Senin, 27 Mei 2013

Soal OSN Astronomi tingkat SMA

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ASTRONOMI
1. The farthest South that an observer on the Earth can see Polaris is
A. Arctic Circle
B. Antarctic Circle
C. Equator
D. the Tropic of Cancer
E. the Tropic of Capricorn
2. Which of the following statements show that the Einstein relativistic theory is correct?
1. The star behind the Sun is observable during Total Solar Eclipse
2. The short lived cosmic ray which is created in upper atmosphere can be observed in larger amount than expected
3. The orbit of Mercury differ from the prediction by Newton law but fit with the Einstein relativistic prediction
4. Comet size is larger when it approach the Sun
Choose
A. If 1, 2, and 3 correct
B. If 1 and 3 correct
C. If 2 and 4 correct
D. If only 4 correct
KEMENTERIAN PENDIDIKAN DAN KEBUDAYAAN
DIREKTORAT JENDERAL PENDIDIKAN MENENGAH
DIREKTORAT PEMBINAAN SMA
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E. If all answer are correct
3. Of the seven other planets, the one that encounter the closest to the Earth is
A. Mars
B. Venus
C. Mercury
D. Jupiter
E. Saturn
4. If Mars crosses an observer’s meridian at local midnight, then it is at
A. Aphelion
B. Western quadrature
C. Eastern quadrature
D. Conjunction
E. Opposition
5. The general theory of stellar evolution indicates that
A. the Sun will change to a pulsating star within about one million years
B. the Sun will have its present size and brightness for about 4.5 billion years
C. the Sun’s brightness will decrease at the rate of about one percent per year during the next 100 years
D. the Sun’s brightness will increase by about one percent per year during the next 100 years
E. the Sun will explode as a Supernova on its death
6. Momentum sudut revolusi Bumi mengelilingi Matahari :
1. Arahnya membentuk sudut 23,5º dengan momentum sudut rotasi Bumi
2. Tetap meskipun jarak Bumi – Matahari berubah-ubah karena orbit Bumi yang elips
3. Lebih besar daripada momentum sudut rotasi Bumi
4. Berlawanan arah dengan momentum sudut revolusi Mars.
Untuk soal di atas, pilihlah
A. Jika 1,2 dan 3 benar
B. Jika 1 dan 3 benar
C. Jika 2 dan 4 benar
D. Jika 4 saja benar
E. Jika semua benar
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7. Sebuah planet X pada malam hari temperaturnya 27oC sedangkan pada waktu siang suhunya mencapai 47o C. Jika planet tersebut diasumsikan sebagai benda hitam berapakah rasio energi pada siang dan malam hari yang dipancarkannya?
A. Ls = 1,3 Lm
B. Ls = 1,5 Lm
C. Ls = 1,7 Lm
D. Ls = 1,9 Lm
E. Ls = 2,1 Lm
8. Titik perpotongan antara ekuator langit dengan ekliptika tempat matahari berada pada tanggal 23 September yaitu Autumnal Equinox mempunyai koordinat (asensiorekta, deklinasi):
A. 00h, 00o
B. 06h, + 23o,5
C. 12h, 00o
D. 18h, – 23o,5
E. 12h, – 23o,5
9. Komposisi kimia lapisan luar Matahari dipelajari terutama dari telaah
A. Pergeseran Doppler dari garis hidrogen Balmer
B. Penerapan Hukum Wien pada spektrum Matahari
C. Kerapatan rata-rata Matahari secara keseluruhan
D. Garis-garis absorpsi dari spektrum cahaya fotosfer
E. Pengamatan letupan (flare) Matahari saat aktifitas maksimum Matahari
10. Pilih mana yang BENAR.
A. Absorpsi atmosfer pada berbagai jarak zenit adalah sama
B. Massa udara menurun dengan makin besar jarak zenit
C. Peredaman cahaya bintang oleh atmosfer pada zenit menurun dengan makin besarnya panjang gelombang
D. Di dekat cakrawala atmosfer Bumi menyebabkan bintang berlokasi lebih rendah dari posisi sebenarnya
E. Di dekat cakrawala atmosfer Bumi tidak memberi pengaruh apa pun pada posisi bintang
11. Sebuah bintang akan menjadi Black Hole apabila kecepatan lepas bintang lebih besar atau sama dengan kecepatan cahaya. Radius bintang pada kondisi ini disebut dengan radius Schwarzschild. Tentukanlah massa dari sebuah black-hole apabila radius Schwarzschildnya 30 km
