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INSURGENCIES

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 30, 2019
Violent protest erupts in capital of Indonesia's Papua
Protesters in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua set buildings ablaze in the provincial capital Jayapura on Thursday, forcing the state power firm to cut off electricity in some districts, state media and an executive of the utility said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2019
Muslim insurgent group holds first meeting with Thai government
The main group fighting an insurgency in Thailand's largely Muslim south has held its first meeting with officials from the new Thai government and set out demands as a condition for any formal peace talks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 24, 2017
Philippines' Duterte ditches peace process with Maoist rebels
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has terminated the on-again, off-again peace talks with Maoist-led rebels as hostilities have continued despite the negotiations, the president's spokesman said on Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 4, 2016
Thailand sets up security centers ahead of referendum on new constitution
Thailand's military government has set up security centers around the country ahead of an August referendum on a new constitution, a spokesman for the government said on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2016
Seven Indonesian sailors kidnapped in Philippines: Jakarta
Seven Indonesian sailors have been taken hostage in the Sulu Sea in the southern Philippines, Indonesia's foreign minister said on Friday, the latest in a string of abductions in the waters between the two Southeast Asian neighbors.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 8, 2016
Pakistan military blankets area as China port construction underway
A heavy police presence, guarded convoys, new checkpoints and troop reinforcements have turned parts of the southern port city of Gwadar into a fortress, as Pakistan's powerful military seeks to protect billions of dollars of Chinese investment.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 25, 2016
Malaysia warns of threat after alleged Islamic State-linked video vows attacks
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said the Islamic State group is a "very real" threat to the country, hours after a video claiming to be from the militants' regional wing warned of attacks in the Muslim-majority nation for arresting its supporters.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 4, 2016
India works to disarm explosives after assault on air base
Indian security forces were working on Monday to defuse grenades in the final stages of an operation to secure a vast air base near the border with Pakistan, two days after a militant attack killed seven military personnel and wounded 22.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 9, 2015
NATO ponders future of Afghan mission as fatigue, frustration mount
NATO partners are considering ways of beefing up their training and assistance mission in Afghanistan as concern grows over the ability of local forces to fight an escalating insurgency by Taliban militants, according to officials in Brussels and Kabul.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 25, 2015
China launches crackdown on terrorist gangs in western Xinjiang province
China has cracked down on 181 "terror gangs" in its restive far western region of Xinjiang, which has suffered a string of violent attacks, state media reported Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 5, 2015
Philippine rebels kill chief for $1 million bounty: sources
Abdul Basit Usman, the Philippine terror suspect whom the military blames for bombings in the nation's south, was killed in a shootout Sunday, the military said.

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