Police in Indonesia’s North Sumatra provincial capital of Medan arrested 1,143 suspected drug traffickers and users in the first seven months of this year.
Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla urged ASEAN member states to step up security collaboration to prevent rampant piracy in the Strait of Malacca, one of the world’s most bustling maritime routes.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) celebrated its 48 th founding anniversary (August 8) at the headquarters of its Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 10.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi held bilateral meetings with her counterparts from six countries on the fringe of the 48th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-48) in Kuala Lumpur on Aug.6.
Indonesia ordered a temporary closure of Ngurah Rai International Airport on the Bali resort island on August 6 as ash drifting from Mount Raung on the country’s main Java Island.
The naval forces of the United States and Indonesia kicked off a joint exercise called the 2015 Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) to boost their maritime cooperation.