Indonesia selects members for new energy board
Oil & Gas Journal – Houston,TX,USA
The members include: Rinaldy Dalimi, professor of electrical engineering at University of Indonesia; Tumiran, professor of electrical engineering at Gajah …

Indonesia Continues Sweep On China Milk Products
Bernama – Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
By Mohd Nasir Yusoff JAKARTA, Sept 25 (Bernama) — The Indonesian Drug and Food Control Agency continued its sweep on imported Chinese milk products …

Indonesia’s motorcycle sales continue to grow
Clutch and Chrome – Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
The robust growth came despite Indonesia’s current high interest rate environment and fuel prices that have increased 28.7 percent. …

World Bank consultant kidnapped in Indonesia’s Aceh
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) – A French consultant for the World Bank in Indonesia’s Aceh province was kidnapped by a group of former rebels but later …

Indonesian steel imports soar on tight local supply
Forbes – NY,USA
JAKARTA, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s imports of steel products could jump about sixfold this year on tight local production and as steelmakers build up …

Indonesia halts US naval lab’s activities
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has halted the activities of a US naval medical lab in Jakarta following a dispute over the terms of a contract, …

Indonesia to appeal killer’s sentence
Sydney Morning Herald – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Indonesian authorities will appeal against the 15-year jail term handed to the man who killed Australian woman Heidi Murphy in her Bali villa. …

Sector Insight… Price comes before brand for Indonesia telcos
Digital Media – Hong Kong,Hong Kong
Indosat’s recent appointment of DDB to its US$15 million creative account marks the latest move in Indonesia’s increasingly competitive telecoms sector. …

Limitless enters Indonesia with US$1.7 billion joint venture in …
Zawya (press release) – United Arab Emirates
Rasuna Epicentrum – to be showcased at Cityscape Dubai next month – is the first project for Limitless in Indonesia, and the fourth in South East Asia, …

Indonesia president’s in-law fingered in MP payments
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A former governor of Indonesia’s central bank has implicated an ex-colleague, who is President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s relative by …

Quintel Announces Several Patents in Leading Wireless Markets
MarketWatch – USA
Particularly noteworthy is Quintel’s patent protection in the growth markets of India and Indonesia. The Indian and Indonesian governments are actively …

President receives South Thailand delegaton to Bogor peace talks
Antara – Antara,Indonesia
Indonesia was considered an experienced mediator and the largest country in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean),” he said. Indonesia, he said …

Barclays sells stake in Indonesia’s Berlian Laju
Economic Times – Gurgaon,Haryana,India
SINGAPORE: British bank Barclays has sold most of its 6.12 per cent stake in Berlian Laju Tanke, the Indonesian shipping firm said on Wednesday. …

Indonesia withdraws Chinese dairy products
Radio Netherlands – Netherlands
Indonesia has withdrawn all dairy produce from China because of the recent scandal involving melamine in Chinese milk products. On Tuesday, the Indonesian …

Indonesia: Corruption case could help Yudhoyono, says expert
آكي – Italy
Meanwhile, the non-governmental organisation Transparency International has said that Indonesia’s anti-graft war is paying dividends. …

Holding Back The Fiery Ones In Indonesia
Sin Chew Jit Poh – Malaysia
Indonesia’s calm and quiet middle ground has begun to stir, calling on the government to take action against errant members of the FPI who behaved like …

Indonesia identifies possibly tainted products
eTaiwan News – Taiwan
AP Indonesia’s Agency for Food and Drug Control has distributed a list of 28 products that may contain tainted Chinese milk and should be pulled from …

Indonesia bans Chinese milk imports
Radio Australia – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Indonesia health ministry has temporarily banned imports of dairy products from China. It says the situation in China is severe and Indonesia doesn’t want …

Indonesia bans Chinese milk imports
Radio Australia – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Indonesia health ministry has temporarily banned imports of dairy products from China. It says the situation in China is severe and Indonesia doesn’t want …

Indonesia bans imports of dairy products from China
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
JAKARTA, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Indonesia has temporarily banned imports of dairy products from China to ensure product safety following the tainted dairy …

TABLE-Indonesia’s Aug motorbike sales up 43 pct y/y
Reuters – USA
JAKARTA, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Following is Indonesia’s motorcycle sales data from the Motorcycle Industry Association (AISI), provided by PT Astra …

Thousand rally against Indonesia’s porn bill in Bali
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) – About 1000 people protested against Indonesia’s anti-pornography bill on the resort island of Bali on Tuesday, prompting the …

Indonesia bans Chinese milk
Business Standard – Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Indonesia has banned Chinese milk products after tens of thousands of Chinese children became ill from formula believed to have been contaminated with the …

