Indonesia's Black Friday: Submarine still missing; Mount Merapi spews ash as Covid-19 cases worsens as total nears 1.5 million

Police officers stand guard near the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Secretariat ahead of a leaders' meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, April 23, 2021. The 10-member Association of South-East Asian Nations is scheduled to hold a special summit to discuss Myanmar on Saturday. - AP

JAKARTA, April 23 (Agencies): It was not the best of Fridays for Indonesia. Not much looked good for the country on Friday as the country gears up for the Asean Leader's Meeting to decide on the Myanmar issue on Saturday (April 24).

First, Indonesia's desperate search for a missing submarine and its 53 crew was focused on a signal from an unidentified object on Friday, with just hours to go before the stricken vessel's oxygen reserves ran out.