Category: Indonesia
PNG, Indonesia pledge closer ties
Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have signed an extradition treaty and pledged closer ties, as prime minister Peter O’Neill continues his four day visit to Jakarta. Both [...]
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Indonesia may decide this week on Freeport mine operations-minister
Indonesia’s government may decide this week on whether to allow Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc to resume open-pit mining, the minister of Energy and Mineral [...]
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Singapore pressures Indonesia to identify firms behind haze
Singapore’s worst air pollution in 16 years sparked diplomatic tension on Tuesday, as the city-state urged Indonesia to provide satellite data to enable it to act [...]
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Indonesia president defends fuel hike plan after protests
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday defended his government’s plan to hike fuel prices for the first time since 2008, a day after police battled [...]
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Indonesia faces economic pain from fuel price hike
Indonesia’s planned hike in fuel prices will drive 2013 inflation to a five-year high and pressure the central bank to raise interest rates again even as the increased [...]
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Singapore, Indonesia tussle over haze problem
Smog from forest fires in Indonesia stayed at unhealthy levels in Singapore on Tuesday as the two neighbours blamed each other for the seasonal problem. Singapore’s [...]
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Indonesia Allocates $302 Million to Back Geothermal Exploration
Indonesia started a fund to finance the exploration of geothermal energy resources as the nation seeks to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels for electricity. The finance [...]
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Tensions over beef trade with Indonesia continue
Former Ambassador to Indonesia, Bill Farmer says the decision to suspend live cattle exports over animal welfare, is an ongoing irritant in the relationship. Talking to an [...]
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Iran, Indonesia to enhance media relations
Iranian deputy Foreign minister Ramin Mehmanparast has stressed the importance of expanding cooperation with Indonesia in the media sector. In a meeting with his Indonesian [...]
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Garuda Indonesia Pits 747-8 Against A380 for Hajj Trips
PT Garuda Indonesia (GIAA) is considering the purchase of Airbus SAS A380s or Boeing Co (BA). 747-8 jumbo jets in partnership with its government to help ferry religious [...]
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Indonesia misses bond sale target again
Indonesia missed its target at a bond sale yesterday for the second time in a row on speculation that the falling rupiah and uncertainty over the timing of a fuel-price [...]
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Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia & Singapore Agree On 700 MHz Band Plan
The Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam (AITI), the Direktorat Jenderal Sumber Daya dan Perangkat Pos dan Informatika of Indonesia (DG [...]
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Japan’s Venture Republic invests in price comparison site Telunjuk, its first deal in Indonesia
Indonesia-based price comparison site Telunjuk has landed an undisclosed round of funding from Japan-based Venture Republic, which marks the firms’s first deal in [...]
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Indonesia ignored requests to free Patrick Alexander, says son
The son of detained businessperson Patrick Alexander says Indonesian authorities have ignored high-level Australian requests for him to be freed. “I’m [...]
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Facebook has 64m active Indonesian users
Facebook has revealed it has 64 million users in Indonesia who actively access their accounts on a monthly basis and says this number puts the country in the social [...]
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