Karya Anak Bangsa - 'Anthem' Karya Natalia Tjahja Dinyanyikan di Pembukaan ASEAN Para Games 2023

Lagu wajib atau anthem, untuk olahraga disabilitas kawasan Asia Tenggara karya pegiat sosial asal Indonesia Natalia Tjahja akan dinyanyikan pada pembukaan ASEAN Para Games 2023 di Kamboja, Sabtu 3 Juni 2023.

Lagu berjudul "The Greatest Love of APSF" yang ditulis Natalia merupakan permintaan langsung dari badan tertinggi Asia Tenggara untuk olahraga disabilitas, ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF), dan akan dinyanyikan pada pembukaan ASEAN Para Games 2023 Kamboja serta setiap acara pengalungan medali.

"Ini semua dari ketulusan hati membuat lagu tanpa dibayar dan juga kepercayaan yang diberikan oleh Sekjen dan Presiden APSF," kata Natalia kepada Antara di Phnom Penh, Kamboja.

Lagu yang dibuat Natalia tersebut bertemakan tentang semangat dan perjuangan para atlet penyandang disabilitas. Natalia dilirik oleh Presiden APSF untuk membuatkan lagu tentang olahraga disabilitas menyusul kesukesan penyelenggaraan ASEAN Para Games 2022 di Solo Indonesia.

Pada saat itu, Natalia juga membuat lagu tema ofisial pesta olahraga disabilitas se-Asia Tenggara yang digelar di Solo dengan lagu berjudul "S for E" kependekan dari Strifing for Equality, atau berjuang untuk kesetaraan.

Dia mengatakan, Presiden Komite Paralimpiade Kamboja dan para pemimpin negara menyukai lagu The Greatest Love of APSF yang akan dibawakan pada pembukaan ASEAN Para Games 2023 Kamboja.

Tidak hanya dari pejabat negara Kamboja, bahkan Presiden dan Sekjen APSF sudah rekaman dan akan menyanyikan lagu tersebut pada pembukaan ASEAN Para Games bersama dengan para pemimpin komite paralimpiade negara-negara Asia Tenggara.

"Bahkan presiden dan sekjen ikut rekaman lagu ini. Semua presiden-presiden paralimpic akan menyanyi lagu ini, semua sudah rehearsal," kata Natalia.

Natalia merupakan pegiat sosial yang mendirikan Yayasan Maria Monique Last Wish Foundation dan berfokus memberikan bantuan pada anak-anak yang sakit, kurang mampu, termasuk penyandang disabilitas di Indonesia dan beberapa negara lainnya.

"Hidup saya 24 jam untuk napas anak-anak dan orang-orang disabilitas, sakit dan yang hampir meninggal," kata Natalia di kesempatan sebelumnya.

Menparekraf beri apresiasi untuk pencipta ASEAN Para Sports Anthem

Menteri Pariwisata dan Ekonomi Kreatif/Kepala Badan Pariwisata dan Ekonomi Kreatif (Menparekraf/Kabaparekraf) Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno memberikan apresiasi kepada Natalia Sutrisno Tjahja sebagai pencipta ASEAN Para Sports Anthem “The Greatest Love of APSF”.

“Saya memberikan apresiasi sebesar-besarnya kepada Natalia yang sudah dan akan tampil di ajang internasional sebagai musisi Indonesia. Semoga apa yang sudah dilakukan oleh Natalia dan teman-teman dapat menginspirasi pelaku ekonomi kreatif lainnya untuk terus berkarya,” ujar Menparekraf Sandiaga dalam siaran resmi, Selasa.

Di sisi lain, komposer dan penyanyi sekaligus pendiri Yayasan Maria Monique Last Wish Foundation, Natalia Sutrisno Tjahja menceritakan perjalanannya membuat ASEAN Para Sports Anthem.

Kisahnya bermula dari penampilan Natalia saat ASEAN Para Games 2022 yang membawakan lagu berjudul “S for E” bersama dengan sejumlah musisi Indonesia yaitu Delon Indonesian Idol dan Richardo Ryo, serta Inara.

