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Confucians, Buddhists urged to remain home due to coronavirus

Today is supposed to be another significant day for Confucians when they would have performed religious prayer over ...

Weekend Stories

No more bad vibes with these Asian comedy movies

Thailand "What? The ATM is giving out free cash?" is where it all started. The scene is of two friends ...

37th Niwano Peace Prize Awarded to South Korean Zen Master, Venerable Pomnyun

-The Niwano Peace Foundation will award the 37th Niwano Peace Prize to the Venerable Pomnyun, a South Korean Zen ...

Buddhist leader's annual peace proposal applauds youth climate action and promotes nuclear weapons treaty

-On January 26, 2020, the 38th annual peace proposal by Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) ...

Weekend Stories

Inside the centuries-old temple in Jakarta on Lunar New Year

In the half hour past midnight, crowds of Chinese descendants, dressed in all red attire, throng the main premises of ...

Govt targets formation of two thousand community-based BLK in 2020

The Ministry of Manpower has set a target to establish two thousand community-based vocational training centers (BLK) ...

Indonesia gives grant of Rp7.5 billion to help Myanmar refugees

Indonesia provided a grant of Rp7.5 billion to help repatriate the Rohingya refugees from Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh ...

Religious leaders and policymakers gather in Jakarta to discuss Muslim-Buddhist relations in South and South East Asia

The Vienna-based International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will host a ...

AJC conducted a workshop on gastronomy tourism in Wakayama, Japan for tourism stakeholders from the ASEAN member states

- The ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) conducted a "Workshop on Sustainable Tourism: Gastronomy Tourism” from 17 to 23 ...

Rakhine State's Indonesian hospital to promote religious harmony: VP

The presence of an Indonesian hospital constructed in Rakhine State, Myanmar, is expected to be a symbol of religious ...

Tour de Borobudur to cover six tourist attractions

The international cycling race of Tour de Borobudur, scheduled on Nov 2-3, 2019, with 1,700 domestic and foreign ...

Jokowi views developmental progress of four destinations as sluggish

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has viewed the progress in development of four priority tourist destinations as slow, ...

Four priority tourist destinations to be developed by 2020

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has outlined a target to conclude the development of four priority tourist destinations ...

President Jokowi chairs limited cabinet meeting on tourism in Magelang

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) chaired a limited cabinet meeting to discuss the development of four priority tourist ...

Malaysian King and family visit Borobudur Temple

Malaysian King Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatauddin Al Mustafa Billah Shah, his wife, Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah, and ...