A. 2 x 1031 kg
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B. 3 x 1031 kg
C. 4 x 1031 kg
D. 5 x 1031 kg
E. 6 x 1031 kg
12. Bila dalam kalendar Matahari Gregorian tanggal 1 Januari suatu tahun kabisat bertepatan dengan hari Ahad/Minggu maka pada satu tahun kabisat setiap awal bulan yang bertepatan dengan hari Kamis adalah
A. Maret dan November
B. Juli dan Oktober
C. hanya bulan Maret
D. April dan Desember
E. Agustus dan November
MATEMATIKA
13. Kedudukan satelit sebagai stasiun relay di angkasa, dikenal dengan beberapa konfigurasi, misalnya topologi simplex, topologi point to point (p2p), topologi star dan topologi mesh. LASO adalah sistim yang dikembangkan orang untuk “mengikat bumi” dengan menempatkan tiga satelit diangkasa, ditempatkan pada jarak tertentu sehingga seluruh permukaan Bumi bisa diamati. Jika jejari bumi adalah R. Maka tinggi satelit dari permukaan Bumi dalam topologi LASO adalah
A. 0,25 R
B. 0,50 R
C. 0,75 R
D. 1,00 R
E. 1,25 R
14. Suatu observatorium besar telah menemukan 46 planet di luar Tata Surya. Planet-planet yang telah ditemukan itu kemudian dikelompokkan dalam dua kategori sebagai planet gas dan planet berpermukaan keras, kemudian diklasifikasikan juga di dalam kategori lain, planet berotasi cepat dan berotasi lambat. Jika planet gas jumlahnya 31, planet yang berotasi lambat 22, planet yang berpermukaan keras dan berotasi cepat ada 8, maka perhatikan pernyataan-pernyataan berikut ini :
1) Planet gas dan berotasi cepat ada 16
2) Planet berpermukaan keras dan berotasi lambat ada 19
3) Planet gas dan berotasi lambat ada 15
4) Planet berpermukaan keras ada 21
Untuk pernyataan-pernyataan di atas, maka
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A. 1,2 dan 3 benar
B. 1 dan 3 benar
C. 2 dan 4 benar
D. 4 saja benar
E. Semua benar
15. Prof. Astroitb baru saja menemukan dua exoplanet (extra-solar planets) yang masih sangat muda. Dari kandungan hidrogen yang dimiliki dapat disimpulkan, perbandingan umur kedua planet saat ini adalah
:3:4AB
. Dari cara yang lain didapat kesimpulan, enam juta tahun yang lalu perbandingannya adalah
:5:7AB
. Berapakah umur kedua exoplanet tersebut ?
A. Umur planet A = 36 juta tahun dan umur planet B = 48 juta tahun
B. Umur planet A = 30 juta tahun dan umur planet B = 40 juta tahun
C. Umur planet A = 24 juta tahun dan umur planet B = 32 juta tahun
D. Umur planet A = 18 juta tahun dan umur planet B = 24 juta tahun
E. Umur planet A = 12 juta tahun dan umur planet B = 16 juta tahun
FISIKA
16. Sebuah balok bermassa 0,5 kg dihubungkan dengan sebuah pegas ringan dengan konstanta 200 N/m. Kemudian sistem tersebut berosilasi harmonis. Jika diketahui simpangan maksimumnya adalah 3 cm, maka kecepatan maksimum adalah
A. 0,1 m/s
B. 0,6 m/s
C. 1 m/s
D. 1,5 m/s
E. 2 m/s
17. Misalkan α dan β masing-masing adalah sudut datang dan sudut bias dari cahaya terhadap garis normal. Jika cahaya datang dari udara ke kaca, maka hubungan yang benar antara α dan β adalah
A. α > β
B. α < β
C. α = β
D. α > 2β
E. α > 4β
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18. Dua buah benda bergerak dalam suatu medan gravitasi yang seragam (g=10 m/s2). Pada saat awal, kedua benda berada pada posisi yang sama dan bergerak dengan kecepatan vA = 16 m/s dan vB = 4 m/s horizontal dan berlawanan arah. Tentukan jarak kedua partikel ketika kecepatan keduanya saling tegak lurus.
A. 1,60 m
B. 1,65 m
C. 1,70 m
D. 1,80 m
E. 1,90 m
19. Suatu cermin cekung dan cembung dengan jari-jari kelengkungan yang sama 20 cm ditempatkan saling berhadapan dengan jarak 40 cm. Suatu benda dengan tinggi 7 cm ditempatkan ditengah-tengah kedua cermin. Tinggi bayangan akhir jika pemantulan terjadi oleh cermin cembung kemudian oleh cermin cekung adalah
A. 3 cm, tegak
B. 3 cm, terbalik
C. 4 cm, terbalik
D. 2 cm, tegak
E. 2 cm, terbalik

