The Australian is reporting that there has been a suicide linked to the rising cost of the soyabean!

Okay, I am generally an optimist sort...hopefully this author is right in that there will be "broader acceptance" in political and economical participations of ethnic Chinese minority. My question to all JCers, do you share the author's sentiment that it is moving in the "right direction'?

Biodiesel producers announced earlier this week that their total production has dropped by 85 percent since December.The producers blamed the drop on "inconsistent policy making" by the government, particularly the fact that Pertamina's total spending on biodiesel had not been defined as an expense...

The mention of "Indonesia's ethnic Chinese" invites curious reactions. In Australia alone, there are a number of popular images portraying them, the most common being, "rich but corrupt and unscrupulous in robbing the country by colluding with equally corrupt officials", and "despised and always...

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara (Antara): Business activities are needed in Indonesia's outlying islands in addition to military deployment, international law expert Wilhelmus Wetan Songa said on Wednesday."Businesspeople should be directed to manage the outlying islands although we already deploy...

The Jakarta Post, JakartaThree months ahead of the participation of all importers in the National Single Window (NSW) program, the government should immediately improve road infrastructure within and towards Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port, said panelists in a seminar here.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Corruption among judges in Indonesia remains a key problem and the whole judicial system still needs a root-and-branch overhaul, the head of thecountry's young constitutional court said on Wednesday.