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Prabowo to build Trans Sumatra highway

Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has promised to execute the Trans Sumatra highway construction plan stretching ...

Idul Fitri travelers forecast to reach 19.29 million

Minister of Transportation Evert Erenst Mangindaan on Wednesday forecast that the number of travelers during the ...

RI, Australia to settle problems of asylum seekers, wiretapping

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will meet in Batam on ...

Garuda cancels flights following West Nusa Tenggara`s volcanic eruption

The national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia cancels flight from Denpasar to five destinations in east Indonesia ...

japan says Chinese ships in disputed waters

Two Chinese coastguard ships sailed into disputed waters off Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea ...

Thousands of ulemas attend declaration of Prabowo-Hatta campaign team

Thousands of ulemas from different Islamic boarding schools in Bangkalan district, East Java, attended a function here ...

Mount Sangeang Api in West Nusa Tenggara erupts

Mount Sangeang Api in Bima District, West Nusa Tenggara, erupted on Friday at 03:55 p. m. local time spewing plumes of ...

Indonesia needs to globally promote its pearl industry

Indonesia, one of the largest pearl producers, needs to further promote its pearl potential throughout the world, so ...

Sail Raja Ampat Set to Kick off

- The Peak event of Sail Raja Ampat will be held on June 21, in Waisai Torang Cinta (WTC) beach, Waisai city, Raja ...

Batam to have two botanical gardens

Batam City, Riau Islands Province, will have two botanical gardens having different functions, to be located ...

Vietnam government promises compensation for damaged chinese factories

Vietnams government will provide compensation for factory owners, whose buildings were damaged in anti-China protests ...

Indonesia Gears Up For Research In Unexplored Deep Sea

Indonesia is the biggest archipelagic country in the world, with around 70 percent of its territory is waters and it ...

S. Korea`s Park, sorry over ferry disaster, breaks up coast guard

South Korean President Park Geun-hye formally apologised on Monday for a ferry disaster last month that killed about ...

Coral reefs as sustainer of food security

Coral reefs, the major topic of discussion in the World Coral Reef Conference (WCRC) in Manado, on May 14-16, 2014, ...

6 Coral Triangle Iniative (CTI) Countries Establish Permanent Regional Institution

- Six state members of Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI - CFF) commemorated ...