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U.S. donates patrol boats to RI national police

The U.S. Departments of Justice and State recently delivered two boats to the Indonesian National Police as part of ...

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, ...

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 ...

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. ...

Billions of trees to be planted across Indonesia

Realizing that tree-planting can make a valuable contribution to the fight against global warming, the Forestry ...

Foreign students in Indonesia mostly Malaysians

Malaysian students are the majority among the total of 6,000 foreign students studying at universities in Indonesia. ...

Indonesian Youth launches plant one billion trees campaign

Indonesian National Youth Committee (KNPI) chairman Aziz Syamsuddin launched a Youth Movement to Plant One Billion ...

Batam designated as ASEAN batik trade center

The Trade Ministry has designated Batam city in Riau Islands province as an ASEAN Batik Trade Center, a local trade ...

Long-awaited decree on deforestation moratorium draws mixed responses from NGOs

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finally signed the long-awaited Presidential Instruction on deforestation ...

Winning bidders of three oil/gas blocks announced

The Indonesian government announced the three winning bidders for three oil and gas blocks auctioned through a regular ...

PSSI hopes to elect new chairman at upcoming congress

The Indonesian Soccer Association (PSSI) will hold a congress here on Friday (May 20, 2011) which is expected to ...

RI patrol catches six Vietnamese fishing boats

The patrol boat Hiu 010 of the Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry had been reported to catch six Vietnamese fishing ...

RI ready for nuclear technology : Observer

Indonesia is quite ready and able to develop nuclear technology and build a nuclear power plant which it needs to ...