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Manpower agency forms team to investigate shooting of workers

The National Agency for Placement and Protection of Indonesian Workers Overseas (BNP2TKI) has formed a team to ...

Ten foreign jazz musicians to perform in Batam

Ten foreign international jazz musicians will perform at the Asean Jazz Festival from June 22-23 in Harbour Bay, ...

Batam receives investment applications worth $9.850 mln in April

The Batam authorities have received investment applications worth US$9.850 million from six companies since early this ...

100,000 inexpensive houses to be built in 50 Indonesian cities

The state-owned enterprise for housing, Perum Perumnas, will build 100 thousand inexpensive houses in 50 Indonesia ...

PDIP member hopes transparent voting on fuel price hike

A parliament member from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), Rieke Dyah Pitaloka expressed hope that ...

Kepri trauma clinic center for RI migrant workers

The Riau Islands province (Kepri) is establishing a trauma clinic center for troubled Indonesian migrant workers (TKI) ...

Indonesia potential for international cargo port investment

Indonesia`s strategic geographic position in the North Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean shipping lanes has the ...

DPD rejects plan to raise fuel prices

The Regional Representative Council (DPD) has rejected the government`s plan to raise the price of subsidized fuel, ...

Fifteen Indonesian lakes in critical condition : Minister

Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta said there was a total of 15 lakes in different parts of Indonesia that ...

Slovakian companies to invest us$1 bln in RI

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that a number of private Slovakian companies want to invest US$1 billion in a ...

Batik sale in ASEAN market promising

Batik sale in the ASEAN market is promising and wide open as it has been officially recognized by UNESCO as one of ...

TNI to modernize its main armament system

Indonesia`s National Defense Forces (TNI), with the support of the government and the parliament, is determined to ...

Police foil attempt to smuggle in meth from Malaysia

Police have foiled an attempt to smuggle meth from Malaysia by Tiar Cornia who had pushed the illegal drug into her ...

US official visit to promote law enforcement cooperation

As part of the US-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership, US Assistant Secretary of State William R. Brownfield visited ...

Bintan fishermen complain about foreign poachers

Fishermen in Bintan, Riau Province, have complained about fish poaching by foreign boats in Bintan waters. "We ...