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Indonesian security forces ready to rescue hostage pilot but New Zealand wanted plan ditched

Papuan police say New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens is in good health and negotiations are being prioritised, while the rebels say they want a UN-mediated discussion before releasing him.

ABC News

Factbox-Separatist insurgency in Indonesia's Papua region

The kidnapping of 37-year-old New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens by separatist rebels in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua has thrown a spotlight on the decades-long, low-level insurgency in the remote, resource-rich area.

Reuters

Deadlier and more media savvy, separatist rebels evolve in Indonesia's Papua

Egianus Kogoya, the dreadlocked rebel behind the kidnapping of a New Zealand pilot this month in the highlands of Indonesia’s Papua region, is at the vanguard of an increasingly dangerous and media-savvy insurgency for independence.

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British woman died in Bali after drinking fatal local brew

Coroner urges UK Government to warn Britons of the danger of cheap spirits in Indonesia

Evening Standard

China, ASEAN to intensify negotiations on South China Sea code

Negotiations on a code of conduct (COC) for the South China Sea will be intensified this year, Indonesian and Chinese officials said on Wednesday, as the region frets over China's assertiveness in the strategic waterway.

Reuters

Many Indonesians still misunderstand climate change – so how can we change this?

Despite the country’s good progress in addressing climate change, two recent surveys have shown many Indonesians do not understand climate change or its causes.

The Conversation

Cook County judge names Heather Mack’s cousin guardian of Mack’s child

The future of Mack’s 7-year-old daughter has been up in the air ever since her arrival in the United States. Custody was decided by a bench trial that began in September and ended Tuesday.

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Asean sticks to peace agenda in Ukraine

This week marks the first year of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The biggest war in Europe since World War II will continue as nobody knows when, or if ever, Russia or Ukraine will be defeated. Certainly, the US and Europe, or rather Nato are confident that more military hardware support…

Bangkok Post

The pilot, the rebels and West Papua's independence struggle

How did a Kiwi pilot get caught up in a rebel group's demands for West Papua's independence from Indonesia?

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Indonesia to repatriate alleged drug trafficker to Italy

Indonesian authorities will repatriate alleged drug trafficker Antonio Strangio, an Italian and Australian dual national who was detained in Bali earlier this month, to Italy on Sunday, authorities said.

Reuters

Indonesian police to deport mafia fugitive back to Italy

Indonesian police say they will escort back to Italy an Italian-Australian fugitive who was arrested on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali after seven years on the run in connection with drug trafficking and organized crime

The Independent UK

Workers say unsafe conditions at nickel smelter leave some with 'cough', as Indonesia pushes for key role in electric vehicle industry

As Indonesia pushes ahead with a plan to be the world's largest nickel producer for electric vehicle batteries, workers at smelter sites allege they face unsafe conditions, which sometimes can be fatal.

ABC News

Thailand essential to GWM's ambitious plans

Chinese sport utility vehicle manufacturer Great Wall Motor (GWM) is determined to expand its electric vehicle (EV) business in Asean, with Thailand and Indonesia selected as its top destinations.

Bangkok Post

Indonesian police fire tear gas to disperse soccer fans

Indonesian police have fired tear gas outside a soccer stadium to disperse fans who were trying to force their way into a match in Central Java province, months after the use of tear gas in another stadium caused one of the world’s worst sporting disasters

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Bangkok Post

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.

Reuters

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.

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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.

Reuters

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

Reuters

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.

Bangkok Post

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.

Reuters

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.

Reuters

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.

The Independent UK

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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