Beijing (ANTARA News) – China’s likely next president Xi Jinping has cancelled a meeting with the visiting US Secretary of State, a US official said Wednesday, amid friction between the two global powers. Hillary Clinton had been due to meet Vice President Xi later Wednesday during a brief visit to Beijing that looks set…
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – Indonesia and Australia strengthen its cooperation to minimize the impacts of illegal immigrants crossing to Australia through Indonesian waters. “The accident often happens in the middle of the sea and threatens their life,” Indonesian Minister of Defense, Purnomo Yusgiantoro, said after welcoming the visiting Australian Minister of Defense Stephen Francis Smith at…
During the reporting period of 29 August to 4 September 2012 there have been no piracy related incidents in the High Risk Area (HRA). However, there have been continued reports of suspicious activity in the Southern Red Sea (SRS) and Bab-al-Mandeb (BAM) during the past week. Pirate activity can still take place during the…
Korea’s first naval rescue and salvage ship launched at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard. The 3,500-ton Tongyeong will go through a series of tests before being handed over to the Navy next year. The Navy’s older rescue ships, the Pyeongtaek and the Gwangyang, were second-hand, bought from the U.S. Navy in 1996…