South Korea's President Park Geun-hye (right) shakes hands with Indonesia's President Joko Widodo during their bilateral meeting at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) -Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit in Busan December 11, 2014.

Indonesia appreciates Seoul's handling of Oryong tragedy

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BUSAN -- President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Thursday appreciated the South Korean Government for its competent handling of the trawler tragedy that happened in the Bering Sea in Russia. The 1,753-ton Oryong 501 was carrying 60 crew members, including 35 Indonesians, when it went down the western Bering Sea on December 1, 2014. Soon after the accident, South Korea...

A Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion flies to drop sonar buoys to assist in the acoustic search of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean. (File photo)

Australia tight-lipped on MH370 jet search funding

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CANBERRA - Fifty-fifty, a Malaysian official said of how his country and Australia will split the bill for the increasingly massive search for the missing jetliner. Not so fast, an Australian official responded. The two nations discussed cost-sharing this week in Canberra, but Australian Transport Minister Warren Truss declined to say Friday whether his country was even considering an...