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Taiwan to cut 9,200 troops as China ties warm

Taiwan plans to slash the number of its troops by 9,200 this year amid warming ties with China, but the cut will be ...

Govt to simplify issuance of operation permits for new ships

Transportation Minister Freddy Numberi said he would simplify the issuance of operation permits for new ...

Taiwan will not engage in arms race with China: military

Taiwan will not engage in an arms race with China but will focus instead on making optimal use of its defense budget, ...

Navy sends ship to ease congestion at Merak ferry port

The Indonesian Navy has sent a ship to the Merak ferry terminal on Banten`s western coast to ease a congestion of ...

Landslide damages three houses in Boyolali

A landslide that struck certain areas of the villages of Cepogo and Surodadi, Boyolali district, Central Java, on ...

Three burnt death victims found in ill-fated ship

Three more burnt death victims had been recovered by the National Search Rescue Body (Basarnas) team in the ill-fated ...

VP asks minister to improve transportation safety procedures

Vice President Boediono called on the Transportation Ministry to improve national transportation safety to reduce the ...

SAR searching for missing ferry fire victims

A National Search and Rescue (Basarnas) teams is still searching for missing victims of the KMP Laut Teduh II Ferry ...

Ferry death toll rises to nine

The death toll in the fire on the KMP Laut Teduh II ferry in the Sunda Strait early on Friday has risen to nine, ...

Nine dead victims found on burning ferry

The death toll of KMP Laut Teduh II which caught fire in the Sunda Strait early on Friday has reached nine people, two ...

Twelve ships deployed to evacuate ferry passengers

A total of 12 ships --five tug boats and seven roll-on-roll-off ferries-- are being mobilized to help evacuate ...

Bad weather hampers Garuda and Lion Air pilots

Torrential rain and thick haze had forced the pilots of Garuda Indonesia and Lion Air to cancel their landings at ...

Hundreds of trucks stuck at Merak port

Extreme weather conditions that had triggered high waves in the Sunda Strait has caused several hundreds trucks ...

Indonesia guarantees security in Malacca Strait

The Indonesian government guarantees security in its territorial waters, especially those located near the Malacca ...

US supports tripartite Malacca Straits security arrangements

The United States supports the existing framework of security arrangements made over the Malacca Straits` littoral ...