Tag: Indonesia

China’s disregard for international water laws lead to worsening of ties with countries in South China Sea
4Aug By Joanne SerriehNo Comments
China

China’s disregard for international water laws lead to worsening of ties with countries in South China Sea

China’s brazen disregard for international water laws has finally severed its ties with neighboring countries in the South China Sea. The Philippines has publicly called on China to comply with the 2016 arbitral ruling which had ruled that China has no “historic rights over the waters of the South China Sea”.“Compliance in good faith with the award would be consistent with the obligations of the Philippines and China under international law, including UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) to which both parties are signatories,” Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said in a statement.Indonesia has also decided to conduct exercises in the vicinity of the Riau Islands.Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rejected China’s claims of having “historical rights” in the
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26Jun By Yusara AskariNo Comments
Business

Stranded Rohingya pulled to shore by sympathetic Indonesians

Nearly 100 Rohingya asylum seekers stranded off the coast of Indonesia were pulled to shore on Thursday by locals angered at the refusal of authorities to give them shelter over coronavirus fears.Around 94 people from the persecuted Myanmar minority - including 30 children - were reportedly plucked from a wooden boat by fishermen this week before being intercepted by maritime officials from Sumatra island who pulled them closer to shore.But due to the fear of coronavirus, officials in Lhokseumawe city on Sumatra's northern coast refused to allow the group to land.Angry locals took matters into their own hands by jumping into boats which they used to pull the asylum seekers to shore."It's purely for humanitarian reasons," said fisherman Aples Kuari. "We were sad seeing kids and pregnant wom...
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Australia hints at Chinese cyber-attack; Japan, Vietnam too riled by Beijing
21Jun By Grace TsoiNo Comments
World

Australia hints at Chinese cyber-attack; Japan, Vietnam too riled by Beijing

It seems like India isn’t the only country fighting China’s tactics right now. Hinting at China, Australian PM Scott Morrison on Friday said that his authorities and a few personal sector entities within the nation had been underneath a sustained cyber-attack by a state actor.Last week, Vietnam’s overseas ministry stated two Chinese ships had attacked a Vietnamese fishing boat within the South China Sea. The incident occurred close to the Parcel Islands which China claims as its own. In April, Vietnam had protested after one of its fishing boats was sunk by a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel close to the islands.Reports from Japan on June 18 indicated that China had positioned its vessels close to the Senkaku Islands within the East China Sea for 66 days operating to intimidate Tokyo.
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Why Indonesia is reaffirming its position on the South China Sea and turning down China’s offer for bilateral talks
19Jun By Yusara AskariNo Comments
Business

Why Indonesia is reaffirming its position on the South China Sea and turning down China’s offer for bilateral talks

Amid recent activities in the South China Sea, the Indonesian government has reiterated its position on the rule of international law addressed to the United Nations, while declining China's offer to hold bilateral talks on overlapping claims.In a diplomatic note dated May 26, Indonesia reiterated that it is not a party to the territorial dispute in the South China Sea. “The nine-dash line map which China uses as a basis for its claims in the waters lacks an international legal basis,” it added.Beijing responded by sending a diplomatic note pointing out that there is no territorial dispute between China and Indonesia in the South China Sea.The note on June 2 said: “However, China and Indonesia have overlapping claims on maritime rights and interests in some parts of the South China Sea. Ch
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[South East Asia] Indonesia rolls out public shaming for coronavirus violators
17Jun By Our NewsroomNo Comments
World

[South East Asia] Indonesia rolls out public shaming for coronavirus violators

For anyone who is found flouting social distancing norms, the Indonesian officials are forcing them to recite Koran verses, stay in "haunted" houses and submit to public shaming on social media as the country battles to contain surging coronavirus infections.The Southeast Asian archipelago began deploying around 340,000 troops across two dozen cities to oversee enforcement of measures aimed at halting transmission of the disease, such as wearing face masks in public.But provincial leaders are strengthening these efforts with their own zealous campaigns to fight the virus.Police in western Bengkulu province have assembled a 40-person squad to find lockdown scofflaws and force them to wear placards with promises to wear masks and keep their distance from others in future.Pictures of the perp...
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​[South East Asia] Indonesia deploys military to enforce social distancing before reopening
17Jun By Our NewsroomNo Comments
World

​[South East Asia] Indonesia deploys military to enforce social distancing before reopening

Indonesia on Tuesday deployed thousands of army and police personnel across the country to enforce social distancing rules after a record surge in infections in the past week cast doubt about plans to reopen Southeast Asia’s largest economy.The Indonesian military and police will be activated to enforce social distancing measures under a "new normal" scenario, President Joko Widodo said on Tuesday.Widodo made the comments after visiting a pharmacy and a food court at a partially closed mall in Bekasi city, on the outskirts of Jakarta.“We want the military and the police to be at every crowd to further discipline the public, so they follow the protocol that we have agreed to in the large-scale social restrictions,” Widodo said, referring to a partial lockdown currently enforced in Bekasi an
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[South East Asia] Indonesia investigates breach of data on more than two million voters
17Jun By Our NewsroomNo Comments
World

[South East Asia] Indonesia investigates breach of data on more than two million voters

Indonesia is investigating the release of 2.3 million voters’ private information on a hacker website along with a threat to release of the data of about 200 million people, the election commission said on Friday.The electoral data from the world’s fourth most-populous nation was posted anonymously on the hacking forum ‘raidforums’ on Wednesday and analysts said it could be used for identity theft and fraud.The data breach, which included names, home addresses and national identification numbers, appeared to be from the 2014 election voter list, according to the General Election Commission.The General Election Commission (KPU) confirmed the authenticity of the data, and said it was working to determine the source. It confirmed some of the data dated back to 2013.Agency commissioner Viryan
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China- based group hacks official site of Indonesian State Intelligence Agency
19May By Our NewsroomNo Comments
China, Opinion

China- based group hacks official site of Indonesian State Intelligence Agency

China bases Nikon APT group has been found to have hacked the official site of Indonesian State Intelligence Agency (BIN) with the use of hacking tool Aria-Bodu (Body). The BIN has clarified thaht the hacker could not get hold of the confidential information, as it was stored in some other place. Yet, anticipatory steps have been taken in the wake of threat pose by the hacker’s technology, a BIN spokesperson said. The hacking failed as the BIN had implemented the latest security norms to protect the information. Now the BIN taken the necessary measures to further protect its site, the spokesperson said. People in Indonesia are already angry toward China after Indonesian crew members, who died onboard, were thrown into the sea by Chinese vessels without taking any permission from the famil
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