Twitters irked by Indonesia exec who linked disasters to immorality
GMA news.tv
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A government minister drew sharp criticism from earthquake victims Saturday and alienated some of his Twitter followers by blaming …

2 stranded whales near death on Bali beach
The Associated Press
BALI, Indonesia — Two young whales are stranded on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali and will die on the beach because they are too weak to survive even if …

Quake hits off Indonesia
Straits Times
JAKARTA – A MODERATE earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia on Sunday in the Molucca Sea, seismologists said. The USGS said a 5.3-magnitude quake …

Indonesia minister says immorality causes disasters
BBC News
He also hit out at rising decadence – proven, he said, by the availability of Indonesia-made pornographic DVDs in local markets – and called for tougher …

Indonesia Loses 1,1 Million Hectares of Forest Every Year
KOMPAS.com
“In view of that I call on all the people in Indonesia to conduct tree planting, minimally one person planting one tree to slow the pace of the global …

No damage after strong Indonesia quake
Reuters
The epicentre was 195 km southwest of Waingapu town in the eastern part of neighbouring Sumba island at a depth of 30 km (18 miles), Indonesia’s …

Seven Greenpeace Activists Deported From Indonesia
Jakarta Globe
It is also proposed that the seven deported activists be blacklisted from visiting Indonesia,” Lubis said. He said the seven activists had been proven …

SKorea fishing boat sinks off Uruguay; no one hurt
The Associated Press
He says crew members come from Korea, Vietnam and Indonesia. Another South Korean vessel burned in Montevideo on Nov. 19. The cause of the fire on the …

Indonesia launches new navy vessel
Xinhua
¡¡The vessel was initially designed by South Korean Dae Sun Shipbuilding (DSS), assembled by Indonesia’s shipyard of PT PAL Surabaya. …

Indonesia exams still on despite court ruling
AsiaOne
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s Education Minister has said that national examinations will be conducted next year in spite of a Supreme Court decision earlier this …

Senior CPC official embarks on visits to Indonesia, Malaysia
Xinhua
28 (Xinhua) — Liu Qi, senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), left Beijing Saturday morning for visits to Indonesia and Malaysia. …

Indonesia rejects Bali plan for turtle sacrifices
The Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia has rejected a push by the resort island of Bali for rare turtles to be legally slain in Hindu ceremonies, …

Christmas Island Journal A Remote Island Seeks a Boom Without a Bust
New York Times
Only a decade ago, Christmas Island was home to a casino favored by rich Indonesians close to Suharto, the longtime autocrat of Indonesia, a short flight …

Indonesia Needs $4 Billion for Energy Efficiency: ADB
Jakarta Globe
The Asian Development Bank announced on Thursday that Indonesia needs to invest $4 billion improving real-sector energy efficiency over the next five years …

WHO concerned with new avian flu cases
Manila Bulletin
It is now considered endemic or naturally occurring in Egypt, Indonesia and Vietnam. Meanwhile, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health recently reported a …

Indonesia cbank says always be in the market – dep gov
Reuters
JAKARTA, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s central bank will always be in the market to stabilise volatility of the rupiah IDR= currency, deputy governor Budi …

Protest stops cranes at Indonesia’s APP paper port
Reuters
Greenpeace activists have targeted logging and paper firms in Indonesia in recent months to draw attention to the role that deforestation plays in global …

Indonesia’s small tin smelters face tin ores supply issue
Forbes
By Dwi Sadmoko PANGKALPINANG, Indonesia, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Some Indonesian small tin smelters are unable to increase production as wet weather had hampered …

UPDATE 1-Indonesia’s Semen Gresik plans $400 mln capex in 2010
Reuters
JAKARTA, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s largest cement producer PT Semen Gresik Tbk (SMGR.JK) plans capital expenditure of $400 million in 2010 to help …

ndonesia’s president commemorates World Peace Day
Xinhua
26 (Xinhua) — Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono marked the 34th World Peace Day in Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku by striking a huge …

Indonesia to refuse discussing climate change issue in WTO: official
Xinhua
Despite the Indonesia’s rejection, Marie said that Indonesia would open chances and possibilities to discuss with developed countries about carbon tax issue …

Indonesia requires $4 bln for energy efficiency projects: ADB
Xinhua
26 (Xinhua) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) estimated that Indonesia requires a sum of 4 billion US dollars to finance energy efficiency projects within …

current political crisis in Indonesia over corruption
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Under his leadership Indonesia rode out the economic storm, maintained growth and is destined to be a world economic power, perhaps number seven or eight, …

CPC Eyes 24.5% In ConocoPhillips’ Offshore Indonesia Block
Wall Street Journal
The Arafura basin is located offshore Indonesia and northern Australia. ConocoPhillips’ move comes at a time when some international oil companies are …

