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Labour strikes affect economic growth: Economist

Indonesia is expecting economic growth of 6.8 percent next year, but it will be difficult to reach the target because ...

Thousands celebrate hobbit premiere in New Zealand

Tens of thousands of people packed New Zealand's capital city, clambering on roofs and hanging onto lamp posts on ...

Labor cost increase will not affect foreign investment: BKPM

The Chairman of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Chatib Basri, has stated that the government`s plan to raise ...

Govt to lift outsourcing system

The government looks set to lift the outsourcing recruitment system but will still maintain it in the recruitment of ...

Employers urge govt to change outsourcing law

The Association of Indonesian Employers (Apindo) has stated that it will file a lawsuit if the Minister of Manpower ...

Former uk pop star Gary Glitter held in Savile probe

British police arrested convicted sex offender and former pop star Gary Glitter on Sunday as part of an investigation ...

Bogor security personnel deployed as 100 thousands protest

A joint team of around 3,600 personnel of Indonesian police and Army (TNI) has been deployed here to guard against ...

Time for Indonesia`s exporters to look for non-traditional markets

Amid a decline in Indonesia`s exports lately, hope of new potential markets for its export products was indicated, ...

Asia to account for 90 percent of global GDP: Finance Ministry

The Finance Ministry has predicted that Asian developing countries will soon account for 90 percent of the global ...

Indonesia should avoid middle income trap: Tanjung

Indonesia must avoid the middle income trap and strive to be a high-income country, according to noted businessman ...

President urges people to maintain positive economic momentum

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on the people to help maintain the positive momentum of the national ...

Indonesia striving to be more child-friendly

Around 30 percent or 83 million of Indonesia`s total population of 245 million people are children who are considered ...

Indonesian workers to continue strike if demand to cease outsourcing not granted

The Indonesian Workers Assembly (MPBI) has stated that it will continue to strike work for a week if the government ...

Indonesian employers urge govt to put outsourcing services in order

Employers in the country have urged the government to take action against outsourcing service companies that are not ...

Workers` rally legitimate and constitutional, observer says

An observer has said that the workers` street rallies staged on Wednesday throughout Jakarta and surrounding areas ...