In an attempt to address the boat people issue, Indonesia has invited 13 countries to meet and seek ways to prevent asylum seekers from embarking on perilous journeys by sea. In a two-day international workshop titled Special Conference on the Irregular Movement of People, at the Foreign Ministry on Monday and Tuesday, representatives are expected
Read moreMyanmar and the European Union as the Chairman of the ASEAN Regional Forum Defence Officials’ Dialogue (ARF) DoD, has organized a series of meetings of the ARF Defence Officials ‘ Dialogue (DOD) and the ARF Inter-sessional Support Group Meeting on Confidence Building Measures and Preventive Diplomacy (ISG CBM and PD) in Brussels, Belgium from 7-9
Read moreJAKARTA-PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II or IPC signed shareholder agreement with Mitsui & Co., Ltd to work on New Priok Container Terminal 1 project in Tanjung Priok port. President Director of PT IPC R.J Lino said the signing of SHA is a continuation of agreement by IPC and Mitsui already signed on February 25, 2014 in
Read moreJakarta (ANTARA News) – State-owned oil company Pertamina will have two more oil tankers now being under a final construction stage at state-owned shipbuilding company PT PAL, a Pertamina executive said. Pertaminas Communications Vice President Ali Mundakir said here on Sunday the two tankers were named MT Pagerungan and Pangkalan Brandan. “The official handover of
Read moreState-owned electricity company PT PLN is short 22 cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) needed to meet the fuel needs of power plants in 2015. PLN fuel and gas division head Suryadi Mardjoeki said in Jakarta on Sunday that the total number of LNG needed in 2015 was predicted to reach 56 cargoes. “There is
Read moreSydney (ANTARA News/AFP) – An Australian naval captain has been relieved of his command after his vessel was involved in an incursion into Indonesian waters while on border protection duty, the defence ministry said Thursday. Six incursions took place during Australias military-led Operation Sovereign Borders to deter asylum-seeker boats in December and January, leading Canberra
Read moreREPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JINDO – More than 280 people, many of them students from the same high school, were missing after a ferry capsized off South Korea on Wednesday, in what could be the country’s biggest maritime disaster in over 20 years. The ferry was carrying 462 people, of whom 174 have been rescued, coastguard officials said.
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