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Police to station more patrol boats in Riau Islands

The Indonesian police headquarters plans to station more patrol boats in Riau Islands, Riau, North Sumatra and Aceh ...

Ships hijacked at Muara Jungkat, Pontianak

A tugboat Mitra Jaya V and a barge Makmur Abadi V had been hijacked 15-20 miles west of the Muara Jungkat buoy in ...

KL deploying chopper to search missing Indonesian migrant workers

Malaysian authorities are reported mobilizing one helicopter, one ship and four boats to search Indonesian migrant ...

Wakatobi to have coral reefs conservation school

Known for its beautiful and highly diverse coral reefs found nowhere else on earth, Wakatobi is Southeast Sulawesi`s ...

RI calls for increased use of outer space technology

Indonesian Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna Ambassador I Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja has called ...

Indonesia important market for Singapore: Changi airport

Executive Vice President of Changi Airport Group Yam Kum Weng said in Singapore on Wednesday that Indonesia has always ...

Govt to buy more radars for air force

Indonesia`s defense ministry is planning to buy more radio detecting and ranging (radars) for the surveillance ...

Indonesian boat sinks in Malaysian waters

A wooden boat carrying about 30 Indonesian migrant workers sank in East Johor waters, Malaysia, en route to Batam, ...

ASEAN advised to encourage peaceful solution to S China Sea disputes

It should be one of ASEAN`s important objectives with regard to the South China Sea to encourage China to agree to ...

RI, Malaysia agree to protect traditional fishermen

Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to protect their traditional fishermen who have been carried away by sea currents ...

Maritime ministry earmarks Rp212 billion for fishermen

The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries has set aside Rp212 billion to improve the welfare of fishermen through several ...

Greenomics questions moratorium map`s accuracy

Greenomics Indonesia has questioned the accuracy of the Indicative Map attached in the Presidential Instruction No. ...

News Focus: Batam develops contemporary batik to support ASEAN trade center

Batam city administration develops a contemporary batik center in its bid to support the designation of the city as ...

Batam`s wholesale market suggested to be Batik market

Batam city councilor Rekaveny has suggested that Jodoh wholesale market in the city be developed into a batik market. ...

Ministry to hold blue revolution forum, expo

The marine affairs and fisheries ministry will again hold a forum and expo themed Indonesian Blue Revolution or IBREF ...