if 2% is coming from indonesia. -- 50% is coming from indonesia.an 100,000 our domestic helpers. almost 82%. the rest are here working for companies, factories, and fishing boats. this is the structure of our workers now. there are many problems, of course. there are many difficulties. i believe our workers in taiwan are in good condition, except for some problems we need to take care of. we have a good relation with the labor unions. yesterday, we were talking about the domestic helpers. one thing that is good for taiwan is our workers here are very loyal. more indonesian workers come to taiwan because they believe taiwan is a good place for work. in order to make close relations, this system of workers need to be developed also. the welfare of our workers and how effective it is. >> we understand there was the sixth indonesianlabor conference held in september of last year. what were some of the conclusions reached? has there been enough progress in terms of preserving and protecting the rights of indonesian workers in taiwan? >> we talk about a

mami yulie was born in 1961 in eastern indonesia. mami yulie's family, however, refused to accept that their child was a waria, and at the age of 18, mami yulie ran away from home. mami yulie ended up working the streets as a prostitute and met other waria forced into the same situation, people who were unable to find regular work due to discrimination. concerned about the future, mami yulie decided to quit prostitution at the age of 35 and became a beautician after graduating from a government training program for waria. the house costs around $1,000 per month to run, principally for food, utilities and medical expenses. mami yulie's income as a beautician isn't sufficient to run the house, so other residents have to contribute. those who have difficulty moving around bake bread and cakes which the more able residents take outside to sell. with monthly sales of only around $300, however, the house's financial situation was in disarray. even though the government began providing assistance of $125 per month, they can still barely mak

, like indonesia, where the church has become so passionate and united in prayer, but with each other>> george: last year more than 9,000 christians from around the world met here for a massive prayer event. ♪ >> led by scores of indonesian churches, united to see the name of jesus christ lifted. dr. bongbong was a key occupant of that event. >> we have seen it among the pentecostal, and also in the main line christians and the catholic, that we need to spread the good news of christ all over the country. >> george: global prayer leaders were amazed at the indonesian believers' unity in praying for their country and the world. >> the father is looking out over the corridors of heaven, and he is saying, jesus, come here, look down at indonesia. they really love jesus. and he is going, aahhhh. and everything is just going to a new dimension. something that we don't understand in the natural. there is favor, there is faith, and there is praise. they're transforming a nation. >> a spiritual transformation that christians say is bathed in 24-hour prayer. 30 miles outside the sprawling capi

indonesia.u want, we can expand on this. are not just window dressing. and supporting the growth by 0.5% of gdp won't change anything in good and won't change anything in bad to the long-term perspective of this country. >> the bigger question then, luka, is to what extent does emerging market sell-off will continue and whether it will actually spill over to some of the developed markets. because right now the markets, investors are focusing on those countries with weak capital account pictures and with weak currencies, but do you think it will also hit those economies which have better current account or lower current account deficits? >> well, you know, i think that the outflows are deserving by two things. one thing is quantitative easing tattering across the globe. and also due to long-term yields increasing in developed economies. of course, the investment, some of the investment is repatriated. another thing that the capital outflows discount is lower growth in emerging markets, which is a

you talked about indonesia today, moving to defend the currency.oves actually do lead to some kind of negative feedback loop in the economy. so those -- a repeat of old style is quite possible. >> okay, chris, thank you so much for that. have a good day. chris godding, head of global equities at cigna wealth management. >>> syrian authorities denied chemical weapons were used in an attack in the city of damascus. the assad regime dismissed the allegations as, quote, totally false and unfounded according to the state news agency. yousef is in cairo. what can you tell us? >> this is still a developing story. what we understand is that there has been attack on several suburbs in damascus. and it could have been possibly a nerve gas attack, and then at least 213 people may have been killed according to the reuters sources that are being cited. now, it is important to note that both the disturbing footage we have been seeing and the casualty numbers cannot be independently verified at this point. now, the syrian state has, of course, denied that attack,

