Indonesian Political, Business & Finance News

Archive: 6 December 2006

6 articles found

RI offers 15 sectors for S Korea investment

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia offered 15 sectors for investment to around 70 South Korean businessmen attending the 13th meeting of the Indonesia-South Korea Joint Committee for Economic Cooperation here on Monday.

Indonesia has 19 billion ton coal deposits

Most of which is being torn from the heart of Papua, and not one penny will go to any Papuans.

Indonesia has 19 billion ton coal deposits

Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA News) - Indonesia has at least 19 billion tons of coal deposits that may replace oil and gas as a source of energy in the future, an Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry official said on Monday.

Import of machines, production tools up 10%

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia`s imports of machines and production tools continue to increase by an everage of more than 10 percent per annum because most of these products are not yet produced at home, an Industry Ministry official said here on Monday.

Redefining Indonesia's socio-economic strata

The commonly used term "middle class" has never really been defined and, if it has, this writer hasn't seen it. In 1997, an economic crisis redefined the value of the rupiah and its buying power at the pasar.

Open-source system sought for SMEs, ministries

To help protect intellectual property rights and reduce costs, the State Ministry for Research and Technology is urging state institutions, and small and medium enterprises to adopt open-source software for their computers.