Jakarta, Oct 16 (ANTARA) - Indonesia is hosting preparatory talks here for the second meeting of the Indonesia-Hungary Joint Committee, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

Jakarta, Oct.

Jakarta, Oct 16 (ANTARA) - The government will be able to achieve its target to provide Rp14 trillion in smallholder's business credits (KURs) to small businesses in 2008, economist Dr Darwin Zahed

Beijing, Oct 16 (ANTARA) - Indonesia is stepping up its cooperation with other ASEAN countries and China in the information field, Indonesian Information Minister Muhammad Nuh said.

Jakarta, Oct. 16 (ANTARA) - Thousands of NGO activists staged a rally to observe World Food Day on Thursday and urged the government to treat Indonesian farmers fairly.

Jakarta, Oct. 16 (ANTARA) - The rupiah tumbled to 9,800 per US dollar in the Jakarta interbank spot market on Thursday morning,

Batam, Oct 16 (ANTARA) - Riau Islands police have foiled an attempt to smuggle in 70 tons of diesel oil in the waters of Subang Mas, Rempang-Galang, Riau Islands, police said.

By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Yonhap) -- The alleged pilfering of state farming subsidies by
ranking government officials and lawmakers snowballed into a massive social

NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 25 (October 16, 2008)
*** NEWS IN BRIEF (Part 1)
North Korea Marks Ruling Party Anniversary, Kim Doesn't Show

Jakarta, Oct 16 (ANTARA) - After passing several stages of deliberations, the government and the Budgetary Committee of the House of Representatives (DPR) finally agreed to set the country's econom