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Will Timor Leste be the eleventh ASEAN member?

Timor Leste, used to be known as East Timor, has recently expressed interest in joining ASEAN (Association of South ...

Indonesian chairmanship`s role and ASEAN agenda

Since it was funded by the Association of Southast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Indonesia has played an important role for ...

Drinking water in Vietnam has excessive arsenic

More than a quarter of drinking wells in Vietnam`s densely-populated Red River delta contain unsafe levels of arsenic ...

Tourism minister again promotes

Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik again promoted his idea to boost inter-ASAN tourist arrivals during the ASEAN ...

News Focus: Who`s not using common sense over electricity rates hike?

Verbal punches have been traded these days between state electricity company PT PLN officials and its industrial ...

C Sulawesi to get imported rice stock of 5,800 tons

Central Sulawesi will again get a stock of 5,800 tons of imported rice, local State Logistics Agency (Bulog) spokesman ...

Pope appoints first envoy for Vietnam

Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday appointed the Vatican`s first envoy to Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam war, in a ...

2011 - Indonesia`s year of ASEAN

No, the Indonesian government has never declared 2011 the Year of ASEAN, but as this year`s chairman of ASEAN, ...

President asks palace security force to guard upcoming summits

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here Friday called on all members of the Presidential Security Force (Paspampres) ...

Bangka-Belitung waters good for seaweed cultivation

Due to its geographic location, Bangka-Belitung (Babel) province has promising maritime and fisheries resources that ...

Hatta: Climate, oil price changes greatest challenge in 2011

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa said climate change and oil price fluctuations would pose the ...