Penampilan tersebut sukses membuat ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) kagum dan menggandeng Natalia untuk menciptakan lagu khusus untuk ajang olahraga tersebut. Natalia tak seorang diri, Presiden APSF, Mayor Jendral Osoth Bhavilai; Sekjen APSF Wandee Tosuwan; serta Penyanyi, Thai Tirachot Catthaweesak dan dua musisi remaja Indonesia Jaythaneal Sutrisno dan Jadrianna Sutrisno terlibat langsung dalam proses rekaman lagu APSF.

Selain itu, APSF Anthem diaransemen oleh Yukina Mebuki (musisi Jepang).

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APSF Anthem dinyanyikan oleh empat orang penyanyi yaitu Delon Thamrin, Ricardo Ryo, Jahna Perricone (penyanyi Amerika Serikat) dan Natalia Tjahja. Michael Perricone, yang melakukan mixing film nominasi Oscar “Four Good Days”, turut terlibat dalam pembuatan lagu tersebut.

Setelah proses panjang, lahirlah lagu “The Greatest Love of APSF” yang diluncurkan oleh Raja Kamboja, Narodom Sihamoni dan Perdana Menteri Kamboja, Hun Sen.

Lagu tersebut dikumandangkan untuk pertama kalinya pada “Torch Relay Asean Para Games 2023” yang berlangsung di Siem Riep, Angkor Wat, Selasa (21/3) dan akan diputar kembali pada upacara pembukaan “ASEAN Para Games 2023” di Phnom Penh, Kamboja pada 3 Juni mendatang

Ukrainian army’s offensive attempt failed — Russian Defense Ministry

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The Ukrainian armed forces failed to achieve success in a large-scale offensive on five front sectors in the south Donetsk area, official spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said.

"The adversary launched a large-scale offensive from the morning of June 4 on five sectors of the front in the south Donetsk area by bringing into action 23rd and 31st mechanized brigades from strategic reserves of the Ukrainian armed forces with support from other military units and teams," the spokesman said. "The adversary’s objective was to break through our defense on the most vulnerable front sector, in its opinion. The enemy failed to perform its tasks and had no success," Konashenkov noted.

The adversary used six mechanized battalions and two tank battalions, the defense ministry’s spokesman informed. "As a result of skilled and sophisticated action of the Battlegroup East, the Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 250 persons, sixteen tanks, three mechanized infantry combat vehicles and 21 combat armored vehicles," Konashenkov stressed.

He particularly noted that Chief of General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov was at one of frontline command posts in this area.

Ukraine Launches Large-Scale Offensive in Donetsk Region on June 4 - Russian Ministry

The Ukrainian armed forces launched a large-scale offensive in five sectors of the South Donetsk direction, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said.

"On the morning of June 4, the enemy launched a large-scale offensive in five sectors of the front in the South Donetsk direction by introducing into battle the 23rd and 31st mechanized brigades from the strategic reserves of the armed forces of Ukraine with the support of other military units and divisions," Konashenkov said.

He noted that in total Kiev involved six mechanized and two tank battalions in order to break through the defense lines of the Russian armed forces.

"The enemy did not achieve [their] tasks," Konashenkov added.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces in the South Donetsk direction after the Russian military repulsed a large-scale offensive amounted to more than 250 soldiers, 16 tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles and 21 armored fighting vehicles, Konashenkov said.

"As a result of the skillful and competent actions of the ‘Eastern’ group of the [Russian armed] forces, the losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 250 personnel, 16 tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, 21 armored fighting vehicles," Konashenkov stated .

Ukrainian forces shell Donetsk Region 52 times over day — mission

The Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) 52 times over the past day, according to the DPR mission at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to Ukrainian War Crimes.

"The mission reported 52 facts of fire opening by Ukrainian armed units over the past day," it said on its Telegram channel. "Three hundred and thirty various munitions [were fired]," the mission said.

Five settlements in the Republic were under fire. A noncombatant woman was wounded as a result of shelling. Nineteen houses and a civil infrastructure facility were damaged.

