Furthermore, the Ombai-Wetar Straits north of Timor-Leste could be an alternative waterway for U.S. military assets moving between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Indonesia sits on all the major ingress routes to the South China Sea with control over Malacca, Sunda, Lombok and Ombai-Wetar straits, stretching from QUAD partners India to Australia.

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Indonesia's electrification ratio until September 2020 is 99.2%, while Maluku province only reached 92%. PLN, as a utility company, plans to increase the availability of electricity, especially in ...

Historically, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands’ strategic importance was driven by economic interests. This rationale is becoming relevant again in the current context. Last week saw the ...

New species found in areas from Pakistan to Australia The authors focused their research on a group of nightjars known as the Caprimulgus macrurus complex. These birds are found in regions ranging ...

India’s geographic positioning gives it a commanding advantage over key maritime choke points in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), such as the Malacca, Sunda, and Lombok Straits to the east and the Ombai ...

The body of a scuba diver who went missing in Indonesia has been found inside a shark in Timor-Leste - but she was not killed by the shark.

A new species of nightjar has been described from the Wallacea bioregion. In a paper published this year in Ibis, a team of ornithologists has described the new species as Caprimulgus ritae, which is ...

Ombai-Wetar Strait: Vital for submarine movements and strategic military logistics, controlling this strait would enable India to monitor and counter any Chinese naval activity aimed at projecting ...

The first-ever video of a blue whale nursing her calf has been released, along with other stunning videos of the species' intimate interactions, which were captured in 2022 by a snorkeler in the ...