Nusa Dua, Bali, Dec 10, (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said democracy needed to be built and consolidated in a bid to create peace as aspired by many countries in the world.

Jakarta, Dec 10 (ANTARA) - ASEAN is to hold a special foreign ministers' meeting at its secretariat in Jakarta on December 15 to formally put the association's brand-new charter into effect.

Jakarta, Dec 10 (ANTARA) - The World Bank predicts that the poverty rate in Indonesia in 2008 and 2009 will continue to decline although the country's economic growth will experience a steep fall.

Nusa Dua, Bali, Dec 10 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inaugurated an Institute for Peace and Democracy in Jimbaran village, Badung district, Bali on Wednesday.

Nusa Dua, Bali, Dec 10 (ANTARA) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said his country was providing an A$3 million assistance package to Indonesia to support the Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) and t

Jakarta, Dec 10 (ANTARA) - State-owned oil company PT Pertamina is optimistic its 2008 profit target set at Rp27 trillion will be met despite the drop in the world's price of crude for the past few

Jakarta, Dec 10 (ANTARA) - Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Boediono said foreign exchange supply and demand conditions were returning to normal so that the past few days had seen a continuous improve

Jakarta, Dec 10 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla said now was the right time to invest in Indonesia as the costs were low following declines in the prices of various products such as steel.

Jakarta, Dec 10 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's exports of textile and textile products will remain good until April 2009 but are to start slowing down in May when demand will diminish, a senior trade offic

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run forestry laboratory said
Wednesday it has developed an effective test kit to easily detect destructive