MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Wednesday that a deal has been reached for Indonesia to send back a Filipino death-row drug convict, who was nearly executed by firing squad but got a reprieve due to years of pleadings from Manila. Marcos thanked Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and his government for…
Chinese navy training ship Po Lang will dock in Hong Kong from Monday to Wednesday next week. The People’s Liberation Army Hong Kong garrison said on Saturday the vessel would make a “technical stop” in the city. The garrison revealed the news with a 51-second video titled “Heading home, next stop Hong Kong”. Po Lang,…
Hong Kong is seeking to strengthen ties with Southeast Asian countries, with the city leader meeting leaders from Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Peru. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Friday morning local time in Lima also met representatives of countries including Chile, Japan, South Korea and Indonesia…
Chinese and Indonesian firms will sign business agreements totaling more than $10 billion on Sunday, President Prabowo Subianto said as he met his counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing during a state visit. Prabowo, on his first foreign trip since his inauguration last month, said the relationship between China and Indonesia is getting “stronger and stronger,”…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has said Indonesia should join Beijing in leading the Global South as the country’s new leader Prabowo Subinato visited the country this weekend. “As large developing countries and key members of the Global South, China and Indonesia should jointly promote Asian values centred on peace, cooperation, inclusiveness and integration,” Xi said….
BEIJING (AP) — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto pledged to maintain close ties with China during a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Saturday, his first overseas stop since he took office three weeks ago. Subianto is seeking to strengthen relations with China, Indonesia’s largest trading partner and one of its most important…
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Washington — Indonesia’s newly inaugurated President Prabowo Subianto set off for China on Friday for his first international trip as president. “From Beijing I will fly directly to Washington, D.C., on the invitation of the U.S. president,” said Prabowo upon departing Jakarta. Indonesians often refer to public figures by their first names. His tour aims…
MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano continued to spew towering columns of hot ash high into the air on Friday following the huge eruption that killed nine people and injured dozens of others. Activity at the volcano on the remote island of Flores, in East Nusa Tenggara province, has increased since…
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Russia’s internet giant Yandex plans to invest in Indonesia’s artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem, the Southeast Asian country’s communications and digital minister said. Meutya Hafid, Indonesia’s communications minister, met Alexander Popovskiy, head of Yandex’s international search division, on Thursday and said the company expressed its plan to “widen the search engine platform in…