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Aprindo optimistic with positive growth of retail business

The Indonesian Retail Business Association (Aprindo) for West Java is optimistic that retail business in Indonesia, in ...

Regional minimum wages increase by 18.32 pct in 2013

The average increase of the Provincial Minimum Wages (UMP) in 2013 is set at about 18.32 percent, up from the average ...

Indonesian govt to increase competitiveness of local markets

Amidst the recent attacks on modern markets in Indonesia, the government is planning to revitalise traditional markets ...

No border marks removed: Kopassus commander

Indonesian Army Special Forces (Kopassus) commander Major General Wisnu Bawatenaya said there has been no incidence of ...

200,000 litres of crude oil spills as railway tankers derail

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) suspended its north-bound train service to some central provinces after five ...

Program seeks to lower high maternal mortality rate in six provinces

Six provinces in Indonesia continue to have the nation`s highest maternal mortality rates, at over 50 percent. ...

Manado people ask govt accelerate Trans Sulawesi

Manado people have urged the government to accelerate the development of Trans Sulawesi road which links North ...

Quake jolts Ternate

An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale rocked the eastern Indonesian town of Ternate early Friday, but there ...

Haqqani network behind Kabul attack: US ambassador

The Pakistani-based Haqqani network was responsible for a series of attacks in Afghanistan this week, the US ...

Govt to repatriate 116 migrant workers from Syria

The Indonesian government is to repatriate 116 migrant workers from Syria because of tense political and security ...

Attacks in Kabul won`t shake NATO strategy: spokeswoman

NATO spokesman Oana Lungescu stressed on Monday that the coordinated Taliban attacks on Sunday in Afghanistan would do ...

Haqqani militants behind afghan attack: Pentagon

The Pentagon said Monday a major attack on Afghan government buildings, military bases and foreign embassies was ...

Karzai says NATO failed as 18-hr Kabul attack ends

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday that a coordinated Taliban attack showed a "failure" by Afghan ...

President receives report on Aceh quake management

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has received the report on the government response to the powerful earthquake which ...

West Aceh needs more sirens for tsunami warning system, BNPB

Chief of Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency Teuku Ahmad Dadek said West Aceh district needs more sirens for tsunami early ...