Jakarta, Indonesia News

We are particularly positive about the future growth prospects for clothing & footwear; however, we expect the highest proportion of the household budget to be spent on food and drink throughout our forecast period.

Reggae music may have originated in Jamaica, but Indonesia has certainly latched on to the genre and has established a vibrant reggae scene.

Australia will not halt collecting intelligence on Indonesia but would work towards becoming its trusted partner, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Friday in the wake of damaging espionage allegations.

Jakarta, Dec 6: Mount Sinabung, one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes in North Sumatra, erupted again Friday dashing the hopes of 17,094 evacuees staying in shelters of returning home soon, officials said here.

Among the many tributes paid to Nelson Mandela, few have touched on his role as a fashion icon.

Yusen Logistics' warehousing facilities in Indonesia will hit 90,000 square meters in 2014, as it begins work on a 16,700-square-meter facility in February.

Image: People sit down for a Christmas Day lunch served by more than 200 volunteers at a converted train workshop in Sydney, Australia.

Last minute efforts by negotiators to reach a compromise on the agriculture issue at the ninth World Trade Organization Ministerial Meeting could be in vain, with talks reaching their final day on Friday.

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Indonesia's government will proceed with a plan to ban all mineral-ore exports next year after it received backing from parliament, said Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik.

A TRUCK driver has been killed and homes are without power in Scotland as a huge storm with gale-force winds hits Europe.

Indonesian authorities have separately arrested a German man and an Austrian woman for attempting to smuggle methamphetamines into the country, officials said today.

Indonesian women walk in front of a billboard of a new store at a mall in Jakarta, September 4, 2013.

A court in Indonesia has sentenced 14 Rohingya asylum seekers from Myanmar to nine months in jail for their role in a deadly brawl at an Indonesian detention center where eight Buddhist fishermen were killed.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is set to contact Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over India's stance during the ongoing World Trade Organization negotiations in Bali, which could imperil the future of the trade body.

Thai Lion Air, a subsidiary of Indonesian airline firm Lion Group in Thailand, made its maiden flight on Wednesday from its base at Bangkok's Don Muang International Airport to the northern city of Chiang Mai.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has assigned Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa to play a leading role in Indonesia-Australia discussions on sensitive issues in a bid to repair the two countries' relationship, which has been severely damaged by the alleged spying by Australian intelligence.

During the last two days, dozens of articles in the Australian media have described Australian intelligence's clumsy efforts to harass and restrict an Australian attorney and witness for Timor-Leste's case which is bringing the CMATS non-boundary treaty to arbitration this week.

Every year, November 16 is observed as International Day for Tolerance since 1996 by UN member states with educational and informative activities directed towards establisments to encourage tolerance, respect, dialogue, solidarity, and cooperation among different cultures, civilization, and peoples.

SYDNEY Joe Biden is in Asia this week on a trip designed to improve relations with China, an emerging superpower and rival of the United States, but also to reassure U.S. allies such as Japan and South Korea of America's staying power in the face of China's rise.