Daftar Konstanta
Luminositas Matahari = L = 3,86 x 1026 J dt–1
Fbolometrik Matahari = 6,28 x 107 J dt–1 m–2
Konstanta radiasi Matahari = 1,368 x 103 J m–2
Konstanta gravitasi, G = 6,67 x 10–11 N m2 kg–2 [N = Newton]
Percepatan gravitasi Bumi, g = 9,8 m dt–2
Massa Bumi = 5,98 x 1024 kg
Massa Bulan = 7,34 x 1022 kg
Massa Matahari = 1,99 x 1030 kg
Konstanta Stefan Boltzmann,  = 5,67 x 10–8 J dt–1 m–2 K–4 ,
Satu Satuan Astronomi (1 SA ) = 1,496 x 1011 m
Jarak Bumi-Bulan rata-rata = 3,84 x 108 m
Radius Bumi = 6,37 x 106 m
Radius Matahari = 6,96 x 108 m
Satu tahun sideris = 365,256 hari = 3,16 x 107 detik
Temperatur efektif Matahari = 5880º K

SOAL OSN ASTRONOMI

1. Pada saat oposisi Bumi- Planet dan Matahari mendekati satu garis lurus, konfigurasinya adalah:
a. Planet – Bumi – Matahari
b. Bumi – Planet - Matahari
c. Planet – Matahari – Bumi
d. Matahari – Planet – Bumi
e. Tidak ada yang benar
2. Pada saat konjungsi Bumi-Planet dan Matahari mendekati satu garis lahir lurus, konfigurasinya adalah;
a. Planet – Bumi – Matahari
b. Bumi – Planet - Matahari
c. Planet – Matahari – Bumi
d. Matahari – Planet – Bumi
e. Tidak ada yang benar
3. Jika setengah sumbu panjang dan eksentrisitas planet Mars adalah a = 1,52 dan e = 0,09 sedangkan untuk Bumi a = 1 SA dan e = 0,017. Kecerlangan maksimum Mars pada saat oposisi, terjadi ketika jaraknya dari Bumi pada saat itu;
a. 0,37 SA
b. 0,27 SA
c. 0,32 SA
d. 0,40 SA
e. 0,50 SA
4. Jika setengah sumbu panjang dan eksentrisitas planet Mars adalah a = 1,52 dan e = 0,09 sedangkan untuk Bumi a = 1 SA dan e = 0,017. Kecerlangan minimum Mars pada saat oposisi, terjadi ketika jaraknya dari Bumi pada saat itu;
a. 0,67 SA
b. 0,70 SA
c. 0,72 SA
d. 0,37 SA
e. 0,50 SA
5. Elongasi maksimum terjadi ketika jarak Bumi ke Matahari dan jarak Planet ke Matahari memenuhi kaedah;
a. Jarak planet maksimum, jarak bumi minimum
b. Jarak planet maksimum, jarak bumi maksimum
c. Jarak planet minimum, jarak bumi minimum
d. Jarak planet minimum, jarak bumi maksimum
e. Tidak ada yang benar
6. Elongasi minimum terjadi ketika jarak Bumi ke Matahari dan jarak Planet ke Matahari memenuhi kaedah;
a. Jarak planet maksimum, jarak bumi minimum
b. Jarak planet maksimum, jarak bumi maksimum
c. Jarak planet minimum, jarak bumi minimum
d. Jarak planet minimum, jarak bumi maksimum
e. Tidak ada yang benar
7. Yang dimaksud konjungsi inferior adalah ketika terjadi konfigurasi;
a. Bumi – Planet - Matahari
b. Matahari – Bumi – Planet
c. Planet – Bumi – Matahari
d. Bumi – Matahari – Planet
e. Tidak ada yang benar
8. Yang dimaksud konjungsi superior adalah ketika terjadi konfigurasi;
a. Bumi – Planet - Matahari
b. Matahari – Bumi – Planet
c. Planet – Bumi – Matahari
d. Bumi – Matahari – Planet
e. Tidak ada yang benar
9. Sebagian besar anggota Tata Surya bila dilihat dari kutub utara ekliptika, bergerak berlawanan dengan putaran jarum jam. Gerak seperti ini disebut;
a. Indirek
b. Prograde
c. Retrogade
d. Helix
e. Beraturan
10. Beberapa komet dan satelit dalam Tata Surya bila dilihat dari kutub utara ekliptika, bergerak searah dengan putaran jarum jam. Gerak seperti ini disebut;
a. Direk
b. Prograde
c. Retrogade
d. Helix
e. Tidak beraturan

