ASEANEWS HEADLINE-POLITICS | INDONESIA: Opposition grows over national hero title for Soeharto

Activists of the Thursdays (kamisan) silent protest stand with banners reading ‘Reject the Hero Title for Suharto’ as they protest

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ASEAN HEADLINE-GEOPOLITICS | Southeast Asia expresses concern over ‘arms race’ in region

Amid ASEAN’s efforts to establish its primacy in the region, there has been a spike in external interests solidifying their

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ASEAN HEADLINE | JAKARTA/SINGAPORE: Singapore passengers unhappy over high Batam ferry prices as Indonesia probes possible price-fixing

Before the pandemic, ferry services between Batam and Singapore served 3.9 million passengers annually, including 1.9 million foreign tourists. ST PHOTO:

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PEOPLE-OBITUARY | Finnish Nobel Peace laureate and former president Ahtisaari dies at 86

Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari listens to media after his arrival in Oslo, Norway December 8, 2008. (Reuters/Ints Kalnins)

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WORLD – ASIA GEOPOLITICS | JAKARTA- State firms accused of selling arms to Myanmar junta

Surviving: Evacuated Rohingya people from Myanmar sit on the shorelines of Lancok village, in Indonesia’s North Aceh Regency on June

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