Medan's problem "is that the system is not made for the people, " says Agus Arifin, 25.
On the night of May 7, the atmosphere on the road between Medan and Belawan port felt inexplicably threatening.
He explains that the company is looking to open Parkson stores in major cities such as Medan and Surabaya.
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"All the materials we take out from each aircraft could be used in other industry, especially aeronautical industry, " says Medan.
Medan, Indonesia's third-largest city after Jakarta and Surabaya, belonged to no one.
But one revealed he traveled to Medan to buy a motorcycle cheaply.
From April 27 to May 6, Medan police arrested over 400 people.
Medan's Teacher's Training Institute sits in an area that houses numerous workers.
All of the victims were rushed to a hospital in the provincial capital, Medan, about 23 kilometers (14 miles) south of Belawan.
On April 21, youths hurled rocks at the Medan office of the Legal Aid Foundation during a meeting to form a local poll monitoring committee.
Wednesday's quake was felt in nearby cities including Medan and Bengkulu, where people panicked and ran outside in search of higher ground, fearing a tsunami.
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The earthquake was felt in nearby cities, such as Medan and Bengkulu, where people panicked and ran outside in search of higher ground, fearing a tsunami.
Order vanished with a speed and treachery that shocked even Medan's residents, who can, in the best of times, take perverse pleasure in their city's famously brutal reputation.
Its lawlessness, social turmoil and ethnic violence horrified Indonesians, as much for the ferocity as for the dim fear that Medan might be a hint of the country's near future.
That is why air strips from Cheju in Korea to Davao in the Philippines to Medan in Indonesia are busy turning themselves into international airports that can handle giants like the Boeing 747-400.
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