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Indonesia to hold biggest-ever military exercise in 2014

The National Defense Force (TNI) will hold the biggest-ever military exercise next year, TNI Chief Admiral Agus ...

Indonesia to host ASEAN Plus Eight joint counter-terrorism training

Indonesia will host the ASEAN Plus Eight joint exercise in counter-terrorism efforst at the Indonesian military Peace ...

President asks Kopassus to maintain profesionalism

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the Army`s Special Forces (Kopassus) to maintain professionalism in ...

House urges TNI to apologize for OKU incident

The House of Representatives (DPR)`s Deputy Chairman Lukman Hakim Saifuddin has urged National Defense Forces (TNI) ...

President Yudhoyono kicks off consultation on disaster risk reduction

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the State Palace, here on Tuesday officially opened the Global Thematic ...

Japanese gov't decides to revise defense programs

The Japanese government announced Friday it decided to revise the country's two current defense programs, which was ...

Greater effort needed to eradicate cataract

Greater efforts are needed to eradicate cataracts, which still haunt the Indonesian people. A cataract can occur ...

VP urges public to have cataract operations

Vice President Boediono supports the public`s use of cataract operations as a treatment to avoid blindness and improve ...

Indonesia`s military spending at 0.7 pct of GDP: VP

Indonesia`s military spending is still very small recorded at only 0.7 percent of its gross domestic product or far ...

POSCO E&C Wins Friendship Medal from Vietnamese Government

-      * Establishes the Hanoi capital construction master plan      * Wins the ...

Parliament allocates Rp18 trillion for defense sector in 2013

Parliament agrees to set an Rp18 trillion budget for defense sector in the state budget draft 2013, Vice Chief of ...

Indonesia needs 12 submarines to secure territories: minister

Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Wednesday that as a country made up of islands, Indonesia needs at least ...

Violence against Shiite muslims in Sampang condemned

Various parties including NGOs, politicians, ministers and the president have condemned the latest violence against ...

Indonesian govt to provide assistance to victims of Sampang violence

The Indonesian government will provide compensation to the families of two Shiite Muslims who were killed in an attack ...

Police, TNI chiefs review security arrangements at Bakauheni port

The National Police (Polri) Chief General Timur Pradopo and National Defense Forces (TNI) Commander Admiral Agus ...