Tag: Jakarta

• Wednesday, January 8th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Indonesia/China fisheries dispute escalates after Jakarta deploys fighter jets

  

  Indonesia's air force deployed four fighter jets to the South China Sea on Tuesday in a stand-off with Beijing after Jakarta protested over a Chinese violation of its exclusive economic zone.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2018 - 08:49 UTC

  Foreign Office plans major embassy and staff expansion ahead of post-Brexit

  

  Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced on Tuesday announced a major expansion of Britain's diplomatic network around the world, five months before it leaves the European Union. For the first time, people from outside the civil service will be eligible to become ambassadors as the Foreign Office seeks to swell its numbers by almost 1,000.

• Friday, September 28th 2012 - 01:31 UTC

  Indonesia replacing counter-insurgency fighters with Brazilian Tucanos

  

  Four Brazilian manufactured A-29 Super Tucano fighter planes arrived at East Jakarta’s Halim Perdanakusuma Base in the first wave of new “counter-insurgency” turboprop fighters purchased as part of the Indonesian Military’s (TNI) push to modernize its fleet.