Indonesia, Philippines ban Chinese baby formula
Sify – Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
Jakarta/Manila: Indonesia and the Philippines have banned the import of baby formula from China following detection of the industrial chemical melamine in …

Sampoerna Telecom Indonesia (STI) Successfully Deploys FTS …
Earthtimes (press release) – London,UK
STI is a growing telecommunications provider which operates in Indonesia under the Ceria brand name. “Convergent prepaid/postpaid business models are …

Sampoerna Telecom Indonesia (STI) Successfully Deploys FTS …
International Business Times – New York,NY,USA
STI is a growingtelecommunications provider which operates in Indonesia under the Ceria brandname. “Convergent prepaid/postpaid business models are ranking …

Indonesia police arrest 18 for raising Papua separatist flag
AFP
TIMIKA, Indonesia (AFP) — Eighteen men have been arrested after an outlawed separatist flag was raised in the Papua province, Indonesian police said Tuesday …

Indonesia: Lights, Camera, Elections!
Global Voices Online – Cambridge,MA,USA
As Indonesia enters into an election cycle the political horse trading that goes on to get candidates into the fold will start in earnest. …

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Garuda Indonesia resumes direct Brisbane Bali flights
e-Travel Blackboard (press release) – Sydney,NSW,Australia
Garuda Indonesia will honour its commitment to the Queensland market by resuming services to Bali, three times a week, in time for the commencement of the …

Indonesia hosts talks on Southern Thailand unrest
Radio Australia – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Indonesia’s government says it will host another round of talks over the troubles in southern Thailand in November after a weekend of inconclusive …

Church makes Ramadan fast meals
BBC News – UK
A Christian church in the Indonesia city of Solo is providing meals for fasting Muslims during Ramadan in the hope it will help build community relations. …

Despite dumping charges, Indonesia and Turkey stepping up cooperation
Antara – Antara,Indonesia
By Andi Abdussalam Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Indonesia and Turkey are stepping up bilateral trade and economic cooperation amid accusations by Ankara that …

Indonesia lodges protest against Turkish dumping charges
Antara – Antara,Indonesia
Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said Indonesia had lodged a protest against Turkish charges that Indonesia had practiced dumping …

Radical cleric forms group in Indonesia
Middle East Times – Cairo,Egypt
The Indonesian Mujahedin Council, under the direction of Bashir, was leading an effort to establish Indonesia’s conversion into an Islamic state. …

Tackling corruption in Indonesia
France24 – Paris,France
By Jean Baptiste Chauvin Ranked one of the most corrupt countries in the world, Indonesia is in the midst of a series of scandals involving top government …

Indonesia should increase exports to Asian countries
Antara – Antara,Indonesia
Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Indonesia should consider increasing the volumes of its exports to other Asian countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, …

Indonesia Megachurch Opens to 4000 Attendees
Church Solutions – Phoenix,AZ,USA
Though Christians are a minority in Indonesia, Tong said the first objective of the church is to display that Christians do have representation – and that …

INDONESIA Catholics Urged To Participate In Election As Voter …
Union of Catholic Asian News – Asia
For this, he said, “we will work together with Catholic organizations such as Catholic Union of University Students of the Republic of Indonesia (PMKRI), …

Government ‘not involved’ in Indonesia talks
Bangkok Post – Thailand
A fresh dialogue called in a bid to end the southern unrest was held in Indonesia over the weekend but the Thai government says it is not involved. …

Indonesia switching on to New Zealand business potential
Scoop.co.nz (press release) – New Zealand
New Zealand businesses stand to benefit from projects worth millions of dollars in Indonesia following unprecedented access to the country’s highest ranking …

The battle for Indonesia
Christian Today — Australia – Sydney,NSW,Australia
The battle for Indonesia is heating up and the 2009 elections could prove decisive. To maintain power, President Yudhoyono is dependent on the support of …

Pacific Blue to Launch 11 Weekly Australia-Indonesia Flights just …
e-Travel Blackboard (press release) – Sydney,NSW,Australia
Pacific Blue Airlines is set to expand its international route network into Asia for the first time, with the launch of 11 Australia-Indonesia direct …

Doubts drown out poll buzz
The Canberra Times – Canberra,Australian Capital Territory,Australia
Despite its advances, Indonesia’s democratisation cannot be taken for granted. Corruption remains rife. Rising oil and food prices have hit hardest the more …

‘Viral sovereignty’ must be stamped out to save lives
Taipei Times – Taiwan
The vast majority of avian flu outbreaks in the past four years, in both humans and poultry, have occurred in Indonesia. At least 53 types of H5N1 bird flu …

