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World faith leaders to declare their commitment towards the eradication of modern slavery by 2020

•    Faith leaders join their efforts to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking by ...

China to exempt Garuda from business tax

The Chinese government has agreed to exempt Garuda Indonesia from business tax after the national flag carrier flies ...

CPO export tax to be abolished in October

The government will abolished the export tax on crude palm oil in October following the shrinking price of that ...

Buddhist Youth Meet in Hiroshima, Call for World Youth Summit for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

-    On Sept. 7, Buddhist association Soka Gakkai International (SGI) held a Youth Conference for Peace ...

Buddhist Youth Step Up Momentum toward Nuclear Abolition, Spread Message of Peace

-    On August 2-3, 2014, youth representatives of the Soka Gakkai Buddhist association from Okinawa, ...

US Faith Groups Unite to Call for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Stressing Devastating Humanitarian Impact

AsiaNet 56598WASHINGTON DC and TOKYO, Apr. 25 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --On April 24, 2014, Buddhist association Soka Gakkai ...

Govt prepares strategies for withdrawing funds kept in Singapore

Indonesias finance ministry is preparing four strategies to withdraw funds worth Rp1,500 trillion kept in Singaporean ...

Buddhist Leader Calls for Regional Cooperation in Response to Natural Disasters

-In his annual peace proposal, "Value Creation for Global Change: Building Resilient and Sustainable Societies," ...

Indonesia inflation exceeds target on food price hikes: Finance Minister

Finance Minister Chatib Basri said the countrys inflation in 2013 exceeded the target set in the state budget on food ...

EU-ASEAN Ties: Supporting, Sharing and Inspiring

The European Union (EU) and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) have been working closely to ...

Three million workers to join nationwide labor strike: Labor leader

The Indonesian Labor Union Confederation (KSPI) is predicting that three million workers will join a nationwide strike ...

August inflation below government`s estimation

Indonesian Finance Minister Chatib Basri stated that August`s inflation rate of 1.12 percent that was recently ...

Africa hopes for Indonesian assistance through WTO

African countries hope that Indonesia will exert its influence on the ministerial meeting of the World Trade ...

International Survey by SGI Youth Shows 91% See Nuclear Weapons as Inhumane

-     On April 23, the results of an international survey on attitudes towards nuclear weapons carried ...

President Yudhoyono to receive new ASEAN secretary general

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at his office here is scheduled to receive new ASEAN Secretary Le Luong Minh at 2 ...