Malaysia – For the second consecutive year, Indonesia have denied Malaysia a spot in the Thomas Cup semi-finals, defeating Lee Zii Jia and Co 3-0 in the quarterfinals at the Ceres Arena. Indonesia, who have won the Thomas Cup a record 13 times, defeated five-time champions Malaysia 3-1 in last year’s edition in Bangkok. Malaysia was relying on world number …
Indonesia’s elite counterterrorism squad has arrested a convicted militant and suspected leader of an al-Qaeda-linked group that has been blamed for a string of past bombings in the country, Indonesia police said Monday. Abu Rusdan was seized late Friday in Bekasi near the capital of Jakarta, along with three other suspected members of Jemaah Islamiyah, police spokesman Ahmad Ramadhan said. …
DAP leader Lim Kit Siang underlined to Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin his earlier warnings that immunization alone would not address Malaysia’s Covid-19 issues. The Iskandar Puteri MP contrasted Indonesia’s achievement in decreasing daily cases, stating that despite its bigger population, the neighboring country had reduced its infection rate much quicker than Malaysia. For more than four weeks, Southeast Asia’s third …
Indonesians voiced worry today about the security of their personal medical data after the disclosure of the president’s coronavirus vaccination certificate and the appearance of a compromised large test app. Indonesia has a terrible track record when it comes to cyber security, with low internet literacy and numerous breaches in the past. Joko Widodo‘s vaccination certificate — which circulated online …
President Rodrigo Duterte is confident that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) would overcome Covid-19, just as it has overcome many obstacles in the past. Duterte made the statement as ASEAN marked the 54th anniversary of its foundation. He said that the ASEAN member nations are no strangers to adversity, adding that the regional bloc’s ties of amity and …
Indonesia’s foreign minister urges Myanmar to approve the appointment of special envoy from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), saying that only small progress had been made between Myanmar and rival sides. Six months after Myanmar’s junta seized power, the foreign ministers of ASEAN held a meeting to finalize the envoy with a task to end the violence and …
Indonesia is known to be the world’s biggest exporter of tin which is being used in everything like food packaging, electronics and green technologies. However, deposits in the mining base of Bangka-Belitung have now been exploited on land which left the part of the islands off the southeast coast of Sumatra island look like a lunar landscape where vast craters …
Indonesian Trade Minister Muhammad Lufti will withdraw for Russia on Thursday to satisfy President Joko Widodo‘s order to escalate exchange collaboration with different countries, particularly non-customary fare objections. In view of this, Indonesia is quick to improve two-sided ties and collaboration, especially with Russia and other (Eurasian Economic Union/EAEU) part states. The collaboration is required to set out open doors …
Surprisingly, The agents of Indonesia and the United Kingdom met in Jakarta on Tuesday to examine arrangements for one of the arrangements of occasions of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on Nov 1-12, 2021. At the gathering, agents of the two countries talked about arrangements to seat the Forest, Agriculture, and Commodity Trade …
An official has given a statement today that the rescue teams are currently doing search operations to look for one missing person after having all other passengers evacuated from a ferry that caught fire in Indonesia. The ferry involved which is the KM Karya Indah was on its way to Sanana, a remote port in the northeast of the Indonesian …
