Jakarta General Manager of ASDP Bakauheni Branch, Yanus Letanga, stated that there are 7 dead victims from sunken KM Bahuga Jaya. The dead and safe victims were brought to Bakauheni Port and Merak Port. “Those victims were brought to two places since the ship from Bakauheni was about to crossed to Merak and vice…
China has put its first aircraft carrier into service today – an alleged hint to neighboring countries that their military strength is increasing as tensions rise. The ship was bought in 1998 from Ukraine and restored by China. Government officials want the vessel to serve as a symbol of the country’s authority, mainly among…
The Singapore Port Authority’s decision to pull out of a 40-year contract to operate the new Gwadar deep sea port in southwestern Pakistan, now to be taken over by the Chinese, is causing consternation in India and the United States. Located at the entrance of the Persian Gulf and about 460 km from Karachi,…
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDA ACEH – About 27 new islands emerge in the marine in Simeulue, Aceh, on the aftermath of earthquake and tsunami in December 2004. The new islands are showing the signs of life. Before the tsunami, the number of small islands in Simeulue was only 41. “Now it is 68,” the Deputy Regent of…