Mustaqim Adamrah, THE JAKARTA POST, JAKARTA The government will impose quotas on beef imports to try to safeguard local cattle farmers from a wave of imports from New Zealand, Australia and Brazil, Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono says.

Alfian, THE JAKARTA POST, JAKARTA The wave of layoffs amidst the economic downturn has affected 237,500 workers nationwide between October and March, far exceeds government reports.Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) chairperson Sofyan Wanandi said on Wednesday that Apindo has collected data...

In yet another warning that Indonesia is far from being immune to the global economic turmoil, the government has once again cut its target for domestic manufacturing growth, on the back of lower expectations of overall economic growth, a senior official at the Industry Ministry said on Wednesday.