Java Sea
The Java Sea is 162,662 square nautical miles and is bounded by Sumatra to the west, Borneo to the north, and Java to the south. Comprising the southern extension of the Sunda Shelf of contin...
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Rescue ships collected scores of bloated bodies Monday from seas close to where a ferry sank in the Java Sea, but search teams also spotted survivors on life rafts and dropped food and water to the...
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A fire broke out on an Indonesian ferry carrying 350 passengers Thursday, killing at least eight people, injuring dozens and prompting a massive rescue operation, port and navy officials said.Score...
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A powerful earthquake under the Java Sea rattled Indonesia's capital early Thursday, violently shaking tall buildings and sending panicked residents into the streets.There were no reports of damage...
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Jakarta (dpa) - A major earthquake registering 7.5 on the Richter
scale struck off the northern coast of Indonesia's Java Island early
Thursday, and was felt hundreds of kil...
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Navy ships scoured the rough Java Sea Sunday in search of survivors from a ferry that sank in a storm off central Indonesia, leaving more than 500 people missing, officials said.More than a day aft...
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A "roll-on, roll-off" ferry that sank with more than 600 people on board likely capsized after high waves crashed over the ship's car deck, a top Indonesian investigator said Thursday.Accidents on ...
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Kalimantan, Indonesia (dpa)- Kalimantan is in the Indonesian part
of Borneo and lies in the south of the world's third-largest island.
To the north there are the two Malaysi...
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Rescue workers scoured Indonesian waters after a ship carrying 59 people capsized in stormy weather, killing at least two children and leaving more than 20 missing, a port official said Thursday.Cr...
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