With a view of protecting the automotive industry in Indonesia, the government will only grant an import tax exemption on cars above 3,000 cc.
“Only cars above 3,000 cc will be exempted,” the director general for transportation equipment industries, Budi Darmadi, told Antara here.
Some automotive producers in the country were worried that the government might open […]
Protest action by workers at PT Freeport Indonesia has been called off after the company agreed to improve their salary conditions, company spokesman Mindo Pangaribuan said.
He said the workers — who disrupted production at the firm’s Grasberg gold and copper mine in remote Papua province last week — have now agreed to return to work […]
Indonesia and Singapore said on Monday they had agreed on an extradition treaty, concluding several years of wrangling over the issue.
“It has been a long and arduous process,” Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda told a media briefing late on Monday in Singapore.
Indonesia has long expressed its desire for an extradition treaty with Singapore because of […]
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism in cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will conduct a campaign for cultural preservation in May this year.
Director General of Historical and Achaelogical Affairs Hari Untoro Drajat said here on Saturday the campaign is part of an effort to reconstruct temples damaged by a […]
The first day of national examinations in Yogyakarta runs smoothly without anomalies, National Education Minister Bambang Sudibyo said here on Tuesday.
“We are satisfied that the examinations run smoothly according to school operational procedure (POS) and without anomalies,” the minister said after observing the process of the tests at nine senior high schools and vocational schools […]
Indonesia`s Cultural and Tourism Ministry and The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) organized a visual art exhibition entitled `The Thousand Mysteries of Borobudur` in Yogyakarta.
“This expo marks the revival of Borobudur through visual art performances from various works of arts,” Jogja Gallery Curator Mikke Susanto said when opening the exhibition at the […]
Disasters are becoming standard fare on Indonesia’s TV screens. On Tuesday, it was shattered homes and buildings in and around Padang, the capital of west Sumatra, struck by two earthquakes in quick succession that killed at least 70 people. On Wednesday, it was scenes of the charred fuselage of a Garuda Airlines jet at Yogyakarta’s […]
Survivors of the fiery crash landing Wednesday of a Boeing 737-400 said the plane appeared to be going too fast and shook violently before it touched down, lurched off the runway and exploded in flames, killing at least 21 people.
More than 110 dazed and bloodied survivors staggered from the Indonesian jetliner after it broke through […]
Burns specialist Fiona Wood, who arrived in Indonesia Thursday to help victims of the Yogyagarta plane crash, is a world-renowned expert whose work won her the title Australian of the year in 2005.
Wood pioneered the so-called “spray-on skin” treatment for burns victims and was acclaimed for her dedication treating survivors of the 2002 Bali […]
Bank Indonesia (BI) or the central bank has set a target of fully implementing Bank Indonesia National Clearance System (SKNBI) in all 106 clearance regions this year, an official said.
“The implementation of SKNBI in Palembang, Bengkulu, Bandar Lampung, Palangkaraya, Jambi and Lhokseumawe has caused 96 percent of clearance transaction nationwide to get connected. Theremaining 4 […]
Publicly-listed information technology company PT Astra Graphia Tbk announced on Tuesday its net profit rose 54.1 percent to Rp 55.56 billion (US$6.17 million) in 2006 from Rp 36.06 billion a year earlier on an increase in operationalincome and difference of the rupiah’s exchange rate against the dollar.
Operational income rose 13.48 percent to Rp 619.03 billion […]
Publicly-listed Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) has set aside Rp 1 trillion (US$111 million) in fund to buy stakes in a number of leasing firms and banks as part of efforts to expandits businesses, its general director Sofyan Basir said Thursday.
The budget for the acquisition of leasing firms and banks was contained in the bank’s business […]