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TNI considering stationing soldiers on board ships to prevent abductions

The Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) are mulling the feasibility of putting soldiers on board ships to ensure their ...

Indonesia coordinating with Malaysian defense ministry to release Indonesian hostages

The Indonesian government is coordinating with the Malaysian Defense Ministry to secure the release of three ...

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 ...

Indonesia govt should strengthen security in indonesian-philippines border areas: House

The government should strengthen security in the Indonesian-Philippines border areas to curb acts of piracy committed ...

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 govt not to tolerate vessels going to Philippines

The Transportation Ministry will not tolerate that any vessels from the country should go to the Philippines, ...

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 ...

Seven Indonesian sailors kidnapped in Philippines: Foreign minister

Seven Indonesian sailors have been taken hostage in the Sulu Sea in the southern Philippines, Indonesias foreign ...

TNI-police to settle hostage incident: Governor

East Kalimantan governor Awang Faroek Ishak expressed his optimism here on Friday that the Indonesian military (TNI) ...

Indonesia bans ships from sailing to Philippines

The Indonesian Government has banned vessels flying Indonesias flag from sailing to the Philippines following the ...

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 ...