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The Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia are competing to host another Southeast Asian electric-vehicle assembly plant for BYD Co, the world’s second-largest maker of EVs, according to a Philippine trade and investment official.

Bangkok Post

Indonesia boosts security in Papua after 9 killed in riot

More than 200 security personnel sent to Wamena town after kidnap rumour sparks deadly riot and clashes with police.

Al Jazeera

More Indonesian children are living with diabetes – so what can we do to prevent it?

Indonesian children under 18 were 70 times more likely to be living with diabetes in January 2023 than they were in 2010, the Indonesian Pediatric Society revealed this month.

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Indonesia’s palm oil tycoon Darmadi gets 15 years for corruption

Surya Darmadi ordered to repay the state equivalent of $2.6bn over corruption scheme that cleared protected forests.

Al Jazeera

Mitsubishi To Start Minicab-MiEV Kei Van Production In Indonesia Next Year

This particular pint-sized commercial EV has an interesting story behind it.

InsideEVs

Southeast Asia lags in EVs. Can it catch up?

KUALA LUMPUR: For self-confessed tech geek and adrenaline junkie Farhan Abdul Rahim, becoming one of the first Malaysians to own an electric car in 2020 was a no-brainer - but he did not simply stop there.

Bangkok Post

Indonesian security forces ready to rescue hostage pilot but New Zealand wanted plan ditched

Papuan police say New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens is in good health and negotiations are being prioritised, while the rebels say they want a UN-mediated discussion before releasing him.

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Factbox-Separatist insurgency in Indonesia's Papua region

The kidnapping of 37-year-old New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens by separatist rebels in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua has thrown a spotlight on the decades-long, low-level insurgency in the remote, resource-rich area.

Reuters

Deadlier and more media savvy, separatist rebels evolve in Indonesia's Papua

Egianus Kogoya, the dreadlocked rebel behind the kidnapping of a New Zealand pilot this month in the highlands of Indonesia’s Papua region, is at the vanguard of an increasingly dangerous and media-savvy insurgency for independence.

Reuters

British woman died in Bali after drinking fatal local brew

Coroner urges UK Government to warn Britons of the danger of cheap spirits in Indonesia

Evening Standard

China, ASEAN to intensify negotiations on South China Sea code

Negotiations on a code of conduct (COC) for the South China Sea will be intensified this year, Indonesian and Chinese officials said on Wednesday, as the region frets over China's assertiveness in the strategic waterway.

Reuters

Many Indonesians still misunderstand climate change – so how can we change this?

Despite the country’s good progress in addressing climate change, two recent surveys have shown many Indonesians do not understand climate change or its causes.

The Conversation

Cook County judge names Heather Mack’s cousin guardian of Mack’s child

The future of Mack’s 7-year-old daughter has been up in the air ever since her arrival in the United States. Custody was decided by a bench trial that began in September and ended Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Asean sticks to peace agenda in Ukraine

This week marks the first year of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The biggest war in Europe since World War II will continue as nobody knows when, or if ever, Russia or Ukraine will be defeated. Certainly, the US and Europe, or rather Nato are confident that more military hardware support…

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The pilot, the rebels and West Papua's independence struggle

How did a Kiwi pilot get caught up in a rebel group's demands for West Papua's independence from Indonesia?

Reuters

Indonesia to repatriate alleged drug trafficker to Italy

Indonesian authorities will repatriate alleged drug trafficker Antonio Strangio, an Italian and Australian dual national who was detained in Bali earlier this month, to Italy on Sunday, authorities said.

The Independent UK

Indonesian police to deport mafia fugitive back to Italy

Indonesian police say they will escort back to Italy an Italian-Australian fugitive who was arrested on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali after seven years on the run in connection with drug trafficking and organized crime

ABC News

Workers say unsafe conditions at nickel smelter leave some with 'cough', as Indonesia pushes for key role in electric vehicle industry

As Indonesia pushes ahead with a plan to be the world's largest nickel producer for electric vehicle batteries, workers at smelter sites allege they face unsafe conditions, which sometimes can be fatal.

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Bangkok Post

Thailand essential to GWM's ambitious plans

Chinese sport utility vehicle manufacturer Great Wall Motor (GWM) is determined to expand its electric vehicle (EV) business in Asean, with Thailand and Indonesia selected as its top destinations.

The Independent UK

Indonesian police fire tear gas to disperse soccer fans

Indonesian police have fired tear gas outside a soccer stadium to disperse fans who were trying to force their way into a match in Central Java province, months after the use of tear gas in another stadium caused one of the world’s worst sporting disasters

Bangkok Post

Indonesian football fans face police tear gas again

JAKARTA: Indonesian police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse hundreds of football fans who tried to attend a closed-doors match on Friday, four months after the country suffered one of the world’s deadliest stadium stampedes.

Reuters

Soccer-Indonesia police fire tear gas to keep fans out of closed-doors match

Indonesian police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse hundreds of football fans who tried to attend a closed-doors match on Friday, officials said, four months after the country suffered one of the world's deadliest stadium stampedes.

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Can ASEAN Benefit From the EU’s Green Agriculture Push?

The EU wants to champion “green agriculture” in Southeast Asia. But limited trade relations, regulatory nightmares, and distrust could stymie it.

Reuters

Magnitude 6.4 quake strikes off Indonesia's Tanimbar islands

An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude struck off Indonesia's Tanimbar islands in Maluku province on Thursday, the country's geophysics agency said, adding that there was no tsunami potential.

Reuters

'No going back' for S.Korea, Indonesia defence cooperation after jet funding dispute

Defence cooperation between South Korea and Indonesia will expand, diplomats from the two countries said on Friday, after a dispute over funding for a joint fighter jet project was resolved last year.

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