Indonesia’s Hajj Quota Raised by Saudi Arabia
KOMPAS.com
MEDAN, KOMPAS.com – Saudi Arabia has promised to raise Indonesia’s hajj quota following the completion of the expansion of the ‘thawaf’ encircling ritual …

Indonesia Finance Minister Backs Bank Century Bailout
Jakarta Globe
Sri Mulyani also justified Bank Indonesia’s analysis that defined Century as a “failing bank that poses a systemic threat,” saying that BI data showed that …

Indonesia cbank: studying ways to curb FX volatility
Forbes
By Gde Anugrah Arka JAKARTA, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s central bank on Wednesday said it was looking at ways to deal with rupiah volatility after …

Indonesia to discuss tradeable bonds in Jan-MP
Reuters
JAKARTA, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s parliament is expected to discuss a proposal to turn untradeable bonds held by the central bank into tradeable paper …

Indonesia amends law in favour of graftbusters
Reuters India
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has amended a law covering the anti-corruption agency to make it more difficult to dismiss graft-fighters after a scandal …

CORRECT(11/24):CPC Eyes 24.5% In ConocoPhillips’ Offshore Indonesia Block
Wall Street Journal
(”=2nd UPDATE: CPC Eyes 24.5% In ConocoPhillips’ Offshore Indonesia Block” published at 1825 GMT Tuesday misstated that Chevron might sell its 80% stake in …

Indonesia’s top detective replaced
AFP
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s chief detective has been replaced after being implicated in an alleged plot to falsely imprison anti-graft investigators, …

Indonesia detains 14 Greenpeace activists: spokesman
AFP
JAKARTA — Indonesia detained 14 mostly foreign Greenpeace activists Wednesday as they protested against a big pulp and paper company in this country known …

Storms Threaten Hajj Pilgrims’ Safety; Indonesia Plans Fast-Track for Elderly
Jakarta Globe
With a relatively small national annual quota of about 200000, many of the faithful from Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, …

29 dead as Indonesia ferry sinks
BBC News
Hundreds of people have been rescued from the sea after a heavily-loaded ferry sank off the coast of Indonesia. At least 29 are known to have died. …

Indonesia: In this playland, kids pay to work
Christian Science Monitor
In Jakarta, Indonesia, a playland lets kids pay to enter its miniature city and work jobs from firefighter to tattoo artist. …

Chevron Seeking Partners In Indonesian Deepwater Fields
CNNMoney.com
(CVX) confirmed Monday it is seeking partners for the multibillion-dollar Ganal-Rapak deep sea gas project off Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province. …

UPDATE 1-Newmont, Sumitomo to sell Indonesia JV shrs
Reuters
N) and a unit of Japan’s Sumitomo Corp on Monday said they had agreed to sell an additional 14 percent stake of an Indonesia joint venture to a group of …

Woman on Indonesia ferry that sank found alive after day in stormy water as 29 …
Daily Mail
She was discovered by fishermen off Indonesia’s Sumatra island after braving 25 hours amid giant waves and heavy rain. Incredibly, the woman, who is in her …

Indonesia moves top cop aside in graft scandal
Reuters India
By Telly Nathalia JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s chief of detectives, whose role in a corruption scandal sparked a public outcry, has been moved aside to a …

CPC Eyes 24.5% In ConocoPhillips’ Offshore Indonesia Block
Wall Street Journal
CPC is exploring for oil and gas in Australia, the US, Chad, Libya and Indonesia and produces oil in Ecuador and Indonesia.

Indonesia fin min may issue samurai bond next year
Reuters
JAKARTA, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s finance ministry may issue a samurai bond next year but it has not decided yet on its eurobond issue, …

Indonesia c.bank: inflation at 3.5 pct by year-end
Forbes
JAKARTA, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s annual inflation rate is likely to be 3.5 percent at the end of year, the central bank senior deputy governor said …

Indonesian minister defends bank bailout
AFP
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s finance minister and central bank chief on Tuesday defended a 704-million-dollar lifeline thrown to a failed lender, which has become …

26 dead after ferry sinks in Indonesia
Hindustan Times
Up to 26 people were killed and some 250 were plucked to safety after a ferry sank in heavy seas off Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Sunday, officials said. …

WORLD: At least 29 people die in Indonesia ferry accident
Chicago Tribune
… Express 10 sank in stormy weather 90 minutes into an interisland trip from Batam to Dumai in Riau, a province off Sumatra island in western Indonesia. …

Gunmen fire on Americans’ home in Indonesia
AFP
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Gunmen fired at the home of two US academics in the Indonesian province of Aceh on Monday, the latest in a string of attacks …

