The Criticalness of Our National Borders
August 16, 2005
Hasjim Djalal
UP to now, Indonesia has had several kinds of national borders: air, land, sea, and sea bed. Based on international law, we also have sovereignty over the air space above those land and sea territories. The entire territory now covers about 5 million square meters. Compare it with the extent of the air territory at the time Indonesia was proclaimed on August 17, 1945, which me