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Indonesia buying submarines from S Korea on technology transfer terms

Indonesia has signed a contract with a South Korean shipbuilding company on the purchase of three submarines with ...

Govt to build 24 fast missile-armed ships until 2024

The government has set itself the target of building 24 fast ships equipped with guided missiles over the next 12 ...

Over 654,000 tourists visit Indonesia in Nov 2011

More than 654.9 thousand foreign tourists visited Indonesia in November 2011, up 13.28 percent from 578.2 thousand in ...

No discrimination in granting tax holidays : BKPM

The Capital Investment Coordination Board (BKPM) will not discriminate between domestic and foreign companies in the ...

Police arrest workers over demonstrations in Batam

Police in Batam, Riau Islands, have arrested 17 workers as suspected provocateurs following violent workers` ...

Number of Indonesians who died during hajj reaches 350

The number of Indonesians who died in the Holy Land while making the hajj pilgrimage this year had by 8.15 pm local ...

Sriwijaya may control East Indonesia flight market

Sriwijaya Airline is trying to control flights to East Indonesia to meet the high demand of the people there. ...

Govt to reduce gas exports to singapore

Indonesian government plans to reduce gas exports to Singapore to cover shortage of the strategic commodity in the ...

Govt ready to maintain 2012 economic growth

The government is optimistic that the country`s economic growth can be kept at 6.7 percent in accordance with the 2012 ...

Jakarta police bust int`l meth smuggling, distributing ring

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police have foiled an attempt to distribute 10.5 kilograms of meth in Indonesia after the ...

Police rescue five human trafficking victims from brothel

Riau`s Integrated Service Center for Empowerment of Women and Children (P2TP2A) is currently taking care of five ...

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 ...