Indonesia will leverage the newly established Badr Memorandum defense partnership with Türkiye, Qatar and Pakistan to significantly strengthen its national defense production and manufacturing capabilities, the Foreign Affairs Ministry announced.
President Prabowo Subianto has strongly indicated that foreign-backed companies responsible for recurring forest and land fires face losing their operating permits, signaling that revoked concessions could be reassigned to Indonesia’s younger generation.
The 11th Nanhai Buddhism Roundtable will be held in Vientiane from October 25-30. About 450 Buddhist leaders, senior monks, scholars, and other delegates from 31 countries and international organisations will be attending.