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Nine Sukabumi fishermen missing in 2012

At least nine fishermen in Pelabuhan Ratu, Sukabumi, West Java, went missing while fishing at sea in 2012, according ...

Indonesian river pollution increases 30 percent

Jakarta (ANTARA News) The research results from the Ministry of Environment on river water quality indicates that up to ...

Trade minister calls for closer IMT-GT cooperation

Indonesian Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan has called for closer sub-regional cooperation between Indonesia, Malaysia, ...

Balinese musician to hold HIV/AIDS music parade

Balinese musician Kadek Ayu Sri Handayani will hold a charity music parade to assist in combating HIV/AIDS in the ...

ASEAN discusses continuation of free trade consolidation with trading partners

The 20th ASEAN Summit which was held in Phnom Penh on Monday and Tuesday discussed the continuation of free trade ...

30,000 ancient Chinese coins found in Bengkulu

Local residents in Central Bengkulu district, Bengkulu province, Sumatra Island, found a jar containing ancient ...

Tourist arrivals to Bali up by 15.13 percent

At least 479,279 foreign tourists visited the resort island of Bali in January and February 2012, up 15.13 percent ...

Landslide destroys power lines in central Fiji

The Fiji Electricity Authority (FEA) said on Monday that the country`s power lines has been destroyed by landslides ...

Govt to create rice fields amid food scarcity threat

The government plans to create rice fields on 100 thousand hectares of land this year in anticipation of the threat of ...

Somali pirates hijack Iran cargo ship in Maldives

Somali pirates seized an Iranian-owned cargo ship and its 23-strong crew in the first hijacking within Maldivian ...

Indonesia - People's Republic of China Agree to Develop the Blue Economy

The Government of Indonesia and People's Republic of China (PRC) agree to develop the blue economy. This agreement was ...

All of Sumatra regions share hot-spots

NOAA-18 Satellite operated by Singapore managed to detect 114 hot-spots throughout Sumatra island, analyst of the ...

Sri Lanka should punish civil war crimes - UN forum

Sri Lanka should ensure government troops who committed war crimes during the final stages of its war against Tamil ...

S. Korea to push tourism near tense border with north

Gun-toting soldiers patrol guard posts overlooking North Korean territory beyond a barbed-wire fence. Hundreds of red ...

RI, China ties based on three Gs

The Chinese government is gearing up to receive President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during his upcoming state visit to ...