| top news | Car Sales Bonanza At Motor Festival The auto industry is confident this year's Indonesia International Motor Show can post record sales in yet another sign of the country's booming economy. Faisal Maliki Baskoro | 12:23 AM August 1, 2011  Visitors looking at some cars during The 19th Indonesia International Motor Show at Jakarta International Expo Kemayoran Jakarta on Friday. The exhibition opens from July 22-31. (JG Photo/Safir Makki) |
 | Let Ramadan Begin, Unless You Started Fasting This Weekend Ramadan may have officially begun today, but some Muslim communities in the country started fasting over the weekend, highlighting the age-old debate between Islamic scholars about how to determine the start of the holy month. Nurfika Osman & Antara | 12:14 AM August 1, 2011 17 Killed in Papua Power Struggle Jayapura. At least 17 people were killed in a clash between two groups of civilians in the district of Puncak Papua on Sunday. Banjir Ambarita | 11:39 PM July 31, 2011 In Today's Newspaper Golkar Draws Line in Sand Over NasDem Wafflers Faced with several disaffected members leaning toward the newly inaugurated NasDem Party, Golkar's leadership is putting its foot down and demanding that fence-sitting politicians make a decision and stick with it. Golkar leaders deny concern that NasDem, despite several links between them, poses any threat to the grand old party of Indonesian politics. The lesson, they say, is merely one of political honesty. Analysts aren't so sure, and say NasDem could prove a viable threat to Golkar's voter base. Read all about it in the print edition of the Globe today, or subscribe to receive the paper every day.
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| | business | Plans Are Under Way for Two Coal Upgrade Plants Arutmin Indonesia, a subsidiary of coal miner Bumi Resources, and Japanese steel manufacturer Kobe Steel are jointly constructing a smelter that will transform brown coal into higher-quality coal. Muhamad Al Azhari | 9:45 PM July 31, 2011  Arutmin Indonesia and Kobe Steel are constructing a smelter that will transform brown coal, which is abundant in Indonesia, into higher-quality coal. (Photo courtesy of Bumi Resources) |  powered by maiplay.com | Indonesian Economy Grew in Q2, Profits Indicate Profits at some of the largest companies in Indonesia rose in the second quarter, boosting the case that the economy grew during that period. Dion Bisara & Faisal Maliki Bakoro | 9:57 PM July 31, 2011 Go-Jek Model Can Work Abroad, US Investor Says An American entrepreneur who has invested in Indonesian start-up Go-Jek is confident the motorcycle taxi company can one day take on the world. Shirley Christie | 8:40 PM July 31, 2011 |  |
| | life & times |  Drawing on more than three decades of experience in the fashion industry, designer Edward 'Edo' Hutabarat hopes to ignite pride in Indonesia's traditional artisans by using their textiles to create pieces of high fashion. (JG Photo/Yudhi Sukma Wijaya) |
 | Indonesian Fashion: The Next Generation Balai Sarbini in South Jakarta was bursting with excitement on Thursday evening as hundreds of students from LaSalle College International Jakarta celebrated their graduation. Sylviana Hamdani | 5:34 PM July 31, 2011 Can Indonesia's Bloggers Keep Their Audience? With around seven million Twitter users and nearly 40 million Facebook users, Indonesia is home to multiple online communities who are getting pretty good at expressing themselves in 140 characters or less. Lisa Siregar | 5:56 PM July 31, 2011 Jakarta Journo: Harry Potter, Sm*sh and the Culture of Copycats Expecto patronum! Harry Potter has certainly put this nation under his spell. So powerful is the boy wizard's sorcery, it has bewitched a post office in Solo, which released a limited-edition collection of stamps featuring images of the characters from the Harry Potter movies. Armando Siahaan | 4:01 PM July 31, 2011 |  |
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