Indonesia will relax import regulations on goods ranging from fertilizers to footwear, aiming to enhance competitiveness and bolster ongoing US tariff talks and other trade negotiations. Southeast ...

A global shift in coal markets, along with ongoing geopolitical tensions, have left local miners scrambling to realign their strategy to offset shrinking export opportunities by shifting their focus ...

Indonesia has caught the attention of entrepreneurs seeking a new high-end manufacturing base where they can tap into ...

Prevailing economic ideas -- and fashions -- about development have influenced the International Development Association (IDA) since its creation in 1960. The creation of the organization itself is ...

Indonesia, Germany see new programs for migrant workers training - Society - The Jakarta PostAccording to the Migrant Workers Protection Ministry, Indonesia has only been able to send 297,000 ...

In the politically tumultuous world of looming inflation, you have to start asking yourself what to stock up on in response to price hikes. Do you purchase items from Canada, Mexico or China? Read ...

With lumber prices down but new home costs up, the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Lumber Coalition disagree over the root cause of the U.S. housing market slump.

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Nike garment workers from Indonesia traveled to Oregon this week to try to deliver a message to the company's top executives. They're demanding higher wages and improved human ...

To formalize the reopening, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia will soon sign a memorandum of understanding in Jeddah. The first batch of migrant workers is expected to depart by June 2025, with quotas to ...

This time, the Saudi government is offering as many as 600,000 job openings, including about 400,000 for domestic workers and 200,000 for formal sector jobs, Karding said. The new agreement will ...

Indonesia’s migrant worker agency received about 186 complaints from workers in Saudi Arabia over the past year, making it one of the top five destinations with the highest number of grievances ...

12/05/2024 Indonesia's booming textile industry produces fabric for major clothing brands. The majority of workers are women, who deal with low pay, unrealistic quotas and even violence.