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Borobudur temple recognised as world`s largest Buddhist monument

The Guinness World Records has officially listed Indonesia`s Borobudur temple as the largest Buddhist monument in the ...

Britain calls for Myanmar talks as violence erupts

Britain on Sunday urged authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state to open talks to ease sectarian violence, ...

Buddhist Leader Highlights Need for Education, Empowerment in Advance of Rio+20 Meeting

-     Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhist association, issued ...

Launch of Online Chinese-language Version of Nichiren's Writings

-     A Chinese website featuring the writings of Nichiren was launched on April 28, 2012, to ...

Buddhist students call for Borobudur preservation

A number of Buddhist students of the Indonesian Buddhist Students Group (Hikmahbuddhi) called for the preservation of ...

Dalai Lama eyes reform in China, fearing "revolution"

The Dalai Lama said Monday there are hopeful signs that China will push through political reforms in China and Tibet ...

Tutu urge China to talk to Dalai Lama

Twelve Nobel laureates including South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu have written to China`s president urging him to ...

Triple bomb attack kills nine in Thailand

Three bomb attacks minutes apart killed nine people and wounded more than 100 on Saturday in the main town in ...

Borobudur to host international poetry reading event

The renowned Borobudur Temple in Magelang District, Central Java, is expected to inspire international poets in early ...

Indonesia needs to learn from India

Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan said that Indonesia had a lot to learn from India about technology, education and ...

Guatemalan Human Rights Activist Rosalina Tuyuc to Receive 29th Niwano Peace Prize

-     The Niwano Peace Foundation will award the 29th Niwano Peace Prize to Ms. Rosalina Tuyuc ...

PUIC : has historical value for Indonesia

The 7th conference of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (PUIC) in Palembang, ...

Buddhist Leader Calls for 2015 Nuclear Abolition Summit in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

-     In his 30th annual peace proposal, released on January 26, Daisaku Ikeda, president of the ...

Lunar new year preparations at temple show interfaith tolerance

An example of the practice of Indonesian pluralism and tolerance can be seen in activity at the Jin De Yuan Buddhist ...

Past Year Marked By Intense RI-UNESCO Engagement

The year 2011 has been quite special for Indonesia and UNESCO as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono spoke at a UNESCO ...