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Sea sand export would not threaten territorial border: Lemhannas

The National Resilience Institute (Lemhannas) has said that the sea sand export policy, stipulated in Government ...

News Feature

Fate of Jakarta's giant sea embankment as a flood barrier

A placard on the artificial island, Neeltje-Jans, the Netherlands, reads: "Hier gaan over het tij, de wind, de ...

Opinion

Indonesia amid Asia-Pacific's aircraft carrier growth

In December last year, Japan announced its intention to convert its Izumo-class "helicopter destroyers" into ...

China builds new military facilities on South China Sea islands

China has built new military facilities on islands in the South China Sea, a U.S. think tank reported on Thursday, a ...

Jakarta Giant Sea Wall to prevent sea water intrusion

An ambitious plan to build a 24-kilometer long Giant Sea Wall will help prevent Jakarta from sinking below sea level, ...

Jakarta Bay reclamation to resume

The government has finally decided to resume the controversial Jakarta Bay reclamation project, which was suspended in ...

ASEAN deadlocked on South China Sea after Cambodia blocks statement

Southeast Asian nations failed to find common ground on maritime disputes in the South China Sea on Sunday after ...

China slams South China Sea case as court set to rule

An international court said it would deliver a hotly anticipated ruling in the Philippines case against China over the ...

ASEAN countries retract statement expressing concerns on South China Sea

Southeast Asian countries withdrew a statement that expressed the regions deep concerns over rising tensions in the ...

Philippines President-elect says won`t rely on United States

Philippines President-elect Rodrigo Duterte said his country would not rely on long-term security ally the United ...

Chinese military aircraft makes first public landing on disputed island

A Chinese military aircraft has for the first time publicly landed at a new airport on an island China has built in ...

US says open to patrols with Philippines in waters disputed with China

The United States is open to the possibility of joint naval patrols with the Philippines in the South China Sea, a US ...

China tells Obama to keep out of South China Sea disputes

Beijing said Wednesday US President Barack Obama should not get involved in disputes in the South China Sea, after he ...

APEC no plan to discuss South China Sea: Beijing

An Asia-Pacific summit next week should not discuss rising tensions in the South China Sea, Beijing said Tuesday, ...

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, ...