Paris with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov .

He added that " real progress in Ukraine should include a very large withdrawal of Russian forces that exist today gathered along the border of Ukraine . "

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made ​​a change in the last minute over his plans Saturday to fly to Paris with the intention of setting up talks with Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Lavrov Sergia the Ukrainian crisis .

After leaving Riyadh on Saturday morning , the top U.S. diplomat had been due to fly back to Washington with a stop for refueling in Ireland , but then decided to go to Paris .

Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday contacted the U.S. counterpart Barack Obama said that he was keen to discuss the U.S. proposal at the bargaining table to resolve the impasse over Ukraine .

Obama instructed Kerry to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as soon as possible .

Kerry traveled to Paris Saturday " ahead dijadwalkannya meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov at the beginning of next week in Europe , " said the spokesman for the U.S. State Department Jen Psaki told reporters traveling with the chief U.S. diplomat .

" Secretary Kerry will also keep in close touch with the Ambassador ( Martin ) Indyk and his negotiating team in Jerusalem and Ramallah in the event of his return from Paris before a meeting of NATO . "

Lavrov said Saturday that Russia does not intend to instruct its armed forces to cross the border into Ukraine , and insisted that the differences between Moscow and the West increasingly narrowed .

Contact recently has shown an outline of " the possibility of a joint initiative that can be submitted to our colleagues in the Ukraine , " Lavrov said on Russian state television .

Kerry is also scheduled to attend a NATO meeting in Brussels Tuesday and then traveled to Algeria and Morocco in his first visit to the North African country as foreign minister .