Indonesia, Finland to cooperate in fighting global warming
Antara – Antara,Indonesia
Depok, W Java, (ANTARA News) – Indonesia and Finland cooperate to fight global warming by planting trees in a forest within the area of the University of …

Moderate earthquake jolts Papua, Indonesia
Xinhua – China
21 (Xinhua) — A 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit southeast of Jayapura, capital of Indonesia’s Papua province, on Sunday, but there was no immediate report of …

Indonesia condemns bombing in Pakistan
Xinhua – China
21 (Xinhua) — Indonesia strongly condemned the bomb attack in Pakistan and expected the terrorist attack will not deflect the ongoing process of democracy …

Russian oil firms could develop deposits in Indonesia: envoy
Tehran Times – Iran
MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) – Russian oil companies could be involved in broad cooperation in Indonesia, the southeast Asian country’s ambassador to Moscow said on …

Bribe arrest of Muhammad Iqbal puts Indonesia corruption rulings …
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
INDONESIA’S war on corruption has taken a leap forward with the arrest of a national competition commissioner on bribery charges. …

Indonesia a non-starter in ‘arms race’
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
INDONESIA does not have the capacity to join the regional arms race flagged last week by Kevin Rudd and will instead rely on Australia’s planned military …

Indonesia anti-trust scandal threatens credibility
Reuters – USA
By Andreas Ismar JAKARTA, Sept 18 (Reuters) – The credibility of Indonesia’s anti-trust agency, launched eight years ago, has been thrown into question by …

Indonesia state gas firm says to supply power firm
Reuters – USA
Indonesia is seeking alternative sources of energy such as natural gas and coal to meet rising demand for power and to reduce consumption of expensive crude …

Five Australians detained in Papua ‘no threat’ to Indonesia
Radio Australia – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The Indonesian Defence Minister says five Australians held in Indonesia after illegally flying a light aircraft into Papua province are no threat to the …

Indonesia not part of Asian ‘arms race’: defence minister
AFP
JAKARTA (AFP) — Indonesia will not join an Asian arms race, the defence minister said Thursday, after Australia announced it planned to build up its …

Indonesia ‘not part of regional arms race’
ABC Online – Australia
Indonesia’s defence minister has finished a meeting with his Australian counterpart by saying his country does not feel like it is engaged in a regional …

Indonesia won’t be involved in Asia Pacific arms race
Radio Australia – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
[AFP] Indonesia’s Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono says the country won’t be joining any arms race. Mr Sudarsono made the comment during a press conference …

Dubai Banking Group eyes Africa, Indonesia growth
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai Banking Group, a unit of Dubai Group, said it is looking at opportunities in Indonesia and Africa as it looks to become the world’s …

ExxonMobil Indonesia to spend 450 mln USD in oil, gas exploration
Xinhua – China
18 (Xinhua) — ExxonMobil Indonesia inc. will invest 450 million US dollar for gas and oil exploration in two blocks in West Sulawesi province, …

Indonesia’s Antam eyes expansion into coal mining
Tehran Times – Iran
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian state-owned miner, PT Aneka Tambang Tbk, is considering acquiring coal mines to diversify its operations and to meet growing …

Indonesia’s judicial review system to investigate ruling
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
INDONESIA’S judicial review commission is to investigate a contentious defamation decision handed down last week that found in favour of one of the …

Indonesia names anti-trust official as graft suspect
Reuters – USA
JAKARTA, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s anti-graft agency said on Wednesday an official at the country’s anti-trust watchdog and a businessman were …

Indonesia’s Charoen sees ‘08 net profit at $47.6 mln
Reuters – USA
JAKARTA, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Indonesian agro and aqua-culture firm PT Charoen Pokphand Indonesia Tbk CPIN.JK expects its net profit to more than double to …

Gokul Refoils to invest 6-7 bln rupees in Indonesia
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
BO: Quote, Profile, Research) plans to invest up to 7 billion rupees in a joint venture for about 5000 acres of palm plantation in Indonesia, its managing …

Indonesia AIG Unit: Operations Continuing As Normal, Capital Strong
CNNMoney.com – USA
“AIG LIFE Indonesia urges customers and business partners not to worry about the developments that have occurred (with the parent company in the US) as AIG …

Grenade attack on political party office in Aceh, Indonesia
Xinhua – China
JAKARTA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) — Unidentified men made up mainly of former Aceh separatist rebels attacked the office of a political party on Wednesday morning …

Indonesia holds Aussies in Papua detention centre
ABC Online – Australia
By Indonesia correspondent Geoff Thompson A group of Australians detained in the Papuan town of Merauke has been moved from a local hotel to an immigration …

