"The kretek, in turn, is no ordinary cigarette." Focusing on Sampoerna, a Philip Morris International subsidiary claiming one-third of the Indonesian cigarette market, the book examines how kretek ...

BUTTERWORTH: The state Customs Department has busted a smuggling syndicate after seizing almost two million sticks of contraband cigarettes and kretek worth about RM1.95mil at a double-story ...

While BCA is currently their primary source of wealth, the Hartonos’ fortune traces its origins to their late father Oei Wie Gwan's kretek cigarette manufacturer, Djarum. Oei set up Djarum's ...