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S Korea PM resigns over govt response to ferry disaster

South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announced his resignation on Sunday over the government response to the ...

Welfare and environment can be aligned: UNESCO

Director of the UNESCO Office in Jakarta Hubert J Gijzen said welfare and environment can be aligned through ...

S. Korean prosecutors raid office of sunken ferry operator

South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday raided the office of the sunken ferry operator, the owners house and related ...

10 more bodies found while searching sunken S. Korean ferry

Ten more bodies have been found Sunday while divers were conducting search operations for the ferry, which capsized ...

Indonesia determined to emerge as new Asian tiger

Indonesia is now putting in place industrial development programs across the country in an effort to create a new ...

Indonesia encourages tourists to explore eastern destinations

Indonesia is a large archipelago comprising more than 13 thousand islands and extending over 5,120 kilometers from its ...

Seven die on good friday ceremony in Flores

At least seven persons died after a ship that carried hundreds of passengers for the Good Friday Sea Ceremony in ...

Satellite detects 44 hotspots in Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua Satellites have detected 40 hotspots located in Sumatra Island, which were mostly found in Riau ...

Australian captain loses command after Indonesia incursion

An Australian naval captain has been relieved of his command after his vessel was involved in an incursion into ...

East Kalimantan to hold int`l folklore, art festival this year

East Kalimantan will organize "Erau International Folklore and Art Festival (EIFAF)" in Tenggarong, Kutai Kartanegara ...

President Yudhoyono meets with former German President Kohler

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono who is currently in Germany for a state visit met with former German president ...

Indonesia to host International Seaweed Symposium

The International Seaweed Association (ISA) has selected Indonesia to host the 21st International Seaweed Symposium ...

Ambon to repatriate 10 remaining Cambodians

The Ambon Immigration Office is to repatriate the remaining 10 Cambodian nationals, victims of human trafficking, ...

Dubai`s Al Jumeirah group developing luxury resort in Southeast Sulawesi

Dubai-based Al Jumairah group is currently developing a luxury resort and cottages in Matahora island, Wakatobi ...

Eendangered Oirata Language Needs Revitalization

The Oirata language, spoken in a small Maluku island of Kisar, is definitely endangered and feared to become extinct ...