Kanupriya Kapoor & Randy Fabri, Jakarta – Indonesia's armed forces have launched a six-month anti-terrorism operation to crack down on militants with suspected links to Islamic State, the top g

Jakarta – The war game that involved thousands of personnel from the Army, Navy and Air Force has concluded in Poso, Central Sulawesi on Friday with the stationing of 600 personnel from the Army's

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Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Thursday that the government would improve the welfare of military personnel by raising their salaries by 56 to 60 percent.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) will create an anti-terror task force comprising special personnel from the Navy, Army and Air Force who will support the National Police in dea

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has urged the Indonesian Military (TNI) to allow victims of crimes or violations committed by soldiers to

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has struck a deal with the Religious Affairs Ministry for a joint campaign to strop radicalism, including the spread of the Islamic State (IS) m

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has warned against the threat of terrorists and extreme groups, saying the military would crack down on radical groups attempting to disturb security or viol

Jakarta – The construction of the headquarters of a new military command (Kodam) in West Papua is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year, Kodam XVII/Cenderawasih chief Maj. Gen.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H.

Nani Afrida and Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – Civil society groups have begun voicing objections to a plan by the Indonesian Military (TNI) to leave 700 personnel in Poso, Central Sulawesi, as a Q

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen.

Suherdjoko and Ruslan Sangadji, Semarang/Palu – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is insisting that the joint combat exercise in Poso, Central Sulawesi, is not aimed at arresting members of a terrorist

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – The Military Region Command (Kodam) VII/Wirabuna is stepping up monitoring and surveillance to prevent the Islamic State (IS) militant group from entering and spreading

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – A proposal to reactivate the deputy commander post in the Indonesian Military (TNI) is being criticized as an unnecessary reform that could promote inefficiency.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Mount Leuser National Park (TNGL) rangers have arrested a Navy sailor on suspicion of illegal logging in the Leuser Park protected forest in Langkat regency, North Sumatra.

Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Moeldoko submitted on Tuesday a series of reorganization steps to a limited Cabinet meeting at the Presidential Palace.

A former senior Fiji military figure, Jone Baledrokadroka, says there is much that the Royal Fiji Military Forces can learn from Indonesia's army.

Carlos Roy Fajarta Barus, Jakarta – The Indonesian Navy's military police, or Pomal, arrested a naval officer last week after he was found with crystal methamphetamine and pages of counterfeit bill

Suherdjoko, Jakarta – Indonesia is facing a proxy war in which a third party is being used to attack Indonesia in any way, Army chief of staff Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo said on Tuesday.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has warned its personnel against using social media, as it says doing so may compromise national security.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Indonesia and Singapore are working to improve defense relations after last year's spat over the naming of a Usman Harun Navy corvette.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has rolled out its plan to use the restive region of Poso in Central Sulawesi as the training ground for its quick reaction strike force (PPRC).

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – All seaports, airports, railway networks and bus stations in the country will officially be under the protection of the Indonesian Military (TNI) following the signing of a m

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) said it would focus its operations in the western part of the country, especially in Sumatra and Kalimantan, to deal with foreign threats.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has agreed to deploy 1,000 personnel to help the Transportation Ministry secure its vital facilities.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Air Force plans to increase operations at bases near its borders in an effort to deter threats of incursion.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Air Force might cancel its plan to create a new jet fighter squadron in eastern Indonesia, a high-ranking military official said on Wednesday.

Nethy Dharma Somba and Nani Afrida, Jayapura/Jakarta – The Cenderawasih Military Police Command in Papua is currently questioning five Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel from the Cenderawasih Mili

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) will review leadership in the force on account of a high number of desertion cases last year.

Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Moeldoko has said the country's military still needs foreign-made weapons.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A joint team of National Police (Polri) and Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel is pursuing an armed civilian group led by Ayub Waker suspected to be behind the recen

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Indonesia and the United States have stepped up their defense cooperation with the signing of an agreement under which the former will get more support and assistance from th

Jayapura – The Papua Police were hunting an armed group led by Ayub Waker who is believed to be responsible for the recent fatal shootings of two Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officers.

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Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo set a target on Tuesday to improve the capacity of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and defense industry not only to meet the Minimum

Nani Afrida, Denpasar – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu has hinted that the government would allocate a fraction of the budget for procurement of weapons for the Indonesian Military

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has unveiled plans to improve its intelligence capacity as part of efforts to deal with more threats in the future.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has imposed sanctions on 100 soldiers from the 134 Tuah Sakti infantry batallion in Batam, Riau Islands, for attacking the Police's

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The plan to establish joint area defense commands (Kogabwilhan) among forces in the Indonesian Military (TNI) faces many challenges, experts say.

Christian children in Indonesia's most easterly province are bearing the brunt of a multi-faceted Islamisation programme that is changing the character of the formerly Christian-majorit

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Amid growing fear from civil society groups over the determination of Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu to restore the military's sociopolitical role of the past

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Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Defense Ministry is proposing to make patriotism a subject in schools in a bid to revive nationalism among students.

Ben Bohane – In a gathering of West Papuan leaders in Vanuatu last week, different factions of the independence movement united to form a new body called the United Liberation Movement

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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