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Contoh-contoh soal osn astronomi

1. Salah satu tujuan awal Hubble Space Telescope adalah menemukan nilai yang akurat dari Konstanta Hubble yang dipakai dalam hokum Hubble. Hukum Hubble itu menyatakan:
a. Kecepatan sebuah galaksi mendekati kita sebanding dengan jaraknya;
b. Kecepatan sebuah galaksi menjauhi kita sebanding dengan jaraknya dari kita;
c. Kecepatan rotasi galaksi berkolerasi dengan diameternya;
d. Kecepatan bintang dalam sebuah galaksi sebanding dengan jaraknya dari pusat galaksi
2. Jika diketahui konstanta Hubble, H=65km/dt/Mpc, maka umur alam semesta adalah
a. 13 miliyar tahun;
b. 14 miliyar tahun;
c. 15 miliyar tahun;
d. 17 miliyar tahun;
3. Diketahui temperature bagian dalam umbra bintik matahari ( sunspot ) ternyata 1500 K lebih dingin dari temperatus fotosfir Matahari (temperaturnya 5800 K) disekitarnya, andaikan B1 adalah energy fluks yang keluar dari umbra dan B2 energi fluks dari daerah yang mengelilingi sunspot. Berapakah rasio, B2/B1 ?
a. O,004
b. 1,35
c. 3,31
d. 223
4. Pilih pernyataan yang BENAR!
a. Jika bulan hari ini terbit pukul 18:0, besok hari ia akan terbit pada waktu yang sama
b. Di Kutub Utara selama bulan Juli, matahari tidak pernah terbenam.
c. Dalam orbitnya mengelilingi bumi, bulan selalu menampakkan muka yang sama karena Bulan tidak berotasi pada sumbunya.
d. Pada setiap bulan baru selalu terjadi gerhana matahari.
5. Bintang – bintang pada sebuah rasi memiliki ciri:
a. Terang masing-masing bintang sama
b. Terang masing-masing bintang tiak sama walaupun warnanya sama
c. Warna terang masing-masing bintang tidak selalu sama
d. Jaraknya sama, warna dan terrangnya tidak sama

Soal Pilihan Ganda
1. Pada saat oposisi Bumi- Planet dan Matahari mendekati satu garis lurus, konfigurasinya adalah:
a. Planet – Bumi – Matahari
b. Bumi – Planet – Matahari
c. Planet – Matahari – Bumi
d. Matahari – Planet – Bumi
e. Tidak ada yang benar

2. Pada saat konjungsi Bumi-Planet dan Matahari mendekati satu garis lahir lurus, konfigurasinya adalah;
a. Planet – Bumi – Matahari
b. Bumi – Planet – Matahari
c. Planet – Matahari – Bumi
d. Matahari – Planet – Bumi
e. Tidak ada yang benar

3. Jika setengah sumbu panjang dan eksentrisitas planet Mars adalah a = 1,52 dan e = 0,09 sedangkan untuk Bumi a = 1 SA dan e = 0,017. Kecerlangan maksimum Mars pada saat oposisi, terjadi ketika jaraknya dari Bumi pada saat itu;
a. 0,37 SA
b. 0,27 SA
c. 0,32 SA
d. 0,40 SA
e. 0,50 SA

SOAL ESSAY:
Sebuah asteroid ketika berada di perihelium menerima fluks dari matahari sebesar F0 ketika di aphelium ia menerima sebesar 0,5 F0. Orbit asteroid mempunyai setengah sumbu pendek b = 1,3 SA. Pertanyaannya:
a) berapakah periode asteroid ini
b) ketika di aphelium berapakah kecepatan lepas asteroid ini ?