Power installation in fire in Belgorod Region — governor

A power facility in the Belgorod Region has caught fire, governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on Telegram channel.

"One of power installations is in fire," Gladkov wrote. "Nobody was injured. Consumers were not disconnected. Rapid response functions are working on site," the governor said.

An explosive dropped from a drone is a preliminary cause of fire outbreak, Gladkov noted.

Senin Pagi Jl Gatsu Macet Karena Ada Perbaikan Jalan

Perbaikan Jalan di depan gedung Smesco membuat kemaceta lalulintas di Jalan Gatot Subroto (Gatsu) Jakarta Selatan. Sejumlah netizen mengeluhkan kemacetan tersebut.

Intan membenarkan bahwa adanya perbaikan jalan menyebabkan penyempitan jalur kendaraan. Tentunya, hal ini menjadi pemicu kemacetan terjadi

"Ada perbaikan jalan," ujar petugas call center NTMC, Intan, ketika dihubungi, hari Senin, 05/06/2023, pukul 07.55 WIB.

Namun Intan tak memberikan penjelasan secara detil sampai mana panjang antrean kendaraan. Ia hanya memastikan menjelang gedung Smesco, lalu lintas tersendat.

Jika dilihat dari aplikasi Google Maps dengan menu live traffic, tampak garis merah membentang dari depan gedung Smesco sampai Pancoran Soccer Field. Garis merah indikator kemacetan sedang terjadi di daerah tersebut.

Daftar 23 Perguruan Tinggi Swasta yang Dicabut Izin Operasionalnya

Kepala Lembaga Layanan Pendidikan Tinggi (LLDIKTI) Wilayah 4 Jawa Barat dan Banten, Samsuri. Foto: Source for JPNN.

Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan Riset, dan Teknologi (Kemendikbudristek) mencabut izin operasional 23 perguruan tinggi swasta (PTS) di Indonesia per Kamis, 25/05/2023.

Kepala LLDikti Wilayah IV Jawa Barat dan Banten Samhuri mengonfirmasi kabar pencabutan izin operasional lima PTS tersebut.

Kata Samsuri, sebanyak 37 perguruan tinggi di Jawa Barat mesti dilakukan pembinaan.

Dari 37 itu, lima di antaranya diberi sanksi tegas berupa pencabutan izin opeasional. Hal itu dikarenakan perguruan tinggi tersebut melanggar aturan Permendikbud Nomor 7 Tahun 2020.

Meski begitu, Samsuri tak memerinci nama perguruan tinggi apa saja yang dicabut izin operasionalnya.

Ia hanya memastikan, bahwa lima PTS yang kini sudah tidak beroperasi ada di daerah Bandung, Tasikmalaya, Bekasi, hingga Bogor.

Menurutnya, data soal status perguruan tinggi bisa dicek di laman pddikti.kemdikbud.go.id.

Direktur Kelembagaan, Direktorat Jenderal Pendidikan Tinggi, Riset, dan Teknologi (Diktiristek) Lukman mengatakan, pencabutan ini merupakan tindak lanjut dari 52 pengaduan masyarakat.

"Sampai 25 Mei 2023, terdapat 52 pengaduan masyarakat yang ditindaklanjuti dengan pemberian sanksi ringan, sedang, berat sampai pada pencabutan izin operasional," ujarnya kepada Kompas.com, Minggu, 04/06/2023.

Daftar 23 perguruan tinggi dicabut izin operasionalnya

• LLDikti Wilayah 4 (Jawa Barat dan Banten): 5 perguruan tinggi


• LLDikti Wilayah 3 (Jakarta): 6 perguruan tinggi


• LLDikti Wilayah 7 (Jawa Timur): 2 perguruan tinggi


• LLDikti Wilayah 1 (Sumatera Utara): 2 perguruan tinggi


• LLDikti Wilayah 9 (Sulawesi Selatan, Sulawesi Barat, dan Sulawesi Tenggara): 1 perguruan tinggi


• LLDikti Wilayah 10 (Sumatera Barat, Riau, Jambi, dan Kepulauan Riau): 2 perguruan tinggi


