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Indonesia, one of the world's largest democracies ... With most of the ballots counted, the 72-year-old former army general appeared to have captured more than 55% of the vote.
U.S. Army Chief of Staff James McConville met with Indonesia’s top defense official on Friday to push for stronger security ties amid growing Chinese maritime activity in the Indo-Pacific region.
As Indonesia faces an uptick of COVID-19 cases, leaders in Cerme, a district located in East Java, established stricter enforcement of social distancing and mask-wearing policies. For the eight ...
A former army general with a controversial past has claimed victory in Indonesia’s presidential election. Unofficial results show Prabowo Subianto, 72, winning nearly 60% of the vote – enough ...
Indonesia's parliament has passed controversial changes to legislation that will allow its military a bigger role in government. Critics warn that the move could return Indonesia to the dark days ...
What was worse, the army 1) freely admitted it. 2) boldly declined to stop it. “We smuggle rubber,” said a ranking officer. “So what? We have to live.” Indonesia’s army is well trained ...
Indonesia’s Parliament unanimously voted to ... controlled by parties supporting president Prabowo Subianto, a former army general with ties to the country’s dictatorial past.
Papua was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969, after a U.N.-sponsored ballot that was widely seen as a sham. Sebby Sambom, a spokesman for the rebel West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of ...
human rights violations and political impunity for army personnel. Protesters from several democracy groups have said they will stage demonstrations in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital. On Wednesday ...
Japan launched an airborne attack on the Dutch East Indies, as Indonesia was known during its colonial era, in 1942, he noted. The U.S. Army might use paratroopers in the Pacific for any number of ...