Minutes after taking off from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport near Jakarta, Indonesia, a Boeing 737-500 plane came crashing down into the Java Sea on Saturday, according to government spokesman ...

Torpedoes, night attacks, and poor coordination turned the Java Sea into chaos for the Allies. As Japanese ships struck with ...

The Battle of Java Sea, fought on February 27, 1942, marked the high tide of Japanese naval power in the Pacific. Poor organization, strategic confusion, inter-service competition, and national ...

Dive into the gripping story of the Battle of the Java Sea and the heroic, yet tragic, figure of Commander Karel Durman! Discover how this epic WWII naval clash shaped history, changed strategies, and ...

It's still unclear what caused the crash. There was no sign of survivors. There were 62 people on board, including seven children and three babies. "I represent the government and all Indonesians in ...

Indonesian navy divers recovered a flight data recorder from the ocean floor at the site of a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea over the weekend, putting investigators one step closer ...

Fishing communities on small islands in the Java Sea and farther afield have long complained that large purse seine vessels are encroaching on traditional fishing grounds. On Sembilan Island, between ...

Naval forces of Indonesia and Russia began their first joint military training drills in the Java Sea on Monday, the Indonesian navy said, which analysts say shows the Southeast Asian country's ...

fresh examination of Chinese ceramics and other cargo from an important Java Sea shipwreck has led researchers to conclude that the vessel sank a century earlier than previously thought, providing ...

Researchers have been investigating the incredible cargo from an 800-year-old shipwreck for years, trying to uncover its secrets. Now, with the help of what researchers called an X-ray gun, they know ...

An oil well operated by Indonesian state-owned energy company Pertamina has been leaking crude into the Java Sea for nearly three weeks now. The slick has spread as far as 84 kilometers (52 miles) to ...

A jungle-covered area on the east of Borneo island is set to be transformed into Indonesia’s new capital city. Concerns over the sustainability of the congested and rapidly sinking political center of ...