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Biden embraces allies as Xi comes to San Francisco
AFP, Published on 13/11/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO: President Joe Biden, eager to showcase US leadership in the face of Beijing and Moscow, this week leads another major summit, but this time the guests will include not only allies but Chinese President Xi Jinping.
'Save our village': Indonesians resist eviction for China-backed project
AFP, Published on 27/09/2023
» REMPANG (INDONESIA) - Sitting on a creaky bridge linking stilt houses, Indonesian fisherman Sadam Husen fears for his people and their traditions, knowing they may be uprooted from their ancestral land to make way for a China-funded megaproject worth billions.
'Regulate them': hard-up Indonesia traders urge TikTok sales ban
AFP, Published on 25/09/2023
» JAKARTA - As clothing seller Hendri Tanjung struggles to hawk his tunics to Indonesian buyers outside his market shop, he says customers are turning to cheaper versions on TikTok, pummelling his income.
Wave of violent Indonesia muggings sparks 'shoot-to-kill' calls
AFP, Published on 16/08/2023
» MEDAN (INDONESIA) - A spate of violent muggings by machete-wielding thieves in Indonesia has drawn coded calls from prominent politicians for them to be killed-on-sight by police, in comments condemned by rights groups as condoning extrajudicial murders.
Singapore: 'Premature' for any Asean talks with Myanmar
AFP, Published on 17/06/2023
» WASHINGTON: Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said Friday that conditions were not yet right for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to open high-level talks with Myanmar on the country's political situation.
Asean voices deep fears over Myanmar violence
News, AFP, Published on 11/05/2023
» JAKARTA: Southeast Asian nations said on Wednesday they are "deeply concerned" about the violence ravaging Myanmar as they condemned the recent attack on a convoy of diplomats delivering humanitarian aid in the country.
Asean leaders 'deeply concerned' about Myanmar violence
AFP, Published on 10/05/2023
» JAKARTA: Southeast Asian nations said Wednesday they are "deeply concerned" about the violence ravaging Myanmar while condemning a recent attack on a convoy of diplomats delivering humanitarian aid in the country.
Indonesian farmers fight for their land in nickel mining boom
AFP, Published on 13/03/2023
» WAWONII, Indonesia: Three women with machetes stood guard at their farm hilltop on Indonesia's Wawonii Island, directing their blades towards the nickel miners working in the forest clearing below.
Rebels take New Zealand pilot hostage in Indonesia
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» JAKARTA: Separatists in Indonesia's breakaway eastern region of Papua have taken a New Zealand pilot hostage after attacking a small passenger plane and setting it on fire at an airport in a remote mountainous area, officials and a rebel group said.
New Indonesia capital branded 'ecological disaster'
AFP, Published on 06/01/2023
» BALIKPAPAN, Indonesia: The twisting road that leads to Indonesia's future capital is lined with dense rainforest and pockets of plantations, punctuated every so often with monkeys enjoying a laze out on the tarmac.