JAKARTA — Indonesia has changed where it will host the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (Asean) first-ever joint military exercise to a location away from the South China Sea (SCS) where several countries, including China, have overlapping territorial claims, its military said on Thursday. The non-combat drills for members of the Asean were originally set to take place in the southernmost waters of the South China Sea, which are also claimed by Beijing. But the Sept. 18 to Sept. 25 exercise will now be moved out of the strategic waterway altogether to the South Natuna Sea in Indonesian waters, said military spokesperson Julius Widjojono.

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