Poor infrastructure and lack of planning mean Indonesia’s capital will likely be under water again this weekIt was the ultimate traffic-jam solution. Tidal floods early this year had blocked the road to Jakarta’s airport, turning an hour-long journey into the day trip from hell.

The Jakarta Post , JakartaDespite a trend of investment growth in the oil and gas sector helped by rising prices of the commodities, Indonesia is still in danger of a sudden capital outflow, a survey says.

Total exports in April dropped by 7.78 percent from the previous month, due to a combination of declining crude oil and gas exports and lower crude palm oil prices, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) said Monday.

Achmad Zen Umar Purba, JakartaThis is certainly not a joke -- unless data provided by the World Bank (WB) in Doing Business 2008 is incorrect.In the book, the WB ranked Indonesia 123 of 178 countries in terms of doing business.We are far behind Singapore, which ranked number 1. But this isn't news.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Minister for Cooperatives and Small-and-Medium Scale Enterprises Suryadharma Ali said that all parties should try to prevent Indonesia from being flooded by smuggled goods as it would harm the interest of small-and medium-sized businesses.

Jakarta, (ANTARA News) - Domestic demand for textiles and garments fell 27 percent in the first quarter of 2008 due to high inflation resulting in a decline in the people`s purchasing power, an executive said.