FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — Calls are mounting on Australia to use whatever influence it can muster and urge Indonesia to end the violence in its troubled West Papua province. Jakarta’s heavy hand threatened to overshadow a visit by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono who is holding talks with his Australian counterpart Julia Gillard in Darwin this week.
About 10 people have been killed, many more injured, including a German tourist, in the past six weeks.
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — It’s on again. Malaysian, Singaporean and Indonesian companies with large plantation interests, along with thousands of small land holders, are burning off and razing forests in Sumatra, throwing enough smoke into […]
Issues involving countries as far afield as Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Costa Rica still need resolution By Luke Hunt Closure for Australia and its controversial Pacific Island refugee camps is finally looming with teams of […]
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — Despite the spat between Indonesia and Australia over spying allegations and accusations that Jakarta could do more to halt illegal immigration flows, a recent crackdown on people smuggling initiated by the […]
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