Jakarta, Dec 12 (ANTARA) - The steep decline in the world crude price from US$147 a barrel in July 2008 to below US$50 in December has cut the state budget deficit from Rp94.3 trillion in the 2008

Jakarta, Dec 12 (ANTARA) - Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Boediono said the central bank would provide more "ammunition" to maintain the stability of the rupiah.

Jakarta, Dec 12 (ANTARA) - The government will soon announce lower subsidized premium gasoline and diesel oil prices, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said here on Friday.<

Sumenep, Indonesia, Dec 12 (ANTARA) - Indonesia is so far only exporting 90,000 tons of seaweed per year although world demand for the commodity is very high, a senior fisheries official said.<

Jakarta, Dec 12 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's inflation rate by the end of 2008 is expected to stand at 11 percent or below the 12 percent forecast by Bank Indonesia (BI or central bank) earlier, a BI of

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese wushu martial artists pocketed one gold, one
silver and two bronze medals at the second World Junior Wushu Championships,

Jakarta, Dec 12 (ANTARA) - The current global crisis on Friday again affected share trading in the Indonesian Stock Exchange (BEI) with its composite index closing 4.08 percent or 53.726 points

Jakarta, Dec 12 (ANTARA) - State oil company PT Pertamina is looking into the possibility of reviewing the aircraft fuel (avtur) price fortnightly, following domestic airlines' and the transportati

Bandung, Indonesia, Dec 12 (ANTARA) - The US Embassy in Jakarta, according to its press release here Friday, congratulated Indonesia for its Compact Eligibility status in the Millennium Challenge

Jakarta, Dec 12 (ANTARA) - Police arrested big-time heroin dealer Hervina in the Cipinang area, East Jakarta, on Thursday (Dec 11) and confiscated 6.119 kg of heroin from the suspect, a spokesman s