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President Yudhoyono decorates former mily chiefs

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday conferred medals of merit on a number of former military chiefs for ...

RI sends mily contingent to Haiti

Indonesia is sending 167 military personnel to Haiti to join the United Nations` Peacekeeping Force (Mission des ...

Indonesia boosting international defense cooperation

The year 2011 has witnessed significant defense cooperation forging activity between Indonesia and a few other ...

New arrivals in Ambon subject to security checks

The military and police here are now routinely conducting security checks on people arriving at Ambon`s Pattimura ...

TNI to modernize its main armament system

Indonesia`s National Defense Forces (TNI), with the support of the government and the parliament, is determined to ...

President chairs cabinet meeting on weapons procurement

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Monday chaired a limited cabinet meeting on political, legal and security ...

PT Freeport workers on month-long strike over wage rise

Thousands of PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) workers left the mining site of Tembagapura for Timika, Mimika District, ...

Military hq considering nominees to succeed Army Chief Toisutta

The National Defense Force (TNI) Headquarters is discussing a replacement for Gen George Toisutta as Army chief of ...

Military, police preparing security measures for WEF-EA

The Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) and National Police (Polri) are preparing security measures to safeguard ...

RI to assign third warship to duty in UNIFIL

Indonesia is to send another warship to Lebanon soon to strengthen the maritime arm of the United Nations peacekeeping ...

Mandiri, TNI to cooperate in delivering aid to disaster victims

State-owned Bank Mandiri has signed a cooperation agreement with the National Defense Forces (TNI) for the speedy and ...

Timor Leste interested in buying Indonesiai-made ships

Timor Leste is interested in buying fast patrol boats produced by Indonesian shipbuilder PT PAL and has asked ...

Parcel bomb scare grips residents in many regions

Over the past one week, residents in several Indonesian regions have been terrorized by issues of parcel bombs which ...

President , Timor Leste PM hold bilateral meeting

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Timor Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao held a bilateral meeting at Merdeka ...

TNI intensifying intelligence, territorial operations

The National Defense Forces (TNI) is intensifying its intelligence and territorial command operations to anticipate ...