Indonesia

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday said ASEAN cannot become a proxy for other countries, as US-China tensions rise over issues in the Asia-Pacific. Foreign ministers from the Southeast Asian bloc have gathered in Jakarta for…
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Indonesia is looking for greater commerce with big businesses in Saudi Arabia, its trade minister said on Tuesday, as Jakarta hosted a bilateral business forum. Trade between the Southeast Asian nation and the Kingdom has been on the…
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As part of the Makkah Route initiative, the first group of Indonesian Hajj pilgrims arrived on Wednesday from Jakarta, taking off from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and landing at Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport…
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Indonesia’s Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan began a visit to Egypt on Sunday as Jakarta seeks to explore export potential in non-traditional markets in Africa. Hasan will hold talks with Egypt’s Minister of Trade and Industry Ahmed Samir…
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An Australian man captured on CCTV allegedly spitting in the face of an imam in Indonesia could spend more than one year in jail. Footage purportedly of Brenton Craig Abbas Abdullah McArthur has gone viral on social media in the country.…
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Eleven people drowned in western Indonesia after a passenger boat carrying dozens overturned, an official said Friday. Rescuers saved 62 people and found the bodies of mostly women and children after the accident off the coast of western…
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A strong undersea earthquake early Tuesday sent streams of people fleeing to higher ground in eastern Indonesia before the tsunami danger passed. Footage released by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency showed streams of people in a…
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Indonesian hackers are going to continue to breach the websites of Israeli government institutions, a group claiming a wave of cyberattacks that made headlines this week said. The attacks by hackers from the world’s largest…
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Saudi Arabia hosted what appears to the world’s longest iftar table spanning 1,200 meters, attended by more than 8,000 Indonesian citizens, on Monday in the country’s West Sumatra city of Padang. The Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs,…
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Orange-red ground has been broken in the jungle of East Borneo, where the Indonesian government has begun construction of its new capital city. Officials promise a “sustainable forest city” that puts the environment at the heart of…
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