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President to make 5-day working visit in France

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to leave for France on Monday (Oct 31) for a five-day working visit. ...

Pompeii collapse renews outrage over site`s condition

A collapse at Pompeii has sparked renewed outrage that the world`s largest archeological site is being neglected, ...

Bengkulu trying to assert its rights over fort Marlborough

Geographically located in Bengkulu city, the remains of the British colonial era legacy Fort Marlborough should ...

Prehistoric artifacts found in S. Sumatra

Researchers from the Palembang Archeology Office have found artifacts believed to be one thousand to 1,400 years old ...

President : promote ASEAN`s single identity through understanding

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said ASEAN`s single identity could only be promoted through understanding and ...

ASEAN, China culture ministers agree on dialogue mechanism

ASEAN and Chinese culture ministers agreed to establish a dialog mechanism to strengthen cooperation in the cultural ...

UNESCO checking world cultural heritage site candidates in Bali

A UNESCO team is currently on a five-day visit in Bali, from October 13 to 17, 2011, to check four sites proposed by ...

Air China to Open Rotations Beijing-Okinawa

-     Air China will launch 2 weekly rotations between Beijing and Okinawa using B737-800, starting ...

First lady attends national batik day in Pekalongan

First Lady Ani Yudhoyono will attend a National Batik Day in Pekalongan, Central Java, on Monday. The First Lady ...

Batik makers need marketing know-how, opportunities

Working to raise production to almost any level is not a problem for Indonesia`s over 50,000 small scale batik ...

Indonesian batik more superior

Indonesian batik products are more superior than those imported from China and Malaysia, Culture and Tourism Minister ...

Indonesia poised to become global home of batik

Batik lovers must not miss this upcoming event - a World Batik Summit to be held at the Jakarta Convention Center, ...

World Batik Summit targeting Rp22 billion worth of transactions

The organizing committee of the World Batik Summit (WBS) here hopes to record Rp22 billion worth of transactions ...

President Yudhoyono visits Muarojambi temple

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday morning visited Muarojambi Temple which has been registered by UNESCO ...

Batik sale in ASEAN market promising

Batik sale in the ASEAN market is promising and wide open as it has been officially recognized by UNESCO as one of ...