indonesia and thailand have seen currency devaluations of up to forty percent hedge funds are losing massive amounts of money on bad and developing countries they're dealing with price inflation not seen in decades bob talks of emerging markets with locking in just a minute and very and will break down inflation later in the show but back to the main point the unintended consequences of massive money printing not only in the u.s. but in japan and europe to a lesser degree are finally being felt but the directional flow is not what you might think that's right according to the s. and p. shiller report released this morning las vegas and phoenix are in yet another property film where we say bubble only five years ago prices had begun plummeting at a foreclosed houses were scooped up by private equity groups and hedge fund but as we've discussed there cashing out unfortunately looks like detroit will be able to do the same thing in july the city manager recalculated the two pension funds future obligations to retirees and the number he came up with a three point five billion dollars sho

it certainly made indonesia a better place, but it made the world a better place. it made it a little less dangerous than it is today simply because we took a country that was predominately anti-american sentiment and through that past tragedy and catastrophe and our response to it, we flipped the sentiment and it was ultimately pro-american in sentiment and we decided to create sustainment missions to sustain that goodwill and that's where the mercy taking off as it does out of san diego and goes around the asian pacific rim. that is why the comfort takes off and heads down to south america, to show goodwill, not to be the american country that comes down there and shows people how it's done, to be the united states' ambassador of medical care that wants to partner with these nations, learn about them, learn about their illnesses, learn about their afflictions and learn from the people in the area how we can better support and partner with them. build bridges before they have to. if we have had twice the number of aircraft carers in 9-11, if we had twice the numbe

indonesia trying to do its best.al bank is following brazil's lead by hiking benchmark interest rates by 50 basis points. they raised their lending facility rate 25 basis points. the decision were made at an emergency policy meeting, which is also aimed at supporting the sliding currency and fighting off persistently high inflation. bank indonesia expects inflation to be as high as 9.8% by the year end. the rupiah flat on the session. >>> we continue to focus on the events in the middle east. u.n. chief ban ki-moon has said chemical inspections teams in syria will leave by saturday morning. those comment comes as activists told nbc that the assad regime is shelling an area where that u.n. team is currently investigating. sources also told nbc that inspectors left the hotel in damascus to continue work this morning. this strike appears to have been set back after they agree to hold a second vet on retaliation once the teams completed their inspections. parliament in london will still vet on a watered down motion later

. >>> indonesia's steady economic growth may be coming to an end.he latest statistics show the expansion stayed at the 5% level. that hasn't happened in nearly three years. spokespersons with indonesia's statistics bureau said gdp grew 5.8% in the latest quarter from a year earlier. that's the first 5% level growth since the third quarter of 2010. the spokespersons say domestic demand remains solid. but they point out experts of commodities such as coal, slowed down. analysts are concerned about the indonesian economy. they say the country's currency has been weakening, pushing up the index 8.6% in july. >>> a singer in china is spreading our music through modern technology. she draws on her ethnic roots to write her songs. ♪ >> sheives in beijing where she's striving to become a professional singer. she's a member of an ethnic minority known as member. her how mametown is sa small vie in the autonomous region. her songs are inspired by local songs and further experiences living in a huge city. >> translator: a lot of people are worn out by the mode

jcb credit cards are now accepted by about 11,000 stores in indonesia. the indonesian bank plans to start issuing jcb credit cards early next year. >>> people in rural japan are scratching their heads about what to do with the wild animals that ruin their fields, boars and deer cause millions of dollars of damage a year. some communities are turning the creatures into a source of income. >> reporter: these may look like traditional leather products. but they are actually made with boar hides and they are starting to make a positive impact on this village. the town of misato is home to 5,000 people. half of them work in agriculture. farmers grow pumpkins here. it takes months to cultivate the crops. but here's what the wild animals did to the crops. >> translator: it's so shocking it makes me regret growing them. >> translator: my rice paddies were a total mess. i had to tear out the seedlings and plant new ones. >> the critters responsible for most of the town's damage are boars. they wonder through the town at night and root through vegetable fields. pe

in indonesia we've seen a deficit that is widening and other problems in some of the other large emergingkets around the world. that's pulled money out of emerging market assets. now this rotation has now taken place. i think when we look down the road at the prospects for the global economy, particularly the large economies, the u.s. japan, and to some extent china, it does seem to be a little bit of better sentiment now, we're seeing some of the forward-looking indices picking up in the u.s. quite strongly. and showing gradual improvement. and japan is having quite a big rebound. >> what can these economies do to attract investment back without impoverishing their own people? >> i think what we need to see in india is much more dynamic economic reform. in india the government has been lacking severely in put of in place attractive measures for attracting foreign investment. we've seen a very slow protectionist stance from the government in terms of reforms. that's gradually eroded foreign infester interest. a similar story in indonesia, where in the last couple of years it has been more