SKorea, Indonesia sign deal on fuel from seaweed
AFP
SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea has signed an initial deal to lease 25000 hectares (61750 acres) of Indonesian coastal waters to grow seaweed for bioethanol fuel, …

Indonesia’s Antam eyes expansion into coal mining
Reuters – USA
By Fitri Wulandari JAKARTA, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Indonesian state-owned miner, PT Aneka Tambang Tbk (ATM.AX: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) (ANTM. …

Quake hits East Timor, residents panic
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
Indonesia’s quake agency said the epicentre of the quake lay at a depth of 30 km, (19 mile) 163 km southeast of the capital, Dili. …

Maybank Approval for Buying Indonesia Bank Reinstated
Bloomberg – USA
Malaysia’s central bank today lifted its objection to the purchase of PT Bank Internasional Indonesia, Maybank said in a statement to the Malaysian stock …

Indonesia c.bank aims to sell 10 trln rph of SBI
Forbes – NY,USA
JAKARTA, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s central bank aims to sell 10.10 trillion rupiah ($1.07 billion) worth of short-term debt paper (SBI) on Wednesday, …

Japanese Companies Invest $18 Billion in Indonesia’s Oil and Gas …
MarketWatch – USA
… Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) — Japan is keen to strengthen its trade relations with Indonesia in the oil and gas sector. …

Korean Firms Win Big Coal Deal in Indonesia
코리아타임즈 – South Korea
Ir. Yus’an, Vice President of the Investment Coordinating Board of Indonesia, said he hopes the project will create many local jobs and benefit both …

Explosion rocks Freeport’s Indonesian airport
ABC Online – Australia
An explosion at an airport belonging to United States mining giant Freeport in Indonesia’s eastern Papua province caused no injuries, police say. …

Indonesia says no winning bids in debt auction
Forbes – NY,USA
JAKARTA, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s finance ministry said on Tuesday it did not accept any bids in a debt auction of fixed rate bonds maturing in 2014 …

Man charged over deadly stampede in Indonesia
CNN – USA
JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) — Indonesian police have charged a businessman whose free cash handout led to a stampede that killed at least 21 people in an …

Indonesia Navy Asks Singapore To Help Fight Sea Pollution
Bernama – Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
Commodore Sugeng Darmawan, commander of the Indonesian Navy’s maritime security task force for western Indonesia, was quoted by ANTARA news agency as saying …

Artists and politics: Where is Indonesia heading?
Jakarta Post – Jakarta,Indonesia
If things go as planned, next year Indonesia will have new members of parliament. The 2009 general elections will change the configuration of the country’s …

Deadly Indonesia Stampede Caused by Ramadan Cash Hand-Out
Voice of America – USA
By Nancy-Amelia Collins At least 23 people in Indonesia were crushed to death when a crowd surged forward to receive a cash hand-out from a wealthy family, …

Aussies who flew to Indonesia’s Papua ’stupid’
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
A Foreign Ministry spokesman in Jakarta said it was unlikely the five had entered Indonesia with any sinister motive but rather that their trip to the …

Maybank’s Proposal On PT Bank Indonesia Rejected By Bapepam
Bernama – Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 (Bernama) — Maybank’s proposed acquisition of PT Bank Internasional Indonesia Tbk (BII) is set to fail as a proposal to resolve the …

Indonesia’s Papua rebels seek closure of Freeport mine
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A separatist group in Indonesia’s Papua province claimed responsibility on Monday for a series of bomb attacks in the area and called …

Ramadan alms-giving sparks fatal stampede in Indonesia
guardian.co.uk – UK
However, among Indonesia’s 235 million people — the world’s largest Muslim population — crowd control is often a problem and there is a tragic history of …

Stampede Kills 21 In Indonesia
Sky News – UK
At least 21 people have been crushed to death in a queue for a charity handout from a wealthy family in Indonesia. Scores more were hurt in the stampede, …

Ramadan stampede leaves 21 dead in Indonesia
AFP –
JAKARTA (AFP) — At least 21 people were killed in a stampede in Indonesia on Monday as they crowded an alley to receive a cash handout for the Muslim holy …

21 die in Indonesia stampede
ABC Online – Australia
Police say the crush happened as people crowded an alley to receive a cash handout for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The bodies of 21 people have been …

Indonesia cash handout spurs deadly stampede
CNN – USA
JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) — At least 21 people were crushed to death Sunday during a cash handout in an eastern Indonesian town. The people — mostly women, …

Indonesia says no exemption for Maybank in BII bid
Reuters – USA
JK: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) is set to collapse after Indonesia again rejected Maybank’s request to be exempted from a new takeover rule. …