Indonesia is in the Brave New World

Firaxis has announced two more of the nine cultures being added to Civilization 5′s Brave New World expansion. Indonesia and Morocco will join the set, joining Poland, Brazil, Assyria, Zulu, and Portugal, with two civilizations still remaining to be revealed.

Indonesia will be led by Gajah Mada, the Prime Minister of the Majapahit Empire from the 14th century. They’ll get a bonus for taking to the seas, as your first three cities formed on new continents get two luxury resources from the Spice Islanders ability. It also replaces the swordsman with the Kris Swordsman, who gets a random upgrade after the first combat, and the Candi replaces the Garden, complete with a faith bonus.

Morocco is led by Ahmad al-Mansur. It is centered around the new trade route mechanics coming in Brave New World, since they get bonuses to gold and culture for each external trade route from the Gateway to Africa ability. Cavalry is replaced by Berber Cavalry, which gets combat bonuses on home turf or on desert. The Kasbah improvement grants extra defense, food, production, and gold to desert tiles as well.

Indonesia Archipelago

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Indonesia is often referred to as the world's largest archipelago, a name which aptly represents its 17,000 or so islands which span more than 5000 km (around 3,200 miles) eastward from Sabang in northern Sumatra to Merauke in Irian Jaya. If you superimpose a map of Indonesia over one of Europe, you will find that it stretches from Ireland to Iran; compared to the United States, it covers the area from California to Bermuda.
There are eight major islands or island groups in this enormous chain. The largest landmasses consist of Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan (Borneo), Sulawesi (Celebes) and Irian Jaya (the western half of Papua New Guinea). The smaller islands fall into two main groups: the Molluccas to the northeast, and the lesser Sunda chain east of Bali. Bali is a unique island, which for a number of reasons can be put into a class of its own.
Mountain lovers will find plenty to enjoy in Indonesia. A great volcano chain, the Bukit Barisan, runs the entire length of Sumatra. On the West Coast, the mountains fall abruptly to the sea, while to the east they ease gradually down to plains in a broad fringe of coastal mangroves. Vegetation-clad volcanoes also rise dramatically from the sea at Banda, Ternate and Makian. Many of the volcanoes are still active, constantly smouldering and occasionally erupting violently, though geological stations monitor the active ones constantly and give warning if they are unsafe to climb. Mount Merapi in Central Java is a favourite for climbers, despite being one of the most active on the archipelago.
Mountain lakes are also abundant in dormant craters of many volcanoes, the most famous of these being lake Toba in the northern highlands of Sumatra. This mountain lake covers an area four times the size of Singapore. In Kalimantan, waterborne transportation moves cargo and passengers up and down the major rivers: Mahakam, Barito, Kahayan and Kapuas. The mountainous island of Flores is famous for its multi-coloured volcanic lakes, known as Keli Mutu. The three lakes are in a close group and range from dark red to turquoise.
Located between two distinct bio-geographic groups - Asia and Australia - the flora and fauna of the archipelago is also quite idiosyncratic. Species found nowhere else on earth have flourished in certain areas, including the famous Komodo dragon on the island of the same name. Also in abundance are rare flowers, including exotic orchids, unusual insects, birds of paradise and numerous indigenous spices such as cloves, nutmeg cinnamon, mace and many more.

SBY (Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono)

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Don’t see my award in a bad way: SBY

After a month of angry debate, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono directly addressed the problem of the World Statesman Award, set to be bestowed upon him later this week.
SBY implored Indonesians not to perceive the award negatively, claiming it was actually for the nation not just an individual.
“I am aware of the protests from some figures and groups. I respect their opinion. But you should also notice that the award is from a credible international organization which has closely observed our country for quite a long time. If the organization decides to award our nation through its President, we must not see it in a bad way,” Yudhoyono said.
The President admitted numerous incidents and conflicts persisted but said this should not affect his eligibility for the US-based Appeal of Conscience Foundation award.

