Sydney, Aug 28 (ANTARA) - Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik is scheduled to open Indonesia Festival 2008 in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday, according to Indonesian sources.

BANGKOK,Aug 27 (TNA) - Thailand's Civil Court granted an immediate
injunction ordering all People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD)

Kediri, E Java, Aug 27 (ANTARA) - The government has since early this year shut down at least 1,500 cigarette factories in the country for various reasons.

Jakarta, Aug 27 (ANTARA) - The government decided to maintain its policy of allowing limited imports of used machinery to give a chance to less developed industries to grow, a senior official said.

Jakarta, Aug 267 (ANTARA) - State-owned electricity company PT PLN, based on the 2009 Draft State Budget, is required to save some Rp6.2 trillion in 2009, a senior official said.

Jakarta, Aug 27 (ANTARA) - Oil expert Dr Kurtubi said that it would be better for the government to dissolve the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulating Body (BP Migas) because there was no control on its

Jakarta, Aug 27 (ANTARA) - Increasing the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in 12-kg and 50-kg cylinders on the occasion of the fasting month was not the right time, as the August inflation wa

Jakarta, Aug 27 (ANTARA) - Bank Permata said on Wednesday its profit after tax in the first half of 2008 rose 40 percent to Rp277.5 billion from Rp198.2 billion in the same period last year.

Jakarta, Aug 27 (ANTARA) - International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank's private investment arm, said its total investment in Indonesia now reaches more than US$700 million and expresse

Jakarta, Aug 27 (ANTARA) - Bank Indonesia (the central bank/BI) predicts Indonesia's economic growth rate in 2009 will exceed the government-set target of 6.2 percent if the country does not experi