Stanley Widianto

1 week ago | zawya.com | Stanley Widianto

A Saudia Airlines plane carrying hajj pilgrims home made an emergency landing in Indonesia on Tuesday after a bomb threat, police and the carrier said, with all passengers evacuated. The plane, carrying 442 hajj pilgrims from Jeddah to Jakarta, landed mid-morning in North Sumatra province due to the emailed threat, Indonesia's transport ministry said. Police were searching through luggage after checking the aircraft, said North Sumatra police chief Whisnu Hermawan.

1 month ago | gmanetwork.com | Stanley Widianto

JAKARTA, Indonesia - The Southeast Asian grouping ASEAN will hold two meetings specifically on the civil war in army-ruled Myanmar ahead of its summit next week, the bloc's secretary-general said on Wednesday, in a bid to advance its faltering peace effort.

1 month ago | timeslive.co.za | Stanley Widianto |Ananda Teresia

Indonesia's navy seized a ship carrying nearly two tonnes of methamphetamine and cocaine worth almost $426m (R7.69bn) off Sumatra this week and arrested a Thai national and four Myanmar nationals aboard the vessel, the navy said on Friday. Officers apprehended the ship after it turned off its lights and increased its speed to try to flee Indonesian waters in the Tanjung Balai Karimun region of Riau Islands province, the navy said.

1 month ago | reuters.com | Stanley Widianto

'Jumbo' becomes Indonesia's highest-grossing animated filmFilm about bullied boy takes more than $20 million at the box officeIndustry hopes success will encourage producers to back animated featuresJAKARTA, May 15 (Reuters) - "Jumbo", an Indonesian cartoon about a spirited orphan boy named Don, has toppled the Disney film "Frozen 2" to become Indonesia's highest-grossing animated movie in a major boost for the country's fledgling animation industry.

1 month ago | gmanetwork.com | Ananda Teresia |Stanley Widianto

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's parliament is set to agree next week to ratify an agreement made with Vietnam that sets the boundaries of their exclusive economic zones in the contested South China Sea, a lawmaker said on Thursday. The South China Sea is a strategic waterway that has been a source of tension between China and its Southeast Asian neighbours, disrupting fishing and energy exploration in the area.