Drug abuse costs Rp 55 trillion

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) said on Monday that drug abuse in Indonesia cost an estimated Rp 55 trillion (US$5.61 billion) in 2012.
“The economic costs of drug abuse include substance-abuse related spending, health care, and loss of productivity,” said BNN information director, Gun Gun Siswandi in Medan, North Sumatra, as quoted by Antara news agency.
“You can imagine if such a huge amount of money was used to develop schools, universities, hospitals, roads, and bridges, or to create job opportunities for unemployed people,” he added.
Gun Gun said that with such large amount of money associated with illicit drug use, it was no surprise that drug trafficking could attract almost everyone to take part in the business either as producers or dealers, as well as the users.
The BNN confiscated illicit drugs worth Rp 28 billion in 2012.
Indonesia is now home to four million drug addicts from different backgrounds and all ages, the agency found in joint research with the University of Indonesia. (asw/ebf)

Japanese mayor apologizes for comment on US troops

Sex slaves: Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo Monday. The outspoken Japanese politician apologized Monday for saying U.S. troops should patronize adult entertainment businesses as a way to reduce rapes, but defended another controversial remark about Japan's use of sex slaves during World War II. (AP/Shizuo Kambayashi)
An outspoken Japanese politician apologized Monday for saying U.S. troops should patronize adult entertainment businesses as a way to reduce rapes, but defended another controversial remark about Japan's use of sex slaves during World War II.
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, who is also the co-head of an emerging nationalistic party, said his remarks two weeks ago rose from a "sense of crisis" about cases of sexual assaults by U.S. military personnel on Japanese civilians in Okinawa, where a large number of U.S. troops are based.
"I understand that my remark could be construed as an insult to the U.S. forces and to the American people" and was inappropriate, he said at a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Tokyo.
Hashimoto had created an uproar with comments to journalists two weeks ago about Japan's wartime and modern sexual services. They added to recent anger in neighboring countries that suffered from Japan's wartime aggression and have complained about the lack of atonement for atrocities committed during that time.
Hashimoto said on May 13 that on a recent visit to the southern island of Okinawa, he suggested to the U.S. commander there that the troops there "to make better use" of the legal sex industry. "If you don't make use of those places you cannot control the sexual energy of those tough guys," he said.
He also said that Japan's wartime practice of forcing Asian women, mostly from South Korea and China, to work in front-line brothels was necessary to maintain discipline and provide relaxation for soldiers.
He didn't apologize for those comments, but he did call the use of so-called comfort women an "inexcusable act that violated the dignity and human rights of the women, in which large numbers of Korean and Japanese were included."
Still, he claimed he had been quoted out of context to say that he personally believed that the use of a "comfort women" system was necessary. He was trying to say that armed forces of nations around the world "seem to have needed women" in past wars and also violated women's human rights during wartime.
Singling out Japan was wrong, as this issue also existed in the armed forces of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and the former Soviet Union during World War II, he alleged.
"Based on the premise that Japan must remorsefully face its past offenses and must never justify the offenses, I intended to argue that other nations in the world must not attempt to conclude the matter by blaming only Japan and by associating Japan alone with the simple phrase of 'sex slaves' or 'sex slavery,'" Hashimoto said in the statement.
Historians say up to 200,000 women, mainly from the Korean Peninsula and China, were forced to provide sex for Japanese soldiers in military brothels. While some other World War II armies had military brothels, Japan is the only country accused of such widespread, organized sexual slavery.
Hashimoto, 43, has become well-known in recent years for his outspokenness. Last year, he formed a conservative party, the Japan Restoration Party, with former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, a strident nationalist. The party is now an opposition party in the parliament.
Before taking office in December Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had advocated revising a 1993 statement by then-Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono acknowledging and expressing remorse for the suffering caused to the sex slaves. Abe has said recently he stands by that statement and won't revise it.

Graft alarms jangling for Sports Ministry Rp 1.9 trillion IT project

Anti-graft watchdogs are raising red flags in the Finance Ministry’s disbursement on Monday of Rp 1.9 trillion (US$194.06 million) for a Sports and Youth Ministry information technology (IT) project, which they suspect may be corrupt.

Uchok Sky Khadafi from the Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (FITRA) said he was concerned that the IT project was riddled with corruption.

“If this Rp 1.9 trillion is allocated for a corrupt project, no wonder the quality of our athletes is sinking. Just look at the performance of our athletes! We are the worst Asian country,” Uchok said.

Ade Irawan from Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) said Minister Roy Suryo should focus on improving Indonesia’s sports instead of an IT project.

“As a new minister, Roy Suryo should come up with brilliant ideas to improve the quality of Indonesian sports in his program,” Ade said.

Youth and Sports Minister Roy Suryo, well known as an expert on information technology, plans to use the money on something he calls “e-coordination”, a video conference system which will connect civil service departments across 33 provinces with the Ministry.

Roy, formerly controversial lawmaker from the Democratic Party, replaced Andi Mallarangeng who stepped down from his post in disgrace following the Hambalang graft scandal, another multibillion fraud in the Ministry.

