Jakarta – The Jakarta Military Command's decision to take down banners depicting firebrand cleric and Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab has raised questions over the Indo

Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic country with some 17,000 islands and a vast maritime territory.

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Natasia Christy Wahyuni & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia will continue to increase the number of personnel in UN peacekeeping missions and maintain position as one of the ten

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on the Indonesian Military (TNI) to become more modern and professional, urging the armed forces to adapt to ne

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Toyiban, Manokwari – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has approved a program to recruit 1,000 Special Autonomy non-commissioned officers (Bintara Otsus) which was proposed by the West

Jakarta – The Indonesian Navy launched on Monday two domestically manufactured Type PC-40 M warships called Karotang-872 and Mata Bongsang-873.

Jakarta – Deputy Defense Minister Wahyu Sakti Trenggono says that the wars being waged at the moment are not always in the form of military or physical attacks.

Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) says that the government is overly simplifying the phrase "low level of nationalism" among young people by inv

Jakarta – Deputy Defense Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono has said the planned national defense education program, which will allow civilians to enlist in the military reserve component p

Jakarta – Indonesian Education Monitoring Network (JPPI) National Coordinator Ubaid Matraji says that the military training on university campuses planned by the Defense Department coul

Victor Mambor, Jayapura – An 18-year-old resident of Asiki district in Bovel Digoel regency, Papua, reportedly died after being tortured by Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel statione

Jakarta – The government may deploy more troops in Papua if it deems the escalation necessary to maintain security, Home Minister Tito Karnavian has said, amid reports of tensions betw

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's instruction for the military and the police to hunt down armed separatist rebels responsible for the 2018 Nduga massacre in Pa

Dewi Elvia Muthiariny, Jakarta – The Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal, and Security Mahfud Md held a meeting with the task force of the Indonesian Military (TNI), National Pol

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Indonesian naval ship KRI Teluk Jakarta-541 sunk on Tuesday morning while carrying out logistical duties off the coast of Kangean Island in East Java.

Arlina Arshad – As Indonesia eases restrictive measures and shifts to a "new normal", soldiers and police officers will become a familiar sight at public places such as malls, traditio

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – An Indonesian Air Force Hawk 209 jet fighter crashed in a residential area of Kampar regency, Riau, on Monday morning.

Heru Andriyanto, Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military needs to modernize its defense system and do it as soon as possible, especially after two military aircraft crashed w

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo reiterated following a jog with Indonesian Military (TNI) chiefs of staff on Sunday that the TNI's role is to ensure that health protocols are f

Yeremia Sukoyo, Semarang, Central Java – A helicopter belonging to the Indonesian Army crashed and burst into flame in the Central Java town of Kendal on Saturday afternoon, killing fo

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Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Indonesia's military ordered the deployment of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and police on Tuesday to enforce rules on wearing masks and safe dist

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced on Tuesday that the Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police would be deployed to guard crowded places i

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has inaugurated Adm.

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Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has confirmed 55 cases of COVID-19 and 15 deaths among military personnel and their families.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Air Force is upgrading its primary weaponry defense system (Alutsista) and developing various new branches.

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD has scolded non-government organisations (NGOs) who frequently cite the TNI (Indonesian military) and

Piter Lokon, Jayapura – Yalimo Students Association in Indonesia (HMKY) states their rejection towards the military plan to build new posts in Abenaho and Apahapsili subdistricts locat

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Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – While it remains unclear whether the arms procurement to fulfill the Minimum Essential Force (MEF) military modernization program will continue as planned, t

Hengky Yeimo, Jayapura – Two civilians reportedly killed in a joint military operation at Yoparu Village of Sugapa Sub-district, Intan Jayapura Regency on Tuesday (18/2/2020).

Beritasatu, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military will begin recruiting citizen soldiers next month to build the long-awaited military reserve force that will eventually have 25,000 member

Jakarta – The Defense Ministry has set a target to recruit a total of 25,000 young people for the military reserve component program.

Yance Wenda, Sentani, Jubi – A local parliament member of Lanny Jaya Girmin Wenda urges military and police to withdraw their troops from Popome Elementary School in Mokoni subdistrict

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) deputy coordinator, Feri Kusuma, disapproves of the government's decision in mobilizing add

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Army (TNI AD) has officially deployed 700 military personnel to fill a number of 'preparation military commands' (Koramil) freshly established across t

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police Main Headquarters (Polri) affirmed it will not pull police personnel currently tasked in Papua due to the upcoming regional head

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Benny Mawel, 300,000 – Four tribes in Keerom regency, Papua, have handed over 10 hectares of land to the Indonesian Military (TNI), paving the way for the construction of a new headqua

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The government is making assurances that the big investment losses suffered by the state insurer and pension fund for the military, police and defense ministry,

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud M.D.

Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) matron Megawati Soekarnoputri, who served as the country's fifth president – and the first female one – said it should be poss

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Inward-looking organizational transformation in the military within the last decade may have left Indonesia exposed to contemporary threats of cyber warfare an

Jakarta (Antara) – Two personnel of the Indonesian Military (TNI) were nabbed in an apartment in Jakarta for allegedly involved in drug abuse.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have said that a smoke grenade believed to be the cause of an explosion that occurred in the northern part of the National Monument (Monas) complex in Cent

Vela Andapita, Jakarta – Police have confirmed that a smoke grenade was the cause of the minor explosion that occurred on Tuesday morning at National Monument Park in Central Jakarta.

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto pledged that he would strive to increase the budget for the country's primary defense weapon systems or alutsista.