JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia says it has won a two-year court battle that confirms the legality of the government's seizure of a Thai vessel linked to human trafficking and illegal fishing in ...

Western and Asian governments and commentators have pilloried the Chinese government for its inscrutability on the so-called ‘nine-dash line’ in the South China Sea. Because the nine-dash line ...

Vietnam has asked Indonesia for clarification on the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing vessel last month, causing four Vietnamese fisher-people to go missing. The Foreign Ministry has sent a diplomatic ...

Indonesia’s fisheries ministry has submitted to parliament a bill of amendments aimed at strengthening the 2009 Fisheries Act through more stringent provisions. These include recognizing, for the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. International law requires coastal states like Indonesia to promptly release foreign fishing vessels and crews caught for alleged illegal fishing ...