Andi was named suspect by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) last year for an alleged misappropriation in the Rp 1.17 trillion project.

“We have 33 civil service departments across Indonesia. We can accelerate coordination among the departments by taking advantage of information technology,” Roy said in a press statement.

“We had a teleconference between our headquarters and regional branches in our latest national working meeting and simulated e-coordination between the Ministry and administrations units,” Roy added, as quoted by tribunnews.com.

Ade questioned the urgency of the e-coordination program.

“Is it the most urgent program for Indonesian youth? The fact that the Ministry prioritizes this program is quite weird. If the video conference system is need to accelerate communication, does that mean there is a problem with the current communication system? What is the Ministry trying to achieve with this program?” Ade said.

“We have to take into account that the government is no longer centralized. Now we have regional autonomy in which every region is controlled by its own leaders. So why use video conference for coordination purposes? The minister should explain this to the public. I cannot judge the adequacy of the budget before I have heard his explanation on the urgency of his main project,” Ade added.

Uchok called e-coordination “a waste of money”.

“Every ministry has developed their own network system: the Religious Affairs Ministry, the Culture and Education Ministry, the Information and Communication Ministry, and now the Sports and Youth Ministry.

“These ministries are not serious in executing the projects. They are only exploiting the budget, which is huge, and do not implement the projects according to what they have written in their proposals. The internet connection will be so slow to the point that the infrastructure becomes useless,” Uchok added.

Skype is a popular video conferencing facility marketed by Microsoft and available for instant download online. The Premium service costs Rp 45,000 per user, per month. (ogi)

Freeport executives questioned over collapsed tunnel

Several executives of mining company Freeport Indonesia have been questioned by a Papua Police investigative team in connection with a cave in at the Big Gossan underground training facility on May 14. Twenty-eight of 38 workers buried in the cave died.
“Twelve people have been questioned as witnesses in the case, including several executives of PT Freeport Indonesia and workers who survived. The investigation started on May 23,” said Papua Police spokesperson Sr.Comr.I Gede Sumerta Jaya in Jayapura, Papua, on Monday.
The investigative team is led by Papua Police’s detectives chief, Sr.Comr.Bambang Priambada.
Nine of 12 witnesses questioned by the investigative team comprise Freeport’s underground operation vice president Sujatmoko, occupational health and safety vice president Solihin, geo-service vice president Wahyu Sunyoto, Roys Vittorio of Quality Management Service (QMS, QMS superintendent Muhammad Roys, Agung Haryadi from electrical the maintenance unit, training instructor Rendy, safety underground manager Suryanto and Kistian Sitepu, a survivor of the incident.
The investigative team is also supported by a team of geologists and Hasanuddin University professor Abrar Saleng.
Sumerta said the investigation was focused on whether negligence led to the incident.
"If it was a natural event, no one could avoid such a thing from happening. But if there was negligence or deliberateness, anyone deemed responsible could face sanctions,” said Sumerta. (ebf)

SBY told to be more decisive in resolving intolerance cases

Bagus BT Saragih, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Mon, May 27 2013, 10:45 PM

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Presidential advisor on human rights, Albert Hasibuan, has asked President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to be more decisive with his subordinates, including regional leaders, in resolving prolonged discrimination and persecution cases against minority groups.
Albert, who recently submitted a report to the President on the management of the rising number of cases of intolerance, said that he had found that police officers, as well as regional leaders, did not intend to resolve the cases even though the President had ordered them to address the incidents.
“I’ve made a field observation and I found that the President’s orders were simply ignored. I think the President should now act more decisively otherwise such cases will continue and this is dangerous for the nation,” Albert said at his office on Monday.
Among the cases included in Albert’s observation were the hundreds of displaced Shiites in Sampang, East Java, who have been sheltering in a sports building for months following violent attacks on their village; the forced church closure and intimidation of the HKBP Filadelfia congregation in Bekasi regency despite a court ruling in favor of the congregation; the forced closure of the GKI Yasmin church by the Bogor city administration despite a Supreme Court ruling in favor of its congregation; and the recent attack at an Ahmadiyah village in Tasikmalaya, also in West Java.
“In Sampang, for example, the regent bluntly said that he did not want any Shia followers there and asked the displaced community members to leave,” said Albert, adding that the regent’s act was just like an open rejection of the President’s calls for resolution. (ebf)