Indonesia's navy has stepped up patrols around the islands after a series of face-offs between Indonesian naval vessels and...

  There have been a series of face-offs between Indonesian and Chinese vessels in the area

  Indonesia's navy fired warning shots at several boats with Chinese flags it accused of fishing illegally.

  She said some detained Chinese crew members would be prosecuted

  But "it’s not going to scare away the Chinese military by putting a few F-16s on Natuna," a...

  There was a violation by the Chinese coastguard of Indonesia's sovereign rights and jurisdiction

"If they say their nine-dash line does not claim Natuna then why is there still illegal fishing happening there"

  "The nine-dash line is a problem we are facing."

  "We do not recognize the nine-dash line because it is not in line with ... international law" 

  Indonesia wants to hold regular military exercises with the United States near the sparsely populated Natuna archipelago, an area of...