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WEBIndonesian president’s son denies misconduct in US flight ‘hitched’ on friend’s jet 2024-09-17. Kaesang Pangarep reported to anti-corruption agency amid allegations that he used a plane belonging to company with ties to his vice president-elect brother
US, Indonesia kick off largest-ever ‘Garuda Shield’ military exercise
WEBAug 1, 2022 · Updated at 5:18 p.m. ET on 2022-08-01. Indonesia and the United States kicked off their largest annual joint military exercise on Monday, with Australia, Singapore and Japan also participating, in a show of defense partnership amid rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific region. The “Super Garuda Shield” exercise is “significantly larger in ...
Papua New Guinea’s reopened Porgera gold mine faces renewed …
WEBApr 4, 2024 · Handout/New Porgera. Papua New Guinea’s economically crucial Porgera gold mine is facing renewed strife only several months after reopening due to what authorities say is a dangerous influx of illegal miners into the volatile highlands region. Police Commissioner David Manning on Thursday said the …
Thai PM Srettha seeks foreign investors for land bridge across Kra ...
WEBDec 4, 2023 · A consortium of investors would bid for a 50-year contract to develop a land bridge in the south of Thailand linking seaports on both sides of the southern isthmus through a 90-km (56-mile) motorway and rail connecting ports in Ranong and Chumphon provinces. The government plans to conduct international …
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Anwar proves naysayers wrong, emerges stronger after 1 year as ...
WEBNov 22, 2023 · Anwar proves naysayers wrong, emerges stronger after 1 year as Malaysian PM. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Rizal Park, in Manila, during a visit to the Philippines, March 2, 2023. A year after he took office as Malaysia’s prime minister, Anwar Ibrahim has solidified his power in Parliament and ...
Philippines agrees to host US visa processing center for Afghan ...
WEBAug 20, 2024 · The Philippines has agreed with the United States to temporarily host a limited number of Afghan refugees while they are being processed for resettlement in the U.S., the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila announced Tuesday. Under the deal, the DFA said that Afghan nationals seeking a “special immigrant visa” …
Vanuatu declares emergency, takes stock of damage after double …
WEBMar 6, 2023 · Vanuatu’s government has declared a six-month national emergency after back-to-back tropical cyclones battered homes, overturned light planes and uprooted trees, triggering an influx of international aid to the disaster-prone Pacific island nation. Tropical Cyclone Kevin hit the capital Port Vila late on Friday, two days after Cyclone Judy ...
Borneo Bound: Inside Indonesia’s Big Plan to Move its Capital
WEBJubein, a Dayak leader, welcomes the government’s plan to move the nation’s capital to this largely underdeveloped area, and away from Jakarta, a traffic-choked and polluted mega-city in densely populated Java that has long been Indonesia’s power center and seat of government. But he is not sure what this means for him, and people like ...
Thailand’s offer of aid to Myanmar gets mixed reaction
WEBJul 31, 2024 · A Thai pledge to donate millions of baht to help alleviate a humanitarian crisis in neighboring Myanmar has met with a mixture of gratitude and skepticism from Myanmar’s pro-democracy government in exile. The kingdom will give 9 million baht (U.S. $252,500) to the humanitarian center of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Thai ...