Yudhoyono Says Indonesia’s Rescue of Bank Century Was Necessary
Bloomberg
The government initially injected 1 trillion rupiah ($106 million) to boost liquidity at Bank Century after Indonesia’s Deposit Insurance Corp. seized it …

Indonesia worried about asset bubbles -watchdog
Forbes
JAKARTA, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s domestic asset prices are not yet overvalued, the head of the capital markets watchdog said on Monday, …

UPDATE 1-Indonesia, Newmont agree further 14 pct stake sale
Reuters
The deal is expected to be settled within two working days after both parties report to Indonesia’s energy ministry and receive approval from the investment …

Indonesia Hot Stocks-Bumi shares down on bond concern
Forbes
JAKARTA, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Shares in Indonesian coal miner PT Bumi Resources Tbk fell as much as 5.3 percent on news that the firm plans to issue $300 …

Indonesia rejects “world’s third-largest emitter” tag
Reuters
By Sunanda Creagh JAKARTA (Reuters) – A World Bank study that cited Indonesia as the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases was wrong, …

Q+A-Indonesia’s central bank mulls capital controls
Forbes
By Sara Webb and Gde Anugrah Arka JAKARTA, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s central bank has played down the immediate threat of curbs on foreign investment …

Indonesia asks UN to jointly finance Lebanon peacekeeping force
Xinhua
23 (Xinhua) — Indonesian government asked the United Nations (UN) to pay part of the operation cost following the un’s request for Indonesia to provide …

News focus: Indonesia`s hajj pilgrims preparing to perform peak of hajj
ANTARA
Jakarta (ANTARA News) – A total of 3570 people forming the last batch of would-be Hajj pilgrims from Indonesia departed from four airports across the …

UN urges aid for quake-ridden Indonesia
United Press International
21 (UPI) — The United Nations’ health agency says Indonesia needs financial help to recover from two earthquakes and prepare for future disasters. …

Ferry Sinks In Indonesia, At Least 29 Dead, 240 Rescued
ChattahBox
Indonesia (chattahbox) – Turbulent waters rank a ferry this weekend in what is being called a “classic case” of ignored safety regulations. …

AirAsia to tap Southeast Asian capital market
AFP
It also wants to list its Indonesian affiliate in Indonesia. Group chief executive Tony Fernandes said the moves would give it more of a Southeast Asian …

SBY: ‘I Want to End the Fighting’ Over Indonesia Antigraft Case
Jakarta Globe
Please PPTAK, please BI, open everything,” he said, referring to the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center and Bank Indonesia. …

WEEKAHEAD – the view from Reuters Asia news editors
Reuters
Large, poor countries such as India and Indonesia have no interest in banning inflows. They need the money. Any controls will likely be designed to channel …

Hunting for the home of Indonesia’s Java Man
BBC News
This year has seen the discovery in Ethiopia of Ardi, the fossil skeleton believed to be the oldest human relative. But long before Ardi came Java Man, …

Greenpeace rallies in Indonesia
Straits Times
Dr Yudhoyono said at the G-20 summit in the US city of Pittsburgh in September that Indonesia had decided on a national climate change action plan that …

Indonesia’s foreign minister coming to Manila
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Indonesia’s new Foreign Minister, Dr. RM Marty M. Natalegawa, will arrive in Manila tomorrow for a three-day official visit. …

OECD Says No to Indonesia Stimulus as Morgan Stanley Says Spend
Bloomberg
20 (Bloomberg) – Indonesia shouldn’t be looking at increasing government spending, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said a day …

Indonesia Deports Greenpeace Activists, Journalists
Voice of America
In Indonesia, foreign activists with the environmental group Greenpeace and two foreign journalists are being deported. The activists were involved in …

Detained women and children ‘Indonesia’s responsibility’
ABC Online
Home Affairs Minister Brendan O’Connor says Australia is not responsible for how women and children from the Oceanic Viking are detained in Indonesia. …

Indonesia’s Astra Agro lifts 2009 CPO output
Reuters
LEMBANG, Indonesia, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Indonesia’s largest listed plantation firm, PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk (AALI.JK), said on Friday it expects crude palm …

Bank Indonesia’s Bill Limits May Benefit Bonds, Waluyanto Says
Bloomberg
20 (Bloomberg) — Foreign investors will probably shift to Indonesia’s bonds after the central bank said it was “seriously” studying the option of limiting …

Indonesia Condemns Israeli Expansion in Jerusalem
Jakarta Globe
Marty added that Indonesia would respect whatever decisions the Palestinian Authority would make. “Our position on Palestine is crystal clear. …

SE Asia Stocks-Indonesia outperforms; Thailand falls
Reuters
Singapore posted a 1.4 percent gain on the week, Southeast Asia’s second-best performance afterIndonesia’s 2.5 percent. Singapore has forecast 2010 GDP …