Thirty-eight workers buried in a collapsed tunnel at the Big Gossan underground training facility at the PT Freeport Indonesia mine have been all evacuated.

Authorities are investigating rice mills in southern China following tests that found almost half of the staple grain in one of the country's largest cities was contaminated with a toxic metal.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked visiting Developing 8 (D-8) secretary-general Seyed Ali Mohammad Mousavi to help improve cooperation among member states, in particular on the economy and trade.

An emergency door of Sriwijaya Air flight number SJ 0039 broke off as passengers were boarding at Raja Haji Fisabilillah airport in Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands, on Tuesday.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono installed Chatib Basri as the new Finance Minister at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Tuesday.