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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 ...

China says Vietnam claims to disputed islands "ridiculous"

China described Vietnams claim to disputed South China Sea islands as "ridiculous" on Monday, as tension rises over ...

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 ...

Indonesia Targets To Fully Control Airspace Over Batam-Natuna by 2016

Indonesia has targeted to take full control of its airspace over Batam dan Natuna in the Riau Islands Province by ...

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 ...

Indonesia currently needs no aircraft carrier: TNI Chief

A carrier vessel (CV) is not yet required to strengthen the countrys primary weaponry defense system (alutsista), ...

WCRC in Manado considered a major success

The international World Coral Reef Conference (WCRC) held on May 13--16, 2014, in Manado, North Sulawesi, was a major ...

CTI Center Expected To Make Manado World`s Coral Reef Capital

The Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF), a partnership of six countries ...

CTI-CFF Countries Form Regional Institution

Six countries grouped in the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) signed ...

World Ocean Business Forum Marks Start Of World Coral Reel Conference

More than 400 participants from 24 countries attended the World Ocean Business Forum (WOBF) held in Manado, North ...

Women are Encouraged to be Involved in the Marine Conservation

- Six countries of the World's Coral Reef Triangle, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon ...

Kristin Lund becomes first female un peacekeeping force commander

UN chief Ban Ki-moon Monday named Major General Kristin Lund to take command of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus. ...

Large protests in Vietnam over China oil rig

Protesters staged one of Vietnams largest ever anti-China demonstrations Sunday, decrying Beijings deployment of a ...