Indonesians are the world’s biggest rice-eaters, consuming 139kg per person per year. With the global commodity markets in turmoil, producing all that rice at home is a point of national pride.In fact, self-sufficiency in rice is a key policy priority - and that’s why such controversy has been...

NEW ORLEANS, Oct 06, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Tidewater Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!tdw/quotes/nls/tdw (TDW 44.00, -0.04, -0.09%) announced today that it has entered into a contract with Drydocks World for the construction of four 265-foot deepwater platform supply vessels at its shipyard in Batam,...

TEMPO Interactive, Yogyakarta:The government’s plan to revise the Law no. 13/ 2003 on Manpower raised protests from workers in Yogyakarta. The revision draft was judged to favor businessmen compared to the existing law.“The existing law does not satisfy workers or businessmen.

Pacitan, East Java (ANTARA News) - The government will build a commercial port in Pacitan district, East Java, Regional Development and Capital Investment spokesman Edy Junan Ahmadi said on Wednesday."The Detail Engineering Design (DED) has been made at Transportation Ministry and hopefully...