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Indonesia unveils passenger aircraft for remote regions

The 17 thousand Indonesian islands spread across the archipelago are vastly isolated, and most regions are located in ...

Jokowi commends PT DI for building N219 aircraft independently

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said the N219 national transport airplane prototype, displayed in the hangar of ...

Focus on sea is necessary for Maluku`s development

The Maluku archipelago is the largest province in Indonesia, where 92.4 percent of its area constitutes the sea, and ...

Garuda Indonesia Reports US$51.4 Million Third Quarter Earnings

Garuda Indonesia (IDX: GIAA) booked a net income of $51.4 million through the third quarter 2015, an increase of ...

Lapan develops instrument that can detect high fishing-potential areas

The Institute of National Aviation and Space, or Lapan, has developed a fish availability sensing instrument to ...

Garuda Indonesia Inaugurates GMF 'Hangar 4', World's Biggest Narrow Body Hangar

As a continuous business expansion program, designed to cope with the increased demands in narrow body aircraft ...

Dayak Benuaq community wins Equator Prize

The indigenous community of Dayak Benuaq in Muara Tae, West Kutai, East Kalimantan province, has won the Equator Prize ...

Intensive steps planned to overrcome poverty

The Indonesian government is planning to take labor intensive measures to develop retention basins and extend seed ...

Visitors begin flocking to Kayubura Beach to witness Sail Tomini

Several days before the main event of Sail Tomini is held, thousands of people have begun to flock to the Kayubura ...

China appears to be working on third airstrip on disputed South China Sea islets

China appears to be carrying out preparatory work for a third airstrip in contested territory in the South China Sea, ...

VP Kalla underlines NU`s role in developing moderate Islam

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has underlined the importance of the role of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) as one of the biggest ...

What comes next after Sail Tomini 2015?

Situated between the Indian and Pacific Oceans in-between Asia and Australia, Indonesia is proud to have organized ...

Government encourages KPK-Polri-AGO synergy: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has stated that the government encouraged the synergy among the Corruption Eradication ...

Law on maritime basis for world maritime axis

Law No.32/2014 on maritime affairs is the basis for the implementation of the world maritime axis concept declared by ...

Religious affairs minister invites Pope Francis to visit Indonesia

Indonesias minister of religious affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin has invited Pope Francis to visit the country to ...