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Indonesia to revive old wisdom to promote sustainable tourism

Using their native wisdom, culturally-rich Indonesians have practiced environmental preservation and sustainable ...

AIPA helps strengthen ASEAN integration

Having a conference on the beautiful island of Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara Province must be inspiring and refreshing ...

1.3 billion people in poverty

As many as 1.3 billion people, including women, are living in absolute poverty, said Marzuki Ali, the President of ...

High urbanization levels in cities can boost crime rate

High urbanization can lead to an increase in the crime rate of big cities like Jakarta, sociologist Musni Umar of the ...

Remittances from migrants soften global economic crisis blow

A huge banner reading, "Welcome Foreign Exchange Heroes," has been put up in the arrival lounge of the Soekarno-Hatta ...

RI`s poverty level falls by 0.53 pct in March

The number of poor people in Indonesia dropped to 29.13 million in March 2012, about 890,000 less than the figures ...

Indonesia's poor decreasing in 2012

As of March 2012, the number of poor people in Indonesia has decreased from 30.02 million people seen last year to ...

Indonesian physics team grabs two gold medals in Asian Olympiad

The Indonesian physics team grabbed two gold medals, one silver medal and two bronzes at the Asian Physics Olympiad ...

Yogyakarta has many traditional arts, cultures to attract tourists

Yogyakarta has many traditional arts and cultures that can attract tourists to visit the areas, an observer said. ...

Over 14 thousand Jakarta slum dweller families to be relocated

A total of 14,075 families living in slums on the banks of the Ciliwung river in Jakarta are to be relocated to ...

China says to increase police in Xinjiang for stability

China will boost police forces in its western Xinjiang region, state media said on Monday, in an effort to tackle ...

Indonesia, Finland want to cooperates in renewable energy

Indonesia and Finland have underscored the importance of renewable energy cooperation between the two countries in the ...

USAID cooperating with YCTP to control HIV/AIDS in Mimika

The United States Agency for International Cooperation (USAID) is cooperating with the Yayasan Caritas Timika Papua ...

Govt distributed Rp29 trillion in KUR funds in 2011

Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa said the government had provided Rp29 trillion in smallholders` business credit ...

RI's govt to increase people`s access to smallholding credits

Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa said the government would increase the people`s access to Smallholding Business ...