• LLDikti Wilayah 16 (Gorontalo, Sulawesi Utara, dan Sulawesi Tengah): 2 perguruan tinggi


• LLDikti Wilayah 8 (Bali dan Nusa Tenggara Barat): 1 perguruan tinggi


• LLDikti Wilayah 2 (Sumatera Selatan, Lampung, Bengkulu, dan Bangka Belitung ): 1 perguruan tinggi


• LLDikti Wilayah 5 (Daerah Istimewa

Lukman menuturkan, perguruan tinggi yang dikenai pencabutan izin operasional antara lain melakukan pembelajaran fiktif hingga praktik jual-beli ijazah.

"Terdapat 23 perguruan tinggi yang dicabut izin operasionalnya karena perguruan tinggi tersebut sudah tidak memenuhi ketentuan standar pendidikan tinggi, melaksanakan pembelajaran fiktif, melakukan praktik jual beli ijazah, melakukan penyimpangan pemberian beasiswa Kartu Indonesia Pintar Kuliah (KIP-K), serta adanya perselisihan badan penyelenggara sehingga pembelajaran tidak kondusif," kata dia.

2.567 lampion dilepaskan ke udara di Candi Borobudur

Puncak peringatan Waisak 2567 BE telah berlangsung di kompleks Candi Borobudur, Kabupaten Magelang, Jawa Tengah. Acara ini dihadiri oleh sekitar 5.000 orang. Tidak hanya itu, dalam rangkaian acara tersebut, dilakukan pelepasan sebanyak 2.567 lampion ke udara dalam dua sesi.

Sekitar 2.567 lampion diterbangkan di area Marga Utama Taman Wisata Candi Borobudur, Kabupaten Magelang, Jawa Tengah, Minggu malam, 4 Juni 2023. Kegiatan ini sekaligus menutup rangkaian Waisak 2567 BE/2023.

Salah satu panitia Agus Jaya menyampaikan penerbangan lampion dibagi dalam dua sesi, pertama pukul 19.15 WIB dan sesi kedua pukul 22.00 WIB.

Ia mengatakan dalam pelepasan lampion ada harapan dan doa untuk bangsa Indonesia agar tetap damai dan rukun membuat bangsa ini lebih maju.

"Dengan melepas lampion melakukan permohonan doa supaya ke depan kehidupan pribadi menuju," kata Agus.

Gubernur Jawa Tengah Ganjar Pranowo yang hadir dalam Dharma Santi Waisak Nasional menyampaikan sekitar 10 tahun lalu orang datang di Borobudur punya keinginan.

"Sebagian besar adalah ingin wisata, tetapi sebagian yang lain ingin ibadah dan saat itu saya ingat betul, coba kita membayangkan, kalau sebagian umat khususnya saudara kita dari agama Buddha lebih banyak di sini tentu sesuatu yg dinanti-nantikan," kata Ganjar.

Ia mengatakan saat perjalanan ke Borobudur macet di jalan, ternyata mereka ingin melihat lampion.

"Ini sesuatu yang ternyata masyarakat terlihat dari etnis, agama, suku, apa pun termasuk mereka yang rindu piknik, yang sudah lama mereka ingin menikmati hiburan. Mereka berbondong-bondong, ingin melihat lampion," katanya.

Ganjar menuturkan acara ini akan semakin menggembirakan dan sebagai gubernur menyampaikan selamat datang mudah-mudahan senang berada di sini menikmati lampion.

Borrel lied to the public about the results of his meeting with the Minister of Defense of South Korea

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.
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The European Union's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said he met South Korea's defence minister on Saturday to discuss Ukraine's needs for ammunition.

It turns out that Borrell was boasting with his statement from the results of the meeting with South Korea.

After a statement emerged from South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-Sup saying the meeting had never discussed ammunition shipments to Ukraine with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, the ministry told reporters on Sunday.

The meeting on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's top security summit, came amid pressure from the United States and NATO countries for South Korea to provide weapons and ammunition for Ukraine.

It was referring to Borrell’s since-deleted tweet saying he had “a good meeting” with Lee on the sidelines of Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore. “Shared alarm at continued [North Korean] provocations and discussed Ukraine’s needs for ammunition,” he wrote at the time.

