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China to fund Malacca-Indonesia bridge
China's state-owned Export-Import (Exim) Bank has proposed to fund most of the planned 50 kilometer-long bridge from Malacca in Malaysia to Dumai in Indonesia...
Sumatran tigers trap Indonesian men in tree for 5 days
Five Indonesian men were rescued on July 8 after holding out for 5 days atop a tree from baying Sumatran tigers, officials told media.
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Haze crisis: ‘Singapore behaves like a child’, says Jakarta
Severe haze from raging forest fires on Sumatra island have not only put smog levels in Singapore to hazardous all-time highs but now also...
Indonesia optimism at all-time-high
Foreign direct investment into Indonesia reached a record $5.9 billion in the third quarter of 2012, a rise of 22 per cent compared to...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...