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Struggle of batik surviving the pandemic

Commemorating special days this year does feel a little different from the normal days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Use technology in batik industry for increasingly competitive products

Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita has encouraged the utilization of technology in the batik industry, so ...

Batik exports soared in midst of COVID-19 pandemic: minister

Exports of batik skyrocketed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, reaching nearly US$21.54 million during the January-July 2020 ...

Ministry intensifies development in priority tourist destinations

The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) through the Regional Infrastructure Development Agency (BPIW), ...

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New Yogyakarta International Airport envisioned to boost tourism

Yogyakarta, a Javanese sultanate and special autonomous province located in the central of Java Island, currently has a ...

Foreign Ministry to incorporate batik subject in diplomatic education

The diplomatic education curriculum will feature batik as a subject as part of the Foreign Ministry’s endeavors ...

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UNESCO tag for Toba Caldera to boost N Sumatra tourism

Located in North Sumatra province, Lake Toba is the largest volcanic lake on Earth. The ancient lake was formed ...

Toba Caldera inscribed on List of UNESCO Global Geoparks

Toba Caldera was inscribed on the List of UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGp) at the 209th Session of the UNESCO Executive ...

Indonesian Channel in West Sumatra cancelled due to COVID-19

The ongoing global pandemic of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has forced the Indonesian Government to cancel the ...

BKB to use citronella oil to preserve Borobudur Temple

Conservation work at the Borobudur Temple in Central Java will be carried out using a microemulsion of citronella oil ...

ASEAN encourages Canada to promptly complete free trade agreement

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) encouraged Canada to swiftly complete the ASEAN-Canada Free Trade ...

ASEAN launches digital archive of region's cultural heritage

The first digital archive of the valuable historical and cultural heritage of ASEAN member states was launched today, ...

Cultural heritage agency unearths large Ganesha statue in Dieng

The Central Java Institute for Preservation of Cultural Heritage (BPCB) unearthed a large Ganesha statue after ...

Semarang's Old Town to be replete with tourism, creative programs

Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono confirmed that the newly restructured Old Town area of Semarang, ...

Indonesian Pencak Silat martial art inscribed on UNESCO Heritage list

Indonesia's martial art Pencak Silat is one of the 15 elements inscribed on the Representative List of the ...