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Mentawai Islands offer some 400 surfing spots

Mentawai Islands, a chain of dozens of islands and islets off the western coast of Sumatra, offers some 400 surfing ...

Chinese relatives of those on MH370 ask for search to continue

Chinese relatives of those on board Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which went missing two years ago on a flight to ...

"Do more," families of MH370 passengers tell Malaysia, China

Relatives of people aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 urged governments on Thursday to step up the ...

Seven Indonesian sailors kidnapped in Philippines: Foreign minister

Seven Indonesian sailors have been taken hostage in the Sulu Sea in the southern Philippines, Indonesias foreign ...

Rizal Ramli envisions Indonesia controlling sea trading lanes

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Natural Resources Rizal Ramli said the Lombok straight and the Makassar ...

Indonesia seeking to supply train carriages to Sri Lanka

Indonesian president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has met with Sri Lankas president Maithripala Sirisena to discuss the sale ...

RI contributes significantly to global tuna business: Minister

Indonesia has significantly contributed to the global tuna business with its tuna exports accounting for 16 percent of ...

Marine Affairs to deploy two vessels to monitor East Nusa Tenggara waters

The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) will immediately send two vessels to monitor East Nusa Tenggara ...

Preserving the beauty of Weh Island

Constant efforts need to be made to preserve the beauty of Indonesias westernmost island of Weh in Sabang District, ...

Tourists laud rapid process of yacht checking in Sabang

Paul Von Wiese, captain of Calypso yacht, was impressed with the performance of Sabang officers manning the One Stop ...

Reclamation potential to make Indonesia an Asian hub: Expert

A leading economist and former environment minister Emil Salim said reclamation of the northern coast of Java could ...

President Jokowi makes impromptu visit to Dr M. Djamil hospital

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) made an impromptu visit to the Dr M. Djamil Hospital in Padang, West Sumatra, on ...

Komodo exercise to strengthen Indonesia`s maritime culture: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) expressed hope that the Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo (MNEK) would help to ...

President Jokowi opens multilateral naval exercise

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), on Tuesday, opened a multilateral naval exercise known as "Komodo 2016," which will be ...

IORA Concord`s drafting process began since March 17: Indonesian FM

The drafting process of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Concord has been started since March 17, spokesman of ...