Indonesian Military (TNI) Chief Admiral Yudo Margono has improved the military operation in Papua to Operation Battle Standby in some areas prone to terror .
The United States and Indonesian militaries began annual joint combat exercises in Sumatra island, joined for the first time by participants from other partner nations, signalling stronger ties amid growing maritime activity by China in the Indo-Pacific region.
On Indonesia's Sumatra island, annual combined military drills between the US and Indonesian forces picked up steam on Wednesday. For the first time, soldiers from other alliance countries took part, a demonstration of strengthened ties despite rising Chinese maritime activities in the Indo-Pacific.
The Jambi Police are deploying 330 officers to secure the planned second autopsy of one of their own, Brig Nopryansyah Yosua Hutabarat, who was reportedly killed in a shootout at the Jakarta residence of a high-ranking police official.