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Eighteen Myanmarese illegal immigrants nabbed in Bintan

A total of 18 illegal immigrants from Myanmar were arrested police in Bintan district, Riau Islands province, on ...

Twenty-three Myanmarese apply for asylum seeker status

Twenty-three Myanmarese have applied for asylum seeker status to the United Nations High Commission on Refugees ...

Batik sale in ASEAN market promising

Batik sale in the ASEAN market is promising and wide open as it has been officially recognized by UNESCO as one of ...

TNI to modernize its main armament system

Indonesia`s National Defense Forces (TNI), with the support of the government and the parliament, is determined to ...

Batam protected forest gutted by fire

A fire has gutted around 20 hectares of protected forest in Bukit Tiban, Batuaji, Batam, Riau Islands Province. ...

Ferries from Batam full of holiday makers

All ferries departing from Sekupang port in Batam in Riau Islands were full of Idul Fitri holiday makers on ...

Sri Lankan immigrants in despair, finally surrender

Some 88 Sri Lankan immigrants who had been living in despair aboard their boat, the MV Alicia, since July 10, 2011, ...

News Focus: Colombian police finally stop runaway Nazaruddin

After being on the run in three continents for about 75 days, Nazaruddin, the former Democrat Party treasurer ...

Govt to promote batik as flagship product

Batik industry has been booming following the increased public enthusiasm of wearing the traditional clothes ...

PDS urges govt to investigate vandalizm of school, church

The general chairman of the Prosperous Peace Party (PDS), Denny Tewu, has asked the government and security ...

Malaysia repatriates 1,576 problematic RI migrant workers

The Malaysian government in June 2011 repatriated 1,576 problematic Indonesian migrant workers (TKI) to Tanjungpinang, ...

Indonesia, PNG discuss border issues in Batam

The governments of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) discussed border issues during a Joint Border Committee ...

Malaysian investors to develop Pulau Bawah as tourist resort

Malaysian investors are ready to develop Pulau (island) Bawah in the district of Anamabas, Riau Islands province. into ...

Bodies of all seven Indonesian migrant workers found

A Malaysian rescue team has found the bodies of all the seven Indonesian migrant workers who were missing after their ...

Four more bodies of missing migrant workers found

A Malaysian rescue team on Sunday found four more bodies believed to be those of Indonesian migrant workers who were ...