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Indonesia, Japan to intensify cooperation in Asian security

The Indonesian and Japanese governments have agreed to intensify cooperation in maintaining stability in the Southeast ...

UK Secretary of State for Defence to visit Indonesia

United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence Philip Hammond MP is scheduled to arrive in Indonesia on Tuesday for a ...

Japan to boost military budget amid China row

Japan will increase military spending in 2013 for the first time in more than a decade, the ruling party said Tuesday, ...

Indonesia to reap benefits from APEC chairmanship

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa is optimistic that Indonesia will reap benefits from its position ...

U.S. arms sales to Asia set to boom on Pacific "pivot"

U.S. sales of warplanes, anti-missile systems and other costly weapons to China`s and North Korea`s neighbors appear ...

Parties should exercise self-restraint on South China Sea issue

In an effort to seek peaceful solutions of disputes following the recent escalating tensions in the South China Sea, ...

ASEAN hails eased US sanctions on Myanmar

Southeast Asian nations on Thursday welcomed a US decision to ease sanctions on Myanmar in reward for democratic ...

China warns ASEAN on South China Sea row

China warned Southeast Asian nations on Tuesday against "hyping" a dispute over the South China Sea, as it voiced ...

Merkel asks about atheism in Indonesia

German Chancellor Angela Dorothea Merkel questioned atheism in Indonesia during her visit to the oldest Dutch ...

German Chancellor visits Istiqlal Mosque

German Chancellor Angela Dorothea Merkel visited Istiqlal grand Mosque here on Tuesday as part of her two-day state ...

German chancellor Merkel to visit Indonesia

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will make her two day official trip to Indonesia as a reciprocal visit to President ...

Iran wraps up missile drill

The Iranian Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) concluded the three-day missile drill on Wednesday with Iranian ...

Iran says military intervention in Syria detrimental to regional security

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday that foreign military intervention in Syria would ...

Vietnam active at Shangri-la dialogue 11

The Vietnamese delegation to the Shangri-La Dialogue 11 has had a number of bilateral meeting to promoting ties with ...

China says to step up vigilance after U.S. navy shift

China will intensify its vigilance, but not lash back, after the United States announced it will shift most of its ...