BANGKOK -- Maybe God has a soft spot for pirates. That would explain the Strait of Malacca, a natural paradise for seafaring bandits. Imagine an aquatic highway flowing between two marshy coasts.

Recent reports show that from January until June this year, 56 cases of piracy had taken place in the Malacca Strait. Of this number, 21 were cases of suspected piracy, 22 were attempted piracies ...

The case of Malacca gives at least a glimmer of hope that the piracy problem in Africa can also be tackled. The success in the strait clearly shows how committed and carefully orchestrated naval ...

Naval War College Review Vol. 62, No. 3, Summer 2009 PIRACY AND ARMED ROBBERY IN THE MALACCA ... PIRACY AND ARMED ROBBERY IN THE MALACCA STRAIT: A Problem Solved? This is the metadata section. Skip to ...

July 3, 2014: The international effort to suppress Somali piracy halted and reversed the increased piracy off the coast of Somalia but at the same time there has been a major increase in attacks in ...

he spike in maritime piracy incidents over the last three months in the Strait of Malacca, one of the world’s busiest commercial sea-lanes, is alarming at a time of simmering tensions in the ...

a Japanese tugboat and barge were being attacked by a dozen pirates armed with AK-47s and rocket launchers.The 154-man crew aboard the barge Kuroshio was frantic. As the vessel churned slowly ...

Unfortunately, this region, and this narrow stretch of water, is increasingly susceptible to vulnerability such as geopolitical events, military conflict, piracy, and the effects of climate change. A ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Incidents of piracy in the Straits of Malacca have dropped drastically due to joint initiatives by the littoral states to guard the world’s vital channel, Deputy Prime Minister Tan ...

China has been moving to reduce the potential impact of blockades by turning its navy into a blue water force and ...

July 3, 2014: The international effort to suppress Somali piracy halted and reversed the increased piracy off the coast of Somalia but at the same time there has been a major increase in attacks in ...