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Indonesia seeks to secure release of four more hostages

After the release on Sunday of ten Indonesian sailors taken hostage since March by the Abu Sayyaf rebels in southern ...

Indonesia Soccer Championship 2016 starts from Papua

Indonesias eastern-most province of Papua hosted the initial match of the Indonesia Soccer Championship, better known ...

16 thousand security personnel to secure May Day in Jakarta

Some 16 thousand security personnel from the police, military, and Jakarta administration will secure the May Day or ...

Govt tracking whereabouts of hostages: Minister

Indonesias Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has stated that the ...

Chief minister keen to raise defense budget

Chief Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan is keen to increase the national defense ...

Government responds assertively to Abu Sayyaf`s second kidnapping of Indonesians

The Indonesian government has responded aggressively to the second kidnapping of Indonesian residents by the ...

Government advised to issue travel warning

The House Deputy Speaker on political affairs, Fadli Zon, has asked the government to issue a travel warning to avoid ...

Indonesia faces fresh hostage crisis as four more sailors kidnapped

With the Indonesian authorities still struggling to secure the release of the 10 sailors kidnapped by the ...

TNI sends warships to border with Philippines

The Commander of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI), General Gatot Nurmantyo, has said TNI has sent two warships to ...

Govt analyses new hostage crisis concerning Indonesian crew

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has said that the government ...

Indonesia strengthens ties with South Pacific nations

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan and his delegations recent ...

Military operation to release Indonesian hostages awaits Philippines` approval

Indonesia awaits an approval from the Philippines to conduct a military operation to release 10 Indonesians held ...

Government urged to set deadline for operation to arrest Santoso

The Indonesian Police Watch (IPW) has urged the government to set a deadline for the security operation to hunt down ...

Indonesian minister hands over aid to Fijian prime minister

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan here, Thursday, symbolically ...

BIN aware of hostages` location in Philippines

The Chief of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN), Sutiyoso, confirmed on Thursday that BIN had discovered the location ...