Category: Indonesia
Indonesian rescuers end search for landslide victims
Indonesian rescuers Sunday ended their search for victims of a landslide on the main island of Java, officials said, giving a new death toll of 95. “The search for [...]
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Bank Indonesia prevails in forex reserve-rupiah
Bank Indonesia (BI), the central bank, emerged triumphant in its latest currency stabilisation battle after a bold move to pour dollars into the market succeeded in [...]
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Indonesian Rupiah At Its Lowest Since The 1998 Crisis
The Indonesian rupiah plunged last week against the US dollar to its lowest level since the economic crisis in August 1998, as there are increasing demand for US dollar to [...]
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INDONESIA PRESS-Astra Sedaya Finance issues S$100 million in bonds – Investor Daily
PT Astra Sedaya Finance, a unit of PT Astra International Tbk, issued bonds worth S$100 million ($76 million) with three-year tenure, Investor Daily reported, quoting a [...]
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Strong Quake Hits East Indonesia; No Tsunami Threat
A strong earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia on Sunday evening, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, and authorities said there was no [...]
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Hopes on the economic upside in Indonesia
We begin the 2014 ‘year in review’ series, looking at developments in Asia over the year past and the prospects for the year ahead, with a look at how Indonesia [...]
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Maker of stuffed dolls eyes Indonesia
H&B Intertex Co, the maker of stuffed dolls under Saha Group, is looking to form a joint venture with an Indonesian company to cash in on opportunities arising from the [...]
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Economic Reality Versus Optimism in Indonesia
A greater sense of optimism prevails in Indonesia about the economy in 2015 than a year ago, even though the reality is now more challenging. Growth is slowing, business [...]
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Optimism on the rise in Indonesia
A greater sense of optimism prevails in Indonesia about the economy in 2015 than a year ago, even though the reality is now more challenging. Growth is slowing, business [...]
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January peak month of natural disasters :Agency
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said, based on observation to national disaster pattern, Indonesia has the most frequent natural disaster to occur in January [...]
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Indonesia aims to retrieve 1.8 million illegal workers
The Indonesian government is planning to repatriate 1.8 million nationals stranded abroad without work permits, local media reported Saturday. Nusron Wahid, the head of the [...]
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Tsunami-ravaged Aceh rises rapidly from the ruins
Rows of new houses and beautiful mosques with glittering minarets give little clue that the sleepy Indonesian fishing town of Meulaboh was the ground zero of the 2004 Asian [...]
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Indonesian human rights advocate: Neil Bantleman should be freed
A human rights advocate in Indonesia says the courts should free Canadian teacher Neil Bantleman and Indonesian teacher’s aide Ferdinand Tijong. Bantleman, 45, and [...]
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Indonesia gets $18.7b in direct investment since Widodo took office
Indonesia has attracted $18.7 billion worth of prospective investments from domestic and foreign investors since the new President Joko Widodo took office in October, its [...]
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Indonesia volcano erupts, injuring 4; 1 missing
A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted Friday, spewing towering clouds of hot ash into the air and leaving four hikers injured and one missing when they scrambled to safety, [...]
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