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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 ...

Ministry predicts home-bound travelers in 2014 to reach 27 million

The number of home-bound travelers during the Idul Fitri Holiday 2014 is expected to reach 27 million, according to a ...

Greenhouse gas found rising from New Zealand seafloor

New Zealand and German scientists have found a major network of frozen methane and methane gas, causing underwater ...

Jakarta monorail project must go on: ministry

The transportation ministry said the Jakarta monorail project must continue to be built to help solve the capital ...

Abbott telephones Yudhoyono

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott telephoned Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday afternoon to ...