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INDONESIA

COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2017
What's wrong with Southeast Asia?
There is no country in Southeast Asia where democracy is really secure.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2017
Indonesia police say Interpol issues red notices for 3 Sinopec executives
Indonesian police said Tuesday that Interpol has issued red notices, the closest to an international arrest warrant, for three Chinese executives suspected of fraud linked to a more than $800 million Sinopec oil terminal development in Indonesia.
EDITORIALS
Jan 31, 2017
Indonesia's tolerance test
The turmoil surrounding Jakarta's governor is a test of Indonesia's democracy and its commitment to a tolerant and open form of Islam.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 4, 2017
Indonesian military says cooperation with Australian military suspended
Indonesia suspended cooperation with the Australian military in December for "technical reasons," a spokesman for the Indonesian defence forces said on Wednesday, after offensive material was seen at an Australian training base.
WORLD
Dec 26, 2016
Indonesian police say IS-backed militants planned to carry out New Year's Eve attack
Indonesian militants supporting the Islamic State militant group planned to attack a police post on New Year's Eve with machetes and knives, a police spokesman said Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 13, 2016
Indonesia transfixed as tearful Jakarta governor appears at blasphemy trial
A tearful governor of Jakarta denied Tuesday he had intended to insult the Quran at the start of his blasphemy trial in the Indonesian capital, which is seen as a test of religious freedom in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 12, 2016
Emergence of political Islam puts Indonesian president in difficult situation
As the ranks of protesters thickened in central Jakarta on Dec. 2, turning into Indonesia's biggest mass demonstration since the end of authoritarian rule in 1998, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo grappled with a dilemma: should he join the rally or stay away?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2016
Companies bet on sea change to tidal power in Indonesia
A well-connected Indonesian marine renewable energy company and OpenHydro, a unit of French state-owned naval defense company DCNS, aim to be the first to plug into the vast untapped tidal energy potential of the world's biggest archipelago.

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