China’s defence ministry made a thinly veiled attack on the United States on Tuesday for increasing tensions in the Asia-Pacific by ramping up its military presence and alliances in the region, days after the top U.S. diplomat visited Beijing. China is uneasy with what the United States has called the “rebalancing” of forces as…
Singapore-based port company PSA International is eyeing cooperation with Indonesia’s state-owned port operator PT Pelindo II, also known as Indonesia Port Corporation (IPC), on the latter’s development project in Kalibaru, North Jakarta. The Singaporean firm offers Pelindo world-class facilities for the Kalibaru Port. IPC president director RJ Lino said recently that PSA was one…
Sydney. A former sailor was jailed on Monday for more than three years after overpowering a guard and stealing a cache of weapons from an Australian navy vessel. Matthew Evans, 26, was sentenced in the Darwin Supreme Court after donning camouflage clothing and a balaclava to raid his old ship, HMAS Bathurst, in the…
Eleven Indonesian pirates, who were arrested after hijacking the Malaysian vessel Zafirah in November 2012, will be extradited to Indonesia today via Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City. Yesterday Colonel Cao Xuan Trang, deputy commander of the Border Guard of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, had a meeting with…