Seoul/ Jakarta: South Korea and Indonesia, among the five leading economies in Asia, have decided to transact in local currencies. A meeting of both countries’ central banks was recently held in South Korea. On this occasion, an agreement was signed to use the local currencies ‘Won’ and ‘Rupiah’ instead of the US dollar in trade […]
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Canberra: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has been showing their naval strength for the past few days. Only last week, they conducted live-fire drills in the Strait of Hormuz. Now two destroyer vessels of the Iranian Navy have sailed into the South Pacific Sea. The Australian Navy reported keeping a close eye on Iran’s ships. Also, Australian […]
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Jakarta: Militaries of the United States and Indonesia commenced a joint war exercise on Wednesday. Militaries of Japan, Australia and Singapore, will also participate in these exercises being held on Sumatra Island. The importance of these joint exercises between the United States and Indonesia has increased further due to rising tensions with China in the […]
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Washington: The western countries are demanding to boycott Russia from the G20 organisation for starting a war against Ukraine. The United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and their allies staged a walkout from the G20 meeting to build pressure. But India, China, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, South Africa and other countries are not agreeable to the […]
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Jakarta/Washington – US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said, ‘Concerns are growing over increasing Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific region. The United States will focus on strengthening military and economic cooperation in the region to counter these activities.’ Secretary of State Blinken is on a seven-day tour to Southeast Asia. This is the first visit […]
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Kuala Lumpur/Jakarta/Beijing: – The ASEAN countries have expedited their activities to retaliate against the Chinese actions in the South China Sea. Chinese aeroplanes tried to intrude into Malaysian airspace on Sunday. But the Malaysian air force drove the Chinese planes away. Malaysia has registered an official protest and summoned the Chinese Ambassador. Whereas, Indonesia is […]
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Jakarta: A new challenge has come up for the Chinese efforts, to dominate the South China Sea region. Indonesia announced an increase in patrolling around the Natuna Islands, claimed by China as its territory. A few days ago, the Chinese ships intruded in the marine limits of the Natuna Islands and Indonesia issued a warning […]
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Jakarta: At least 32 people have been killed and 60 seriously injured, in the violence that broke out two days ago, in the West Papua province in Indonesia. The dead also includes military officials. Further, President Joko Widodo has appealed to the people not to believe in ‘Fake News’. Even in August, there had been […]
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Jakarta: More than 222 people have been reported dead in the catastrophic tsunami that hit Indonesia following a volcanic eruption. The number of injured is said to be more than 843. An island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra islands was hit by the tsunami, and the buildings on this island also have […]
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Jakarta: A passenger liner of Lion Air Flight crashed in the marine region near Jakarta, and it is claimed that all the 189 people onboard the aircraft are dead. There was a senior finance ministry official among the dead. As per the information received, the plane crashed due to a technical snag. The aircraft had […]
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