{
  "id": 657526,
  "title": "PLA to hold first joint naval drill with Indonesia in waters east of Taiwan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/pla-to-hold-first-joint-naval-drill-with-indonesia-in-waters-east-of-657526",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-12T10:00:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3363775/pla-hold-first-joint-naval-drill-indonesia-waters-east-taiwan"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The People’s Liberation Army would conduct joint naval training with Indonesia in waters east of Taiwan, Beijing’s defence ministry announced on Tuesday. Scheduled for mid-August, the drill will feature the Chinese navy’s Type 054A frigate Honghe and the Indonesian Navy frigate KRI I Gusti Ngurah Rai, focusing on communications and at-sea replenishment, according to a statement by the ministry.…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}