JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) – Jakarta rejected Thursday the findings of an international panel of judges that declared Indonesia had committed crimes against humanity in anti-communist killings during the 1960s in which it claimed the US, Britain and Australia were complicit. At least 500,000 people died in the months-long purge across the Southeast Asian archipelago that started after General Suharto put down a coup blamed on the communists on October 1, 1965. Suharto took power on […]
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Indonesia becomes ASEAN’s most valuable emerging market
Eagle News — Bloomberg reports that Indonesia has overtaken Malaysia and Thailand as the biggest emerging market in Southeast Asia. The combined value of companies traded in Indonesia reached $416 billion this week and has exceeded its neighbors for more than a month, the longest stretch since early 2013. Although Thailand held the top slot briefly, Malaysia was the leader most of the past three years, but stocks in Asia’s only net oil exporting nation […]
Indonesia details defense plan after South China Sea ruling
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia will sharply strengthen security around its South China Sea islands where there have been clashes with Chinese vessels, the defense minister said Wednesday, a day after Beijing’s claims in the sea were declared invalid. In an interview with AFP, Ryamizard Ryacudu said bolstering defenses around Indonesia’s Natuna Islands would involve deploying warships, an F-16 fighter jet, surface-to-air missiles, a radar and drones, as well as constructing new ports and improving […]
Indonesia urges action as high-seas kidnappings surge
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) – Indonesia called Monday on Malaysia and the Philippines to do more to secure their “unsafe” waters after the weekend abduction of sailors by suspected Islamist militants. Armed men in a speedboat kidnapped the three sailors late Saturday from a Malaysian-flagged trawler in Malaysian waters off Borneo island and took them towards the strife-torn southern Philippines, officials said. The kidnappers were apparently targeting Indonesian citizens, as three Malaysian sailors and an Indonesian […]
12 die in giant Indonesian traffic jam: official
BREBES, Indonesia (AFP) — Twelve people have died during a massive three-day traffic jam in Indonesia that stretched more than 20 kilometers (13 miles) and brought thousands of holidaymakers to a complete standstill, an official said Friday. The horror traffic at a major highway junction at Brebes, a city on the main island of Java, was so bad that Indonesians dubbed the disastrous toll gate “Brexit”, from the words “Brebes exit”. Roads across the world’s […]
Indonesian volcano puts on spectacular blue light show
BANYUWANGI, Indonesia (AFP) — Brilliant blue flames light up the night sky above Kawah Ijen, casting an eerie electric glow as they flow down the sides of the active volcano in remote Indonesia. Hot sulphuric gases — escaping at high pressure through cracks in this legendary mountain — ignite upon contact with air, burning a fantastic, iridescent blue. This strange natural phenomenon can also create “blue lava” — rivers of burning liquid sulphur that stream […]
Suicide attack on Indonesian police station, officer injured
SOLO, Indonesia (AFP) — A suicide bomber riding a motorbike blew himself up in an attack on an Indonesian police station on Tuesday, leaving one officer injured, an official said. The attack in Solo city, the hometown of President Joko Widodo, came as the Indonesian leader was preparing to visit to celebrate the Islamic holiday of Eid with his family. The authorities in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation are on alert a day before […]
Abu Sayyaf abducts 7 Indonesians in Sulu Sea
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Abu Sayyaf Group abducted seven Indonesian nationals in Sulu Sea. This is confirmed by the Indonesian Foreign Ministry. This is the third time that the Abu Sayyaf Group abducted Indonesian nationals and that it will not let the group get away with the abduction. Indonesia called for the neighboring nations to act together to maintain peace in the region. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and […]
Indonesia rejects China’s overlapping claims on South China Sea
(Reuters) — Indonesia’s foreign minister on Wednesday (June 22) rejected China’s stance that the two Asian nations have overlapping claims in the South China Sea after skirmishes between Indonesian navy ships and Chinese vessels. Early this week China’s foreign ministry said the two nations did not have any territorial disputes but there were some overlapping claims on “maritime rights and interests”. “For Indonesia, we have no overlapping claims of any form with China in […]
Dozens of pilot whales stranded in Indonesia, eight dead
PROBOLINGGO, Indonesia (AFP) — Eight pilot whales have died after a mass stranding on the coast of Indonesia’s main island of Java that sparked a major rescue operation, an official said Thursday. Thirty-two of the short-finned pilot whales came ashore during high tide early Wednesday in Probolinggo, East Java province. “At first there were just one or two whales swimming near the shore, and the nature of whales is that if they are sick they […]
6.2 undersea quake strikes central Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of central Indonesia on Thursday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The undersea quake hit about 300 kilometers (185 miles) south of the popular holiday island of Lombok at 12:13 pm (0413 GMT), at a depth of 29 kilometers, said the US Geological Survey. Indonesia’s disaster agency said officials were […]
INCinema’s “Walang Take Two” bags major awards in Jakarta Filmfest
(Eagle News) — The Philippines’ entry from INCinema, “Walang Take Two” has won two major awards from the World Film Awards in Jakarta, Indonesia on Monday night, May 30, during awarding ceremonies that recognized the independent film that had recently gained acclaim from other film festivals in London and Madrid. The Platinum World Award was given to “Walang Take Two” director Carlo Jay Cuevas as “World Newcomer Filmmaker of the year” last night. Aside from this, the […]