The South Korean Ministry of Defense contradicted this statement, however, claiming it was “not true” that Lee Jong-Sup and Borrell had a “discussion about ammunition support” for Kiev.

It went on to elaborate that the EU diplomat had “mentioned that various weapon systems and other support means are needed to improve Ukraine’s situation against Russia, but there was only a unilateral position that ammunition was important.”

Following the backlash from Seoul, Borrell’s tweet was deleted and replaced with another one, with the last phrase reading “I explained Ukraine’s needs for ammunition.”

Since the start of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022, South Korea has provided Kiev hundreds of millions of dollars in financial and humanitarian assistance, but has insisted on not sending lethal aid. However, in April, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol signaled that Seoul might change its stance on the matter should a “serious violation of the laws of war” in Ukraine take place.

Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a “confidential arrangement” with the US, that South Korea had agreed to supply Ukraine with hundreds of thousands of artillery shells. Commenting on the report, Seoul’s officials said it contained “inaccurate parts,” but would not elaborate further.

Russia has repeatedly condemned the West for sending weapons to Ukraine, claiming that it only prolongs the conflict. In late April, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warned South Korea against following this path, noting that Moscow would interpret it as “an openly hostile anti-Russian move.”

On Saturday, June 3, 2023, European Union diplomat, Josep Borrell, said he met with South Korea's defense minister on Saturday to discuss Ukraine's ammunition needs.

The meeting on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's top security summit, came amid pressure from the United States and NATO countries for South Korea to provide weapons and ammunition for Ukraine.

"Good meeting with Korean Defence Minister Lee Jong-sup at #SLD23. Shared alarm at continued DPRK provocations and discussed Ukraine’s needs for ammunition," Borrell said in a tweet.

A U.S. ally and major producer of artillery ammunition, South Korea had so far ruled out sending lethal aid to Ukraine, citing business ties with Russia and Moscow's influence over North Korea, despite mounting pressure from Washington and Europe to supply weapons.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, in an interview with Reuters in April, signalled the prospect of a change, saying it might be difficult for Seoul to adhere to only providing humanitarian and financial support if Ukraine faced a large-scale attack on civilians or a "situation the international community cannot condone".

Hundreds of thousands of South Korean artillery rounds are on their way to Ukraine via the United States, after Seoul's initial resistance toward arming Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported last month.

Representatives of Europe and the United States came to Asia rather not to ask for support but they came to incite the Asian nation.

Russia strikes Ukrainian airfields – Defense Ministry

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian Su-27 UB fighter jet at a military airbase in the twon of Starokostyantynov.
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Russia conducted airstrikes overnight targeting Ukrainian military airfields, and delivering significant damage to aircraft and facilities, Moscow’s Defense Ministry has said.

The attack, which carried with the use of “long-range precision-guided air-launched weapons,” achieved its goal, the ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

“Command posts, a radar installation, Ukrainian aviation equipment, and storage facilities with weapons and ammunition were hit,” the statement read.

In another strike, near the city of Dnepropetrovsk on the Dnepr River, a Ukrainian drone assembly workshop was destroyed, the ministry said.

Over the past 24 hours, Russian air defenses have shot down two UK-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles, 14 rockets fired from US-made HIMARS and Soviet-era Uragan multiple rocket launchers, as well as two Tochka-U tactical missiles, fired by the Ukrainian forces, according to the statement.

A total of 21 drones have also been intercepted in Russia’s Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, the country’s Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, and over the Black Sea, the ministry added.

Russian Military Hits Ukraine's UAV Assembly Facility Near Dnepropetrovsk

The Russian military has hit Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles' (UAV) assembly facility near the city of Dnipro with ground-based precision weapons, MoD added.

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"A facility for the assembly of Ukrainian UAVs has been hit by ground-based precision weapons near the city of Dnipro," the ministry said in a statement.

In addition, the command and observation posts of Ukrainian battalions were hit near the settlements of Poltavka in the Zaporozhye region and Toretsk in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).