in indonesia, the car is still very much a status symbol. all attempts to regulate traffic have failed so far. but now at peak times, the law dictates that there must be at least 3 people in each car. and that's helped create jobs. ita taing has been working as a -- as what's called a jockey for seven years. she earns 15,000 rupiah per journey. that's about 1.25 euros. business has been booming since she became a mother. >> it's hard when you're on your own. but now i have my child with me, we fill up a car and i earn twice as much. >> most of her customers are businessmen who are keen to avoid fines. the 3-in-1 system may seem absurd to some. and city planners have no shortage of ideas. now they're also working on a system based on license plates. >> we also want to limit the numbers of the cars by using different numbers. odd numbers on some days and even numbers on other days. >> but car drivers shouldn't get too worried. the authorities have been bandying these ideas around for years. red tape always gets in the way. then there's the tra

." >>> kids in indonesia play with high power fireworks almost as tall as they are. the video showing the reason these explosives are outlawed. >>> he's been gone for two years, and now his baby sister is about to arrive from college. >> a soldier's surprise welcome home. >> remember me? >>> talk about a tough job at a rap concert. >> that is a sign language interpreter. >> see her work her way through a lot of dirty lyrics. >>> plus how to go all van gogh with a hula hoop. >> what do you do after this? >> clean out your underwear. >>> video footage of what seems like a celebration. you have a lot of young boys out in this field. you see all this paper and everything around. that's from fireworks. and there are lots of people there to watch. very difficult to see, but the fireworks that they are about to light is almost as tall as they are. >> looks like a rocket. >> keep watching. you hear the explosion, you hear the people laugh. you notice that there are still two boys there close to that firework. they're lighting the fuse. >> no adults? just kids? >> we're not s

bank of indonesia normally meets once a month to decide on rates.t decision was on august 15th when it left rates on hold at 6.5%. >>> speculation mounting that tomorrow's meeting could end in a rate hike. earlier today, the bank's governor called for vigilance but insisted there was no crisis. as far as the agenda in asia's concerned, the philippines report gdp data for the second quarter. and also july retail sales out of japan. and in hong kong, financial earning will be the flavor of the day. results out from the bank of china, icbc, china merchants bank and china everbright. you got any thoughts or comments, please e-mail us, worldwide@cnbc.com. >>> plenty more to come. still to come, brazil is expected to hike interest rates to 9% today on a bid to fight inflation. and stem the fall of the real. will that help, though? anything as far as economy is concerned with structural changes. more to come in the second hour of "worldwide exchange" coming up right after this short break. >>> all right, this is "worldwide exchange." i'm ross westgate. a r

. >> la presidenta realizÓ una visita oficial por asia donde visitÓ indonesia y vietnam pero no estÁn aires hizo escala en las isl seychelles sin motivo aparente. >> la presidenta estuvo en las islas pero la casa rosada dice que cristina kirchner estuvo 13 horas y que se tratÓ de una escala tÉcnica. >> ¿por quÉ la seÑora presidenta con su mÉdicos, secretario personal y dos funcionarias de la secretarÍa general de la presidencia habÍa pasado dos dÍas en las islas seychelles sin informaciÓn respecto de la agenc agenda oficial?. >> pidieron que vaya al congreso a dar explicaciones sobre quÉ hizo la presidenta durante 13 horas en las islas seychelles. >> opositores al gobierno de siria denunciaron que tropas de bash bashar al assad provocaron ataques con gas sarÍn, agregaron que mÁs de 1300 persona murieron incluyendo niÑos hay centenares de herido en su tratamiento, el gobierno sirio negÓ la acusacion que investigan la onu, estados unidos y sus aliados europeos. >> el ex presidente de egipto hosni mubarak serÍa puesto bajo arrestodomiciliario, luego que una corte dictara bajo el argument

