Kupang News

The government has set the target of naming all outer and inhabited islands across the country by 2014, according to Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Fadel Muhammad. "There are around 13,000 islands in Indonesia and only 4,000 of them have...

Afghanistan arrested off Kupang Yemris Fointuna ,  The Jakarta Post ,  Kupang    Sun, 11/15/2009 10:45 AM   National Sixty one illegal immigrants from Afghanistan who heading to Australia were arrested off Rote island in East Nusa Tenggara as they threw...

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono do not like a ''black hair'' capitalist Incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that he and his running mate Boediono do not like a global and local capitalism. ''I do not like a global capitalism, but I...

Hundreds of fishermen and seaweed farmers are seeking compensation from the Federal Government and a Thai operator after the Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea. At least 500 million litres of oil from the Montara oil field spilled into...

Eight traditional fishermen from Oesapa, Kupang city, East Nusa Tenggara, were reportedly arrested by the Australian Navy when they were searching for sea cucumbers within Indonesian waters, near the Ashmore Reef in Australian waters. One of them, Gab Oma, 33,...

The West Atlas well spewed hundreds of thousands of litres of oil into the Timor Sea for 10 weeks until it was stopped this week. The Federal Government has been in contact with Indonesian officials and will send an Australian...

Kupang locals with family and friends in Darwin, and surfers, Australian and international, on their way to and from the world-class breaks at Nemberala on Rote, complemented the passenger lists. A fast ferry service now exists between Kupang and Baa...

People, who mostly use groundwater, have been complaining about the sharp drop in water levels since early last month; some wells have even dried up. In Oebobo district, many residents buy clean water, sold for between Rp 125,000 (US$13) and...