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Free Malaysia Today
5 days ago
- Business
- Free Malaysia Today
Macron decorates Indonesian leader with top French award
The two leaders had attended a military parade before the top award was bestowed on the Indonesian president. (AFP pool pic) MAGELANG : French President Emmanuel Macron bestowed Indonesia's leader with France's top award on Thursday, before announcing a new cultural partnership with Jakarta on a visit to the world's largest Buddhist temple. Macron's trip to Indonesia is the second stop of a three-nation, six-day tour of Southeast Asia that began with Vietnam and concludes in Singapore. After meeting for talks in the capital Jakarta, Macron and his counterpart Prabowo Subianto flew by helicopter on Thursday from Javan city Yogyakarta to a military academy in Magelang, a city in Central Java surrounded by mountains. The pair attended a military parade and Macron gave Prabowo the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, France's highest military or civil award. Prabowo is an ex-general accused of rights abuses under dictator Suharto's rule in the late 1990s. He was discharged from the military over his role in the abductions of democracy activists but denied the allegations and was never charged. Macron rode in a jeep driven by Prabowo with the pair welcomed by a marching band and hundreds of students waving Indonesian flags. Macron then visited Borobudur, a Buddhist temple built in the 9th century that is the world's largest, where the pair announced they were boosting cultural ties. 'In front of this temple, we are taking an important step by launching a new cultural partnership,' said Macron. 'The first pillar is heritage and museum cooperation. The second pillar is cultural and creative industries,' he said. Macron said the basis of the new partnership would be cinema and fashion, as well as video games, design and gastronomy. The French leader will depart for Singapore where he will deliver the opening address on Friday at the Shangri-la Dialogue, Asia's premier security forum. On Wednesday, the pair called for progress on 'mutual recognition' between Israel and the Palestinians at a key meeting next month as Macron brought the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation into his diplomatic efforts. 'Indonesia has stated that once Israel recognises Palestine, Indonesia is ready to recognise Israel and open the diplomatic relationship,' said Prabowo. Indonesia has no formal ties with Israel and support for the Palestinian cause among Indonesians runs high. The nations also signed a series of agreements on cooperation in a range of fields including defence, trade, agriculture, disaster management, culture and transport.
BreakingNews.ie
07-05-2025
- BreakingNews.ie
Eleven teachers killed after dumper truck collides with minibus in Indonesia
Eleven people died, all of them early years teachers, when a dumper truck crashed into a minibus in Indonesia's Central Java province, officials have said. The truck, loaded with construction materials, collided with the minibus on a downhill road before crashing into a house in Kalijambe village, in Purwerjo district. Advertisement The minibus was carrying a group of teachers from Magelang district who were attending a funeral in Purworejo district, the local disaster management agency said in a statement. 'The truck allegedly lost control and hit the minibus,' Andry Agustiano, the Purworejo police chief, said. He added that police officers had immediately opened an investigation. Several ambulances transported the bodies and other injured victims, including the truck driver and the owner of the house, to a nearby hospital. Advertisement Road accidents are common in Indonesia because of poor safety standards and infrastructure. On Tuesday, a bus carrying 34 passengers sped out of control and overturned in Indonesia's West Sumatra province, killing at least 12 people. Last year, a bus carrying 61 students and teachers returning from an outing to a secondary school in Depok, just outside Jakarta, hit cars and motorbikes after its brakes failed, killing 11 students and injuring dozens of others.
Washington Post
07-05-2025
- Washington Post
A dump truck crashes into a minibus in Indonesia, killing 11 kindergarten teachers
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — A dump truck crashed into a minibus on a downhill road in Indonesia's Central Java province, killing 11 people, all of them kindergarten teachers, officials said Wednesday. The truck, loaded with construction materials, collided with the minibus before crashing into a house in Kalijambe village, in Purwerjo district. The minibus was carrying a group of teachers from Magelang district who were attending a funeral in Purworejo district, the local disaster management agency said in a statement.
