TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Popular Reads
No popular reads data found
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search results
Popular Reads
No popular reads data found
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search resultsIndonesia-Military
Politics 2 years ago
PREMIUM
Prabowo hands over PTDI planes, helicopters to Air Force
The Defense Minister recently handed over five NC-212i light transport airplanes and eight H225M heavy helicopters delivered by state-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia to the Indonesian Air Force.
Editorial 6 years ago
What TNI reform?
An exposé by Tempo weekly published this week detailed the alleged roles of retired Kopassus personnel under Tim Mawar — which was also involved in the disappearance of pro-democracy activists in 1998 — in recruiting “professional” hoodlums and mobilizing them to wreak havoc during rallies to protest the General Elections Commission’s (KPU) announcement of incumbent President Joko “Jokowi” as the winner of the 2019 presidential election.
Opinion 6 years ago
PREMIUM
After reforms, military needs good PR to avoid ‘endgame’
Take the plot in Avengers. In the movie, ultimate power would only be achieved if one has all six infinity stones: space, time, soul, power, mind and reality. Now, in this case, the Indonesian Air Force has all but one. #opinion
National 9 years ago
Military ready to deploy soldiers to secure elections
Indonesian Military Commander Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo has said that the military is ready to deploy reserve soldiers to secure the simultaneous regional elections and the massive planned demonstration against Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama on Friday.
National 9 years ago
Jokowi instructs military, police to eradicate illegal levies
Following the establishment of the task force on illegal levies last week, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed chiefs of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police across the country to eradicate such fees from their public services.
National 9 years ago
Voting rights for TNI personnel not yet in sight: Defense minister
Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu has rejected the request from the Indonesian Military (TNI) for its personnel to be granted voting rights for military personnel, saying it could lead to the country’s disintegration.
National 9 years ago
Military also a victim of 1965, expert says
A failed coup in 1965, blamed on the now-defunct Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), led to the massacre of at least 500,000 people throughout the archipelago. The massacre was supported and carried out by the military and civilian militias. However, despite the military’s role in the massacre, an analyst has argued that the military was also a victim of the violence.
