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Indonesia-Philippines joint patrols should be realized soon: VP

Joint maritime patrols by Indonesia and the Philippines should be realized soon to secure Indonesian ships, with ...

Team set up to negotiate the release of Indonesian hostages

Coordinating Minister for Law, Security and Political Affairs Luhut Binsar Panjaitan said a team has been set up to ...

Military operation to be final option to free Indonesian hostages

In the last five months, Indonesias government has faced five hostage-taking incidents involving 24 Indonesian sailors ...

No steps to release hostages are free of risks: Kalla

Any effort taken to secure the release of Indonesian citizens held hostage in Malaysia and the Philippines will have ...

Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines to hold meeting on security cooperation

The Indonesian Defense Ministry has confirmed that Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines will hold a trilateral ...

Indonesia rules out military operation in freeing hostages: Minister

The government is still ruling out a military operation to free the 10 Indonesians abducted by the Abu Sayyaf group in ...

Indonesia adopting persuasive approach encourages hostage takers: Military

The Indonesian Defense Forces (TNIs) Commander, General Gatoto Nurmantyo, said Indonesia adopted an approach that was ...

Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia to meet on Abu Sayyaf hostages

Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi said the defense ministers of Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia would meet in ...

Latest Indonesian hostage incident cannot be tolerated

The latest hostage incident, in which three Indonesian fishermen were abducted by an armed group in the maritime ...

Kidnapped Indonesian sailors are in good condition: Foreign minister

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has obtained information that seven Indonesian sailors held captive by an armed group in ...

Seven Indonesian hostages in S. Philippines located: Minister Retno Marsudi

The government has been able to locate seven citizens held hostage by armed groups in south Philippines since June 20, ...

Indonesian hostages have nothing to do with politics: Coordinating minister

Indonesias Coordinating Minister of Politics, Security and Defense, Luhut Panjaitan, has said the incident in which ...

No Indonesian citizen taken hostage by Abu Sayyaf group: VP

Vice President Jusuf Kalla said on Thursday he did not believe any Indonesian citizens were being held hostage by the ...

Govt to verify information about hostage taking by Abu Sayyaf

The Indonesian government will check the veracity of reports about citizens being held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf group ...

ASEAN waters must not become like somalia: Inddonesia's defense minister

Indonesias Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu has urged ASEAN countries to intensify joint patrolling to prevent the ...