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Indonesia arming up in the South China Sea

Amid rising tensions in the South China Sea, President Joko Widodo has followed through on a two-year-old pledge to strengthen Indonesia’s military presence on Natuna Besar, the largest of several hundred small islands on the southern fringe of the waterway. Indonesian officials familiar with the plan say the 1,720 kilometer island — the closest large […]

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