. >>> 6 personas murieron en indonesia por la erupcion de un volcan, los cuerpos no han sido recuperado>>> ahora con lo mejor del deporte. >>> gracias buenas noches, se cerro la jornada de la liga mx. >>> arracamos con el santos y el toluca, sacaba derechazo y un empate a 2. >>> el puebla con el veracruz, el partido parejo, sin goles el partido. >>> el dueño del equipo no esta nada contento con el equipo, se hara un anuncio de la continuidad del detalles. >>> chapo dice que esta encantado con su nominacion a la seleccion. >>> comento que ya se sabe el himno mexicano y espera cantarlo ante costa de marfil. >>> >> y en el miercoles este home run y mariano rivera que esta esperando su lanzamiento, ahora con el triunfo de los yankees. >>> del cielo a la tierra rodriguez. >>> gracias, terminamos en florencia, se abrio la tumba de la supuesta >> la mujer del retrato más influyente de la historia del arte. nos vemos mañana con esto llegamos al final de esta edición, muchas gracias por su atención, muy buenas noches que descanse.,d esta más informado noticiero univision su voz su decisión. >> t

korea look at in fact china ally for long times singapore and of course vietnam philippines malaysia indonesia australia india and so when the u.s. is being invited back we have to look at the coalition that's concerned about the robustness on china's part john you want to jump in could i can tell instantly go ahead please i please claim since i seem to be i seem to be in the minority here. i think that when one talks about japan and south korea one must remember that those are both occupied countries u.s. forces that is not trivial secondly i think that you have to look with the u.s. foreign policy establishment is saying richard armitage former undersecretary of state and joseph nye were recently and a trip to japan an unofficial mission but blessed by x. secretary of state hillary clinton and before that they wrote an article. i believe it was in foreign affairs i can't recall i think it was in foreign affairs. and what they were trying to do in that article is essentially go japan into confronting china you know absent. in the comments of the other two guests here is any acknowledgement th

cannot just say that japan doesn't matter south korea doesn't matter doesn't matter philippines indonesia malaysia singapore india they don't matter the only thing that matters is china what kind of an argument is that you want to apply to that go ahead i'm not making that argument let me john you want to reply to that and saying is this the argument you made the argument is that you know what is green and. that any of that really gets you. john i agree i mentioned south korea i mentioned south korea i mentioned japan if you don't read well you don't get mine i call that a right scuse me if you bring in a third one if you want a pretty good instance of aggressive imperial movement consider remember that the war in vietnam left two to four million people dead according to robert mcnamara that was not the act of a but now so why is he a dog inviting us back and one of the next to me is more than that. because i did raise an excellent question you raise an excellent question about asian powers and asian countries being the determinant of what goes on in asia matt remind you the united states

growing up in indonesia, i was granted many gifts. i was granted a community by and large of tolerance, of artistry, of sweetness and i was there and until age 14. i was born there, though my brother, the president, was not. [laughter] >> for the record. again. [laughter] you had to. >> but it was a place -- it was a place of great diversity. diverse cultures within indonesia. we're talking about thousands of islands. and each one possessing its own language and cultural artifacts and moors. there was a lot of conflict when i was growing up in the 1970s between the chinese, indonesians and the malay indonesians. my father was malayan. the chinese were often scapegoated because of times of poverty, the perception that chinese folks owned businesses and were doing better. it is not an unfamiliar story. but i remember several riots where cars would be overturned and i would watch from my window as people would be pulled out of their cars and harmed. or stores would have their windows busted. and i remember the next day, there would be, p

processing in places like manu and island and building much better relations with countries like indonesia and sri lanka. >> deal with a leak of radioactive water. the alert level at fukushima is said to be the highest since the time of the disaster. >> the degree to which the problem at fukushima has not been dealt with has laid bea ba, there are various elaboration of radio kitchen water in the drainage channels, even more disturbing because this is not some sort of uncharted, unexpected leak of water from god knows where. this is water used to treat three of the reactors which are in a constant state effectively of melt down. they use that to cool down because if you don't do that, it will lead to a more serious event or environmental hazard. they use these to keep these very seriously overheating plants at a manager temperature and they store the then radioactive water in one of a thousands tanks, and they found that one or proper several of these are not secured, and not safe to stand near for any number of hours into if groundwater and then they think there is a real danger it is get

