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Buddhist leader Ikeda urges human rights focus as key to resolution of global issues and nuclear weapons abolition

-On January 26, 2018, Buddhist philosopher Daisaku Ikeda, President of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), issued his ...

Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo hosts Hina-matsuri (Girls' Doll Festival) exhibition

- Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo (KPH), one of Japan's most prestigious international hotels located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, will ...

Foreign affairs minister to visit Rakhine State

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi is scheduled to visit Myanmar on Sunday to inaugurate the ...

President hopes IDX increase can support real economic sector

President Joko Widodo expressed hope that the increase of Indonesia Composite Index (IDX) to level of 6000 can support ...

Boat carrying asylum seekers from Myanmar capsizes off Bangladesh

At least two people have died after a boat carrying refugees fleeing Myanmar capsized on its way to Bangladesh on ...

Bangladesh destroys boats ferrying Rohingya from Myanmar

Bangladeshi authorities have destroyed about 20 boats that ferried Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar, ...

Egypt`s Hasm militants claim attack targeting Myanmar embassy

Egyptian militant group Hasm claimed responsibility on Sunday for a small explosion at Myanmars embassy in Cairo, ...

World Food Program seeks 75 million dollars for Rohingya crisis

The World Food Program (WFP) appealed on Sunday for 75 million dollars in emergency aid over the next six months to ...

Developing community-based tourism in Borobudur

The Buddhist Temple of Borobudur, the largest in the world, is a magnet that has the power to draw visitors from far ...

Solidarity toward Rohingya demonstrated across Indonesia

Prayers, protest rallies, and fundraising activities have been organized in many cities across Indonesia to ...

Myanmar`s Suu Kyi under pressure as almost 125,000 Rohingya flee violence

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has come under pressure from countries with large Muslim populations including ...

Police chief bans planned Rohingya rally at Borobudur Temple

National Police Chief General Tito Karnavian has banned a planned rally on the Rohingya crisis to be held at the ...

Nearly 90,000 Rohingya escape Myanmar violence as humanitarian crisis looms

Nearly 90,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since violence erupted in Myanmar in August, pressuring scarce ...

Indonesia sends strong calls to revoke Suu Kyi`s Nobel Prize

Indonesian human rights activists, lawmakers, students and politicians, among others voiced a strong outcry to revoke ...

Jakarta protestors fail to meet Myanmar`s ambassador

Some 100 to 200 protestors demonstrated in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta, Saturday, demanding to meet the ...