Indonesia Stocks Drop Midday Wednesday Jakarta Globe Indonesian stocks fell for a second time in three days on Wednesday, heading toward a one-week low. The benchmark Jakarta Composite Index dropped 25.08, or 0.6 percent, to 3,969.50 at the midday break. | Unilever Indonesia, Bank Rakyat Indonesia and Astra International led declines. About three shar...
Crocodile Eats 10-year-old Girl in Indonesia Novosti | A crocodile has attacked and eaten a ten-year-old girl in eastern Indonesia while she was playing at the bank of the Wailolong river, The Jakarta Post reported on Saturday. | A ten-year-old Juraida was hunting for turtles with her father and brother when a wild crocodile leered up and snatche...
Unraveling corruption in Indonesia Foreign Policy | President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has made eradicating corruption one of the cornerstones of his administration. Widely regarded as the only figure capable of making a dent in the culture of sleaze, the former Army general was elected to Indonesia...
Indonesia Inflation to Slow Amid Easing Food Costs Jakarta Globe Indonesia’s inflation rate may slow to around 3.5 percent in January from a year earlier as the increase in food prices remains benign, according to the head of the central bank. | That would be the smallest gain in consumer prices since March 2010...
Freeport Indonesia Names New President Jakarta Globe US mining giant Freeport McMoRan’s Indonesian subsidiary said on Friday it would appoint an engineer as its new president following a months-long strike at a mine in the restive province of Papua. | Rozik Soetjipto will replace Armando Mahler, who ...
Indonesia tanker firm Berlian Laju to stop debt payments Tempo Interactive | , Jakarta:Indonesia's largest oil-and-gas shipping company PT Berlian Laju Tanker Tbk said it will stop servicing its debt, which ratings agency Fitch said could lead to a default rating. | The debt moratorium will enable the Berlian Laju group to ...
