Although external factors provided some leeway for the country's footwear industry to boost overall output last year, it failed to live up to its potential because persisting operational obstacles continued to undermine its performance.

Monday, 28 January, 2008 | 12:58 WIBTEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Compared to investors in other countries, investors in Indonesia are extremely optimistic that the US economy, which is now sluggish due to the sub-prime mortgage crisis, will improve soon.

Local Tourism Observer Calls on Bali Tourism Board to Collect, Analyze and Carefully Reflect on Tourism Data.(1/27/2008) In an op-ed piece published in the Bali Post, a tourism commentator, who writes under the name "Gregorius," has called on Bali to pay more attention to the collection and...

JAKARTA (JP): Analysts stressed on Monday the need for the country's forestry-related companies to speed up the adoption of ecolabeling in orderto maintain their export market and ensure the sustainability of forest resources.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government required all coal mining concessionaires to supply all of part of their coal to the domestic market.Mineral and Coal Director General at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Simon Sembiring said in Jakarta on Friday that under the contracts with the...

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Developers said that property industry in Indonesia was predicted to grow at 5 to 10 percent in 2008 only due to market uncertainty and various economic turbulences at home and abroad.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia's trade surplus is expected to widen in December from November as exports bounce back while imports slow down, according to economists polled by Thomson Financial.The Central Bureau of Statistics will release the trade data next Friday.