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Five regions fail to participate in simultaneous elections

While the first-ever simultaneous regional head elections in Indonesia were to be organized 269 regions across the ...

South Tangerang prone to radicalism: Minister

Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo explained that he visited Polling Station No. 17 in Alam Sutera, Serpong ...

President chairs limited cabinet meeting on satellite technology

President Joko Widodo on Friday morning chaired a limited cabinet meeting on the use of mobile satellites for national ...

Ex-mily chief calls for end to rivalry among retired generals

Two retired top military officers have called for an immediate halt to rivalry among their fellow retired generals in ...

W. Kalimantan naval base to be promoted to naval main base

The naval base in the West Kalimantan provincial capital of Pontianak will be promoted to a naval main base, noted ...

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 ...

TNI assigns six officers to join UN monitoring team in Syria

The National Defense Forces (TNI) is to send six of its officers to join the UN team to monitor the implementation of ...

Delegation from Pakistan NDU visits Jakarta

A delegation of the Pakistan National Defense University (NDU) led by Air Commodore Zia ul Haque Shamsi is visiting ...

TNI signs pact to assist in agricultural sector

The Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) is to assist in developing the country`s agricultural sector in a move to ...

RI, China solidify C-705 missile technology transfer mechanism

Indonesia and China are continuing discussions on the transfer of technology for the joint development of the C-705 ...

Regional environmental security conference being held in Jakarta

Military representatives from 13 countries are attending the Southeast Asian Regional Environmental Security ...

Step up alertness ahead of fuel price hike

National Defense Forces (TNI) chief Admiral Agus Suhartono has asked his rank and file officers to step up their ...

Bali gears up for ASEAN, ASEAN+3, East Asia Summits

Bali which hosted the first ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Summit in February 1976, will be the venue ...

Ministers discuss RI-Malaysia border problems

Several cabinet ministers dealing with political, law and security affairs discussed Indonesia-Malaysia border ...