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Minister of transportation urge to increase transportation oversight

Transportation Minister Freddy Numbery has asked transportation officials in Maluku to continue making all possible ...

RI to forge defense cooperation with Germany, France, Spain

Indonesia will step up its defense cooperation with three European countries, namely Germany, France and Spain, ...

Pramono says his only dream was becoming a soldier

Army Chief of Staff General Pramono Edhie Wibowo said what he had always wanted to be in career terms was being a ...

No more DCA discussions with Singapore

Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said Indonesia and Singapore would no longer discuss the implementation of a ...

Moratorium on migrant workers dispatch should be supported

The government`s decision to impose moratorium on the dispatch of Indonesian migrant workers (TKIs) to Saudi Arabia ...

Kalla supports moratorium on migrant workers dispatch

Former vice president Jusuf Kalla has expressed appreciation for the government`s decision to impose a moratorium on ...

Somali premier resigns under Kampala accord

Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Sunday announced he was resigning following an agreement ending the ...

US, Vietnam urge peace in South China Sea

The United States and Vietnam on Friday jointly called for freedom of navigation and rejected the use of force in the ...

Foreigners trying to control RI`s economy: conomist

Senior economist of the Advisory Group on Economic Industry and Trade (ECONIT) Hendri Saparini said foreigners were ...

Economist: Indonesia must not be blinded by free market ideology

Indonesia must not be blinded by the free market ideology, an economist from Cambridge University Ha-Joon Chang said ...

RI govt to review stalled infrastructure projects

Vice President Boediono said the government would review and realize soon infrastructure projects that have been ...

RI govt to review stalled infrastructure projects

Vice President Boediono said the government would review and realize soon infrastructure projects that have been ...

Aburizal: Golkar to remain in coalition

The general chairman of Golkar Party, Aburizal Bakrie, said the party would remain in the coalition to support the ...

RI govt yet to decide on Japan`s extra gas supplies request

The government has not yet made a decision with regard to Japan`s request for additional natural gas supplies, chief ...

President: Riau islands to become new economic center

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono believed that Riau Islands province will some day become a new economic center ...