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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities said Wednesday they seized an Iranian tanker and arrested its crew members for illegally transferring oil to another vessel in the country’s exclusive economic zone.The Iranian-flagged — MT Arman 114 — transporting 272,569 metric tons (2.3 million barrels) of crude oil worth 4.6 trillion rupiah ($305 million) was seized on Friday while carrying out illegal transshipment of oil to the Cameroon-flagged tanker — MT S Tinos — in Indonesia’s exclusive economic zone near Natuna waters, said Aan Kurnia, Indonesia’s Coast Guard chief.An Indonesian coast guard vessel detected suspicious activities at dawn and tried to…

JAKARTA: The Saudi Tourism Authority launched on Wednesday its first show exhibition in Indonesia to introduce the Kingdom’s cultural and adventure destinations to visitors from the world’s largest Muslim-majority country. The tourism sector has been booming under Vision 2030, as the Kingdom positions itself as a dynamic, diverse, year-round tourism destination and market that will contribute 10 percent to the gross domestic product by 2030. Welcomed with dates and qahwa — traditional Arabic coffee — Indonesians flocked the STA exhibition inaugurated by Saudi Hajj and Umrah Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah and Alhasan Aldabbagh, STA president for Asia-Pacific markets, at the Kota…

Indonesia’s Regulation 5 of 2021 introduces a risk-based approach to the issuance of business licenses. Business activities will be assessed on the scale of the hazards they can potentially create (low risk, medium-low risk, medium-high risk, and high risk). The risk-based business licensing procedure will impact 16 sectors, including defense, energy, and agriculture. In our fourth article on Indonesia’s Omnibus Law, we analyze Government Regulation 5 of 2021 (GR 5/2021) concerning Risk-Based Business Licensing, which introduces new criteria on how business licenses are issued in the country. Find Business Support Business licenses will now be issued based on the assessment…

A nation’s science and technology (S&T) capacity is key to its sustainable development. Countries that lack S&T capacity can learn from others. This research elucidates Indonesia’s S&T capacity evolution from 1970 to 2018 and compares it to that of the Republic of Korea using the national innovation system framework and evolution dynamics. Indonesia’s S&T capacity as of 2018 has evolved little since 1970 and is similar to the Republic of Korea’s in 1970–2000. The context is then analyzed retrospectively using policies issued by the Republic of Korea. Policies that can be implemented in Indonesia include measures to increase the effectiveness…

MELBOURNE, Australia — The Indonesian Navy’s modernization efforts are at risk from budget shortfalls and industrial inexperience, according to experts.The Southeast Asian nation, made up of a vast archipelago with more than 6,000 inhabited islands and a population of about 275 million, has territory stretching from the eastern Indian Ocean to Papua New Guinea from east to west, and from Borneo island south of the Philippines to the Timor and Arafura seas north to south.The country has maritime interests in the disputed South China Sea as well as overlapping maritime boundary claims with several regional states, although it is not…

Until about 30 years ago, most people here made their living by farming paddy fields, tending to sheep on the plains, and sourcing stone and wood from the volcano that gives the village its name.The view from Mount Nglanggeran, which visitors to the village have a chance to hike. Photo: Kathryn WortleyNow everyone benefits financially through Pokdarwis, the village’s tourism working group. From short-term efforts to long-term plans, everything is led by local leaders, with the villagers responsible for their present and future.The approach earned Nglanggeran the Best Tourism Village award in 2021. Part of a global initiative from UN…

The governments of Malaysia and Indonesia are facing both external influences and internal confrontations. Chinese military and economic outreach may lead to unexpected outcomes in terms of political dissent and policy predictability. Ineffective restrictions and a slow vaccine rollout will likely increase mistrust of institutions, resulting in harsher responses to the actions of foreign partners, as authorities seek to regain popular consensus. China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea conflict with Indonesia’s claim to the Natuna Islands, to the extent that in 2017, Indonesia named the waters to the northeast of the islands the “North Natuna Sea” – serving…

(ATTN: UPDATES with more remarks, KF-21’s missile test in paras 9, 13-14) By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s state procurement agency on Wednesday hinted at accepting Indonesia’s proposal to reduce its cost sharing for the KF-21 fighter jet program under the condition of providing fewer technology transfers, a move that would increase the financial burden on Seoul. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said Indonesia has offered to pay 600 billion won (US$442.3 million) in total for the KF-21 jet project by 2026, a decrease from the initial 1.6 trillion won. “We are pushing for measures…

The Chinese and Indonesian foreign ministers called for an immediate and lasting cease-fire in Gaza after a meeting in Jakarta Thursday. Indonesia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi told reporters that the two countries share the same view about the importance of a cease-fire and of resolving the conflict through a two-state solution. (AP Video/Andi Jatmiko) Source link

Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore in September, the Vatican announced on Friday, an ambitious trip that could test the 87-year-old’s increasingly fragile health.Running from September 2 to 13, the trip covering around 30,000km (18,600 miles) in total is the longest for the Argentine since he became head of the worldwide Catholic Church in 2013.“He will visit Jakarta from September 3 to 6 September, Port Moresby and Vanimo from September 6 to 9, Dili from September 9 to 11 and Singapore from September 11 to 13,” the Vatican said in a statement.The visit has…