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RI proposes joint action in dealing with pirates

Indonesia will call on the member countries of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to jointly deal with ...

"X-men: First Class" rockets to top of north America box office

"X-Men: First Class," another superhero film which hit the screen this summer, opened to a 56 million dollar weekend ...

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 ...

RI navy has two options to protect shipping from pirates

The Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) proposes two options to protect national flagged commercial ships in the open seas from ...

Lee praises navy commandos for daring rescue operation against Somali pirates

President Lee Myung-bak praised a contingent of Navy commandos Monday for their daring raid early this year to free a ...

Hijacked Taiwan skipper killed in crossfire with US

The captain of a hijacked Taiwanese fishing boast was killed in crossfire between the US Navy and Somali pirates, the ...

Marty: Somalia needs to increase anti- piracy capacity

Somalia needs to improve its capacity to overcome piracy, Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said. ...

Somali pirates still make no demands for release of Mt Gemini

Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said the Somali pirates who have also hijacked MT Gemini, a Singaporean commercial ...

President keeps silent over MV Sinar Kudus

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono admitted he had kept silent to support the operations to free MV Sinar Kudus and ...

President proud of task force`s success in rescuing sailors

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he was proud of the military task force`s success in rescuing the crew of MV ...

President receives ship liberation task force

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received the task force which had liberated MV Sinar Kudus from Somali pirates who ...

ASEAN optimistic it can tackle piracy

ASEAN is optimistic that it will be able to tackle the piracy problem in the region by intensifying security and ...

South Korea is biggest buyer of CN-235 Aircraft

South Korea which has become the biggest buyer of Indonesian-made CN-235 airplanes is a potential market for aircraft ...

Russian warship to visit Singapore, Indonesia

Russian Pacific Fleet`s destroyer Admiral Panteleyev will visit Singapore and Indonesia on May 16-27 to take part in ...