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JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) - The Indonesian stock exchange (IDX) will remain closed on Friday as previously announced although the government has cancelled the holiday declaration for that day, an of…

JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) - Indonesian shares were sharply lower in early trade Wednesday, tracking Wall Street’s overnight losses after the unexpected contraction in the US service sector sparked f…

Indonesian Sukanto Tanoto, the founder of RGM International, has donated 10 million yuan (1.39 million U.S. dollars) to help Chinese people fight the snow crisis. Tanoto’s personal representative Lin …

PM Wednesday morning in Asia, the Indonesian Rupiah dropped to a 4-day low against the dollar. The pair fetched 9,244 by about 8:45 pm ET, compared to yesterday’s New York session close of 9,208. The …

JAKARTA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Shares in Indonesian oil service company, PT Elnusa Tbk ELSA.JK, a unit of state energy company PT Pertamina, jumped as much as 37.5 percent on the debut of its $63 million …

JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) - Indonesian shares are expected to open sharply lower Wednesday with the steep losses on Wall Street prompting investors to grab profits after a six-day rally ahead of the…

Singapore - An Indonesian maid has been arrested after a video caught her hitting and kicking a 2-month-old baby boy, news reports said on Wednesday. The parents had installed a closed-circuit televis…

DENPASAR, Indonesia: A court in Indonesia’s resort island of Bali will hear a second case review filed by lawyers for three militants on death row for the 2002 Bali bombings, further delaying their po…

Jakarta: Indonesian police questioned yesterday the pilot of the flag carrier Garuda plane that crashed last year, killing 21 people including five Australians, local media reports said. The Garuda In…

Jakarta - Indonesia’s top court has ordered a review into its decision to reject appeals by the 2002 Bali bombers against their death sentences, a judge said on Tuesday, a move which could delay their…

(Reuters) - PT Astra Daihatsu Motor, the Indonesian distributor of Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd (7262.T: Quote, Profile, Research), said on Tuesday it plans to boost its exports to 46,000 units this year to …

(CNN) — Illinois Sen. Barack Obama won the first battle of the Super Tuesday showdown when Democratic Party voters in Indonesia — where Obama spent four years of his childhood — picked him over Sen…

Pilots from Indonesia’s Garuda national airline have protested in Jakarta over the arrest of one of their colleagues. Marwoto Komar was questioned by police on Monday as part of an investigation in…

Co-pilot urged captain to abort landing Said both pilots tried to avoid crash 21 people, including five Australians killed THE co-pilot of a Garuda jet which crashed killing 21 people has told for the…

Indonesia and injecting drug use is particularly rampant. In 2006 the Ministry of Health estimated the number of injecting drug users (IDUs) at between 190,000 and 247,000. Injecting drug use is also …

U.S. Democrats living in Indonesia cast the first votes in the Super Tuesday round of primary elections. Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta, where Senator Barack Obama was the favored candidate.

The co-pilot of a Garuda jet which crashed in Indonesia last year killing 21 people, including five Australians, has told of urging the plane’s pilot to abort the landing. The Garuda Indonesia Boeing…

THE co-pilot of a Garuda jet which crashed in Indonesia last year killing 21 people has told of urging the plane’s pilot to abort the landing. The Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737, carrying 140 passengers …

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian woman died of bird flu over the weekend, bringing the country’s death toll from the disease to 103, the Health Ministry said. The 29-year-old housewife from Ta…

Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaChina has lifted a six-month-old embargo on Indonesia’s seafood products after officials from both countries held a series of negotiations. "We received inf…

Jusuf Wanandi, JakartaI have always believed in and have written about the enormous capacity the U.S. has to revive itself, again and again. After the great depression of the 1930, FDR (Franklin Delan…

Ary Hermawan, The Jakarta Post, JakartaVivekanand, a mono act musical play by talented Indian singer, composer, lyricist and actor Shekhar Sen, will be staged Wednesday, Feb. 6, at Graha Bhakti Budaya…

Suherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, SemarangPeople from all walks of life have flocked in their thousands to Semawis Imlek (Chinese New Year) market on Jl. Pinggir in Semarang, Central Java. "This is t…

Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaLawmakers from all factions at the House of Representatives have expressed doubts that the newly signed ASEAN Charter will benefit Indonesia. "I don’t see w…

The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has accused the secretary to the governor of Bank Indonesia of attempting to tamper with evidence in a graft cases involving senior…

Aditya Suharmoko, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWhile the country’s unemployment rate remains high, there is a tendency among local companies to recruit fresh graduates over the longer-term unemployed who …

The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government announced on Monday the long-awaited revision to the formula on interconnection tariffs for fixed and mobile phone operators, which it expects will lower retail…

Multa Fidrus and Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, TangerangTraffic on the toll road between Jakarta and Soekarno-Hatta International Airport returned to normal early Monday morning, according t…

The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe South Jakarta District Court sentenced former State Logistics Agency (Bulog) head Widjanarko Puspoyo to 10 years in prison Monday for corruption that cost the state Rp 79 …

A Sydney Muslim convert who has been under the scrutiny of security services says she feels less sympathy for the victims of the Bali bombings than for the Afghans who helped her in the wake of the Se…