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Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – The new government's plan to bolster the country's defense spending to almost triple its current budget by 2019 has received support from international relation

Faiq Hidayat – The Defense Department will be reviving the Student University Paramilitary Regiment (Menwa) on all campuses throughout Indonesia.

Michael Bachelard, Jayapura, West Papua – Ten years after he was jailed for raising the outlawed "Morning Star" flag, West Papuan independence leader Filep Karma has called on Indonesia

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo agreed on Friday to continue with an Indonesian Military (TNI) plan for the formation of defense groups under a joint command, loca

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – After retiring from the military almost a decade ago, newly appointed Defense Minister Gen.

Ina Parlina, Fadli and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta, Batam, Medan – Defense Minister Gen.

Fadli and Yuliasri Perdani, Batam/Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has identified four possible human rights violations in last week's armed clash between

Jakarta – Aiming for world-class military technology, the Republic of Indonesia is committed to advancing the countrys defense industry by promoting joint cooperation between local and

Yuliasri Perdani and Fadli, Jakarta/Batam – An armed attack by soldiers on the Riau Islands police mobile brigade (Brimob) headquarters on Wednesday stems from the failure of leaders wi

Arnold Sianturi, Ezra Sihite & Robertus Wardi, Jakarta – A police officer in North Sumatra was stabbed to death by a soldier on Thursday, in the latest incident of violence between

Fadli, Batam – Dozens of unidentified Army personnel surrounded the headquarters of the Riau Islands Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) in Batam, Riau Islands, opened fire and vandalized it

Jakarta – The United States Ambassador to Indonesia Robert O Blake expected that there will be no military equipment embargo for Indonesia in the future.

Kennial Caroline Laia & Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu said on Thursday that the government was committed to boosting the portion of defense spending u

Jakarta – The Defense Ministry has pledged to spur the development and production of naval weapons by national defense firms in an effort to realize President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's vis

Chris Blake – Former Suharto-era general Ryamizard Ryacudu, tapped by Indonesian President Joko Widodo for defense minister, could become a conduit to the powerful armed forces for the

Yuliasri Perdani and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Military experts have raised concerns that upgrades to the Indonesian Military's (TNI) weaponry system could be stalled under the leadership

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Yohana Susana Yembise might have had a bitter pill to swallow when she was defeated as a candidate to become the 2014-2019 Biak Numfor regent in Papua, bu

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura, Papua – A military officer was wounded in a shooting between police officers and soldiers in restive Papua province on Monday.

Yuliasri Perdani and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta/Surabaya – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has criticized lavish plans to mark the Indonesian Mil

Jakarta – Ahead of the Indonesian Military's (TNI) 69th anniversary, which falls on Sunday, activists have assessed that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's government has failed to re

Yeremia Sukoyo & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Four soldiers were rushed to hospital at the weekend after they were allegedly shot by police officers following a raid on a fuel storage fa

Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen.

Jakarta – Indonesian military commander Gen. Moeldoko has announced that Presidential Security Detail (Paspampres) commander Maj. Gen.

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has thanked visiting US senator John McCain for his country's support to help modernize the Indonesian Military's (TNI) weaponry system.

Ina Parlina and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – New Army chief Lt. Gen.

Ina Parlina and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed on Tuesday Lt. Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo as the new Army chief of staff to replace Gen.

Jakarta – Indonesia Military (TNI) Commander Gen. Moeldoko said on Tuesday that the TNI headquarters had proposed three candidates to take over as Army chief of staff, after Gen.

Max Horder – Home to 3.5 million people, daily life in West Papua is characterised by widespread violence, intimidation and political suppression.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Five points.

Venidora Oliveira – NGO Belun's Early Attention and Response Program identified 17 members of the national police force PNTL and of the national defence forces F-FDTL involved in crimes

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Indonesia is preparing to receive the first batch of armored vehicles it procured from Germany – from an order of 164 units – as the archipelagic nat

A leaked document sheds some light on a notorious human rights case, but also poses many questions and leaves much unsaid.

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Bambang Widjojanto said on Tuesday that the antigraft body had the authority to investigate corruption cases involving

Kuala Lumpur – Global Komited Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Weststar Group of Companies, has signed a RM2.2 million contract for the supply of 10 initial Weststar General Service (GS) cargo

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) said Sunday that it had taken disciplinary action against two officers allegedly involved in political canvassing for Gerindra Part

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The campaign team of presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has demanded that the Indonesian Military (TNI) suspend the operation of its village supervisory

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The investigation held by the army into allegations that a soldier encouraged residents of a Central Jakarta neigborhood to vote for Prabowo Subianto has found t

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The Elections Monitoring Agency (Bawaslu) is preparing a summons letter for Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen.

Jakarta – A neighborhood in Central Jakarta where 90 percent of the population are of Chinese descent and Christians was visited by a sergeant from the military to check on their prefer

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Jakarta – Presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said that village supervisory non-commissioned officers (Babinsa) must remain neutral during the presidential election because

Margareth Aritonang, Headlines – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono lashed out on Monday at several active generals both in the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police whom he

Suherdjoko and Agus Azka, Semarang/Purbalingga – Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen.

Purawakarta – Drones, which are unmanned aerial vehicles, manufactured by the Indonesia Maritime Institute are ready to be operated in border regions to carry out area surveillance missions.

Banda Aceh – The Banda Aceh Military Court on Friday sentenced Chief Pvt.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The Indonesian Army (TNI) announced it would build the Army Strategic Reserves Command's (Kostrad) III Division in Central Java, thus, quashing rumors that it wou

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – US-based aerospace and security company Lockheed Martin has announced it had won a US$80.6 million contract, which includes the production of night vision te

Jakarta – The Indonesian Army is planning to transform its primary weapons defense system through increased collaboration with local universities and homegrown military industries.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen.