Tag: Indonesia
Thailand still high on human trafficking watch
WASHINGTON : Thailand remained high on the list of nations where there is human trafficking as the US lowered the alert on the Philippines, Singapore [Read More…]
Mass arrests in Thailand, across Asia over phone scam network
Hundreds of Chinese and Taiwanese nationals have been arrested across Asia in an international operation targeting telephone scam artists, officials in several countries said Friday. [Read More…]
Former Indonesian Militants Provide Guidance to New Terrorists
In Indonesia, security and religious analysts say the planned bombing of a church and recent attacks on the police and moderate Muslim leaders, show that [Read More…]
Indonesian adulterers caned
Two couples were caned in Indonesia’s staunchly Muslim Aceh province on Friday after being caught having extramarital affairs, a prosecutor said. About two hundred people [Read More…]
Strong quake off Indonesia’s Java, tsunami warning issued
A strong earthquake struck off the southern coast of Indonesia’s Java island early Monday, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami warning. The quake, measuring 7.1 [Read More…]
India’s population increases by 181 million in ten years
India’s 2011 census reports that its population has increased by 181 million in the space of one decade, a figure 17.6 percent greater than 2001. [Read More…]
Bomb explodes in Indonesia, no injuries reported
Jakarta – A small bomb went off Friday while being disposed of by police near the Indonesian capital, but no one was injured, police said. [Read More…]
Book Bombs In Indonesia
Jihadis seek to kill individuals who oppose them Indonesian Islamic extremists’ war on those they consider apostates appears to be taking an ominous new turn [Read More…]