australia and indonesia. oil is the source of so much pain in the world and so is the life there with allen covered in blood and they are shouting at us australia with guns to our heads we shouted back no america, america. i had thrown my passport at them i was born in washington d.c.. they would kick me in the stomach when i would get my breath back and as others join the firing squad i would say america, america. at some point they take the guns from our heads we believe because we were from the same country. they would have to pay a price for killing us that they would never have to pay for killing them. a red cross jeep pulled up and the driver of the red cross jeep picked up this old man who was in a sewer ditch next to us. every time the soldiers beat him he would put up his hands and a prayer sign and they would smash the buts of their rifles into his face. we drove off to a hospital and they stopped us to get away from us and we drove as a human mouse to the hospital. they hung off the top of the ge.

that means an entire social force that fought for indonesia to be one of the founders in indonesia so the entire generation was wiped out and it covered indonesia, a country that had one of the largest communist party's. today there are 25 groups, there are no real organizations, of vibrant organizations like there used to be. latin america, a little bit of a story of the emergence -- there is an advantage in a long period of dictatorship. i don't think you should negate that for political reasons. a lot of people were killed, brutality was intense but also solidarity's of an emotional kind grew across different viewpoints, take brazil for example. you are asked to question why doesn't they -- walk away from the tripartite alliance, what is the m s d, the movement, what are they doing with the workers' party today? why haven't they just walked away and become external completely? you have to understand for decades they grew an alliance with each other fighting against something. there is deep understanding of what people are attempting to do, greater latitude to create a project in un

so i'm going to let you know please hold your applause until the end please welcome indonesia japan,m welcome. and introducing supervisor erick. so i'm going to read the operation it's beautiful. today mayor lee is proclaiming asian panic heritage month in san francisco and the final whereas clause is most profound there's about it resolved the mayor of the city and county of san francisco in recognition of a 35 anniversary the federal legislation launching the celebration and in honor of this year's theme honoring achievement in the performing arts do hereby proclaim may as asian pacific heritage month. (clapping) (clapping) >> all right. so which for acting mayor david cowen please give a warm welcome to board president chiu. >> going it's good to be here supervisor cowen as well as supervisor mary and our school board member and all of you. i wish you could see the crowd from where i stand you are truly a beautiful crowd i'm going to say a something that's political risky i'm going to say with president obama said you are the best looking most beautiful crowd in san francisco. i w

we have teams going to knit how, indonesia -- nepal, indonesia, and ghana.ould you present a proposal? i thought for five seconds and accepted. i made a few phone calls to tanzania. i tried to look at the united nations development goals to say what is the progress and needs of tanzania in that area, to lay a background, foundation for the service. with the idea that the first stage would be anyway to build up the contact, discover the people, let the people discover us, and take it from there. to, what can we do together? the motivation was to allow young taiwanese to have a similar experience to the one i had when i went to tanzania. that is, to discover that the world is bigger than my hometown , that you can actually become friends with foreigners. this could change the direction of your life. it's also a learning through experience. i like to teach people, but not in the classroom. i like people to learn from experience. i try to create that environment for a good experience. >> father, back five years ago when you first started doing this, people proba

. >> la presidenta realizÓ una visita oficial por asia donde visitÓ indonesia y vietnam pero no estÁnlas pero la casa rosada dice que cristina kirchner estuvo 13 horas y que se tratÓ de una escala tÉcnica. >> ¿por quÉ la seÑora presidenta con su mÉdicos, secretario personal y dos funcionarias de la secretarÍa general de la presidencia habÍa pasado dos dÍas en las islas seychelles sin informaciÓn respecto de la agenc agenda oficial?. >> pidieron que vaya al congreso a dar explicaciones sobre quÉ hizo la presidenta durante 13 horas en las islas seychelles. >> opositores al gobierno de siria denunciaron que tropas de bash bashar al assad provocaron ataques con gas sarÍn, agregaron que mÁs de 1300 persona murieron incluyendo niÑos hay centenares de herido en su tratamiento, el gobierno sirio negÓ la acusacion que investigan la onu, estados unidos y sus aliados europeos. >> el ex presidente de egipto hosni mubarak serÍa puesto bajo arrestodomiciliario, luego que una corte dictara bajo el argumento que no existe legales por su detenciÓn dijo que podrÍa ser liberado maÑana. >> se conocieron