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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 ...

Government to focus on disadvantaged regions economic growth

In an effort to step up the pace of economic development in disadvantaged regions, the government will intensify ...

Morewali projected as biggest seaweed producing region

The Minister of Marine and Fishery Affairs, Fadel Muhammad, will proclaim Morowali district, Central Sulawesi, as the ...

RI, S`pore agree to step up intelligence cooperation

The Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) have agreed to step up cooperation ...

Mount Bromo in standby status

The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) Agency still determines the standby status of Mt ...

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 ...