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Indonesia proposes ASEAN Pacific Alliance alternative to TPP

Indonesia has proposed a new cooperation forum of ASEAN-Pacific Alliance as an alternative to Trans-Pacific ...

APEC Ministers reaffirm commitment to Bogor Goals

Ministers of the 21 member economies of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have reaffirmed their commitment to ...

Food diversification needs to be promoted

The government of Indonesia needs to continuously promote diversification of food to reduce the public dependence on ...

Kubota, NTT and NTT Communications to develop ICT solutions for agriculture and water infrastructure

- Kubota Corporation, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) and NTT Communications ...

Government to continue pro-poor, pro-job programs

The Indonesian government will continue its pro-poor and pro-job programs to reduce the countrys inequality rate, ...

President Jokowi launches Synergy Pprogram of Action

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) launched a Synergy Program of Action to boost the peoples economy in Brebes District, ...

XCMG's Construction Machinery on Track to Support China-Thailand Railway Project

- Global construction and mining equipment manufacturer XCMG joined the official launching ceremony of the ...

Govt to apply three policies to improve workers` welfare

The Indonesian government will apply three policies, including a new formula to ensure periodic salary hikes to ...

Workers need not stage rallies anymore: VP

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has stated that workers should no longer resort to staging rallies to demand salary hikes ...

Asia Pacific MedTech Forum 2015 Open for Registration

- Registration is now open for Asia Pacific MedTech Forum 2015, the region's first event of its kind for the ...

Labor unions urge govt not to use foreign labor

Thousands of workers staged a rally on Tuesday, urging the government to not provide easy access to foreign workers ...

Indonesia to not import rice any longer

- Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman has expressed hope that domestic farm products will be able to meet ...

UNFPA urges Indonesia to seriously work on investment in education

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has told Indonesia to seriously work on its investment in education if it ...

Three thousand workers to stage rallies in Jakarta on Tuesday

Some three thousand workers will hold rallies in several places in Jakarta on Tuesday to protest against the low ...

President Yudhoyono co-chairs session of UN Climate Summit on forests

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg co-chaired the plenary 2 of the UN ...