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Customs service steps up patrol to prevent sand smuggling

Customs officers from Riau Islands province are increasing patrols to prevent sand smuggling to Singapore. "So ...

10 Indonesian hotels win ASEAN Green Award

Ten hotels operating in Indonesia have won ASEAN Green Hotel Recognition Award 2012 for applying environmentally ...

Towards a closer relationship with Singapore

The Indonesian government is preparing to further strengthen bilateral cooperation with neighboring Singapore, which ...

Govt to build 24 fast missile-armed ships until 2024

The government has set itself the target of building 24 fast ships equipped with guided missiles over the next 12 ...

Tugboat sinks in Bintan

A tugboat went down in Bukit Panglong, Bintan regency, Riau islands on Sunday. "Three of the five crew members ...

Malaysia deports 304 RI migrant workers

The Malaysian government on Thursday deported 304 problematic Indonesian migrant workers from Pasir Gudang in Johor ...

Eighteen Myanmarese illegal immigrants nabbed in Bintan

A total of 18 illegal immigrants from Myanmar were arrested police in Bintan district, Riau Islands province, on ...

RI upbeat over its tourism target

Indonesia will most probably achieve its tourism target this year considering that it attracted 4.3 million foreign ...

Sri Lankan immigrants in despair, finally surrender

Some 88 Sri Lankan immigrants who had been living in despair aboard their boat, the MV Alicia, since July 10, 2011, ...

Starving Sri Lankan immigrants finally disembark from boat

After stubbornly refusing to disembark from the MV Alicia since July 10, 2011, 84 illegal Sri Lankan immigrants on ...

UNHCR asks Sri Lankan immigrants to disembark from boat

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative in Indonesia has asked 87 Sri Lankan ...

Sri Lankan immigrants under marine police watch

Sri Lankan illegal immigrants caught in the Indonesian waters in Riau Islands recently still remained aboard their ...

Malaysia deports 153 RI migrant workers

The Malaysian government deported 153 illegal Indonesian migrant workers through Pasir Gudang port to Tanjungpinang, ...

Bintan fishermen complain about foreign poachers

Fishermen in Bintan, Riau Province, have complained about fish poaching by foreign boats in Bintan waters. "We ...

Koranic literacy to be required at Makassar schools

Makassar`s City Council has proposed a bylaw to make proficiency in the reading and writing of Koranic texts a ...