Sydney. Australia’s immigration minister dismissed on Wednesday United Nations’ criticism of its asylum seeker policy, even as fresh evidence emerged of abuses at one of its detention centers in Papua New Guinea. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison hit back after the regional representative for UN refugee agency UNHCR said that Australia’s policy of sending asylum seekers
Read moreSentani, Papua Province (ANTARA News) – Bad weather in Yapen waters hampered the rescue effort of a sinking boat that carried 30 people in the area of Pasorae Strait to Kurudu Kaipuri waters of Papua. The Jayapura X Naval Main Base Commander First Admiral Rudy Bangkinas explained that bad weather was still continuing in Papua
Read moreTwo people were killed and two injured in a fire at Hyundai Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Korea on April 21. The fire broke out on a newbuilding Hull 2657, an 84,000-ton LPG carrier being built for Dorian LPG, and expected to be completed next month. Around 60 firefighters and 18 fire trucks battled the fire
Read moreBeijing: China’s Foreign Ministry has quashed reports that the Japanese bulker seized by the Shanghai Maritime Court was taken because of outstanding World War II debts. The Baosteel Emotion VLOC, owned by Mitsui OSK Lines, was arrested over a “regular business contract dispute” a spokesman for the ministry said. Earlier missives from the maritime court
Read moreIn 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
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