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Indonesian football fans face police tear gas again

JAKARTA: Indonesian police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse hundreds of football fans who tried to attend a closed-doors match on Friday, four months after the country suffered one of the world’s deadliest stadium stampedes.

Bangkok Post

Soccer-Indonesia police fire tear gas to keep fans out of closed-doors match

Indonesian police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse hundreds of football fans who tried to attend a closed-doors match on Friday, officials said, four months after the country suffered one of the world's deadliest stadium stampedes.

Reuters

Can ASEAN Benefit From the EU’s Green Agriculture Push?

The EU wants to champion “green agriculture” in Southeast Asia. But limited trade relations, regulatory nightmares, and distrust could stymie it.

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Magnitude 6.4 quake strikes off Indonesia's Tanimbar islands

An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude struck off Indonesia's Tanimbar islands in Maluku province on Thursday, the country's geophysics agency said, adding that there was no tsunami potential.

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'No going back' for S.Korea, Indonesia defence cooperation after jet funding dispute

Defence cooperation between South Korea and Indonesia will expand, diplomats from the two countries said on Friday, after a dispute over funding for a joint fighter jet project was resolved last year.

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Indonesia stadium crush trial hit by claims of intimidation

Police were filmed heckling prosecutors at trial of five people, including three police officers, over Malang disaster.

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Blinken conveys U.S. concern over Indonesia criminal code

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed Washington's concern about certain provisions in Indonesia's new criminal code in a call Thursday with the country's foreign minister, Retno Marsudi, the State Department said.

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Boat with 69 Rohingya arrives in Aceh

LAMPANAH, Indonesia: A boat carrying 69 Rohingya Muslims landed in Aceh province of Indonesia on Thursday, the United Nations refugee agency said, the latest in a wave of arrivals as hundreds flee desperate conditions in Bangladeshi refugee camps.

Bangkok Post

Indonesia military ready for operation to free NZ pilot, if talks fail

An Indonesian military commander in its restive Papua region on Thursday said a "law enforcement operation" was being prepared to free a New Zealand pilot held hostage by separatists, but only as a last resort if negotiations failed.

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Indonesia delays house vote on president's emergency decree

Indonesia's parliament has pushed back a final vote on a presidential emergency decree on jobs and investment rules until its next sitting, senior lawmakers said on Thursday, a move some legal experts said could violate the constitution.

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Boat carrying 71 Rohingya refugees lands in Indonesia

A boat carrying 71 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims fleeing from refugee camps in Bangladesh has landed in Indonesia’s Aceh province, Fifteen-year-old Shorif Uddin, who was on the boat with his parents, says two or three people died while they were at sea because of a lack of food

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Mitsubishi Minicab-MiEV Announced As Electric Commercial Kei Car

It will be produced in Indonesia.

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Boat carrying 69 Rohingya lands in Indonesia's Aceh

A boat carrying 69 Rohingya Muslims landed in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said, the latest in a wave of arrivals as hundreds flee desperate conditions in Bangladeshi refugee camps.

Reuters

Indonesia military court jails four soldiers over Papua killings

Four Papuan men were killed and their bodies mutilated after a deal to buy arms from the Indonesian troops fell apart.

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Indonesian court jails soldiers over brutal Papua killings

An Indonesian military court in the restive Papua region this week handed down jail sentences to four soldiers over their roles in the brutal murder of four civilians, a court document showed.

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Bow and arrow-wielding rebels threaten to execute hostage pilot if demands aren't met

Philip Mehrtens' single-engine plane was stormed after it landed in the remote mountainous province of Nduga, in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua by armed rebels

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Indonesian parliamentary body okays presidential decree on jobs

An Indonesian parliamentary body on Wednesday approved President Joko Widodo's controversial emergency regulation on job creation, lawmakers said, paving the way for its passage into law at a plenary session.

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Moment pilot is taken hostage by bow and arrow-wielding rebels in chilling video

Rebels stormed Philip Mehrtens's single-engine plane after it landed in the remote mountainous province of Nduga, in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua

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Papuan separatists armed with bows and arrows surround captured New Zealand pilot in video

Philip Mehrtens says ‘I will remain captive for my life’ if insurgent group’s demands are not met

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Rebels in Indonesia's Papua say images show abducted NZ pilot in good health

Separatists in Indonesia's restive Papua region have released images that they say show a New Zealand pilot taken hostage last week is in good health, but pledged he would not be freed until authorities acknowledge the independence of the area.

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Separatist rebels in Papua say kidnapped NZ pilot is safe

Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua province have released photos and videos of a man they say is the pilot from New Zealand whom they took hostage last week

Al Jazeera

West Papua rebels release photos of captured New Zealand pilot

Phillip Mehrtens was taken hostage last week after landing his small commercial plane in the Papuan highlands.

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Papua independence fighters release images of New Zealand pilot hostage Philip Mehrtens

Independence fighters in Indonesia's Papua region release videos and photos of a New Zealand pilot they are holding hostage, declaring the images and video are proof of life.

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Indonesia’s ‘Trial of the Century’ ends in death sentence

The murder trial of former two-star police general Ferdy Sambo has exposed the force to rare public scrutiny.

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Indonesia promises move to clean energy, but challenges loom

Indonesia, one of the world's largest coal-producing countries, has agreed to drastically reduce its reliance on fossil fuels in the coming decades

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