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NGO calls for firm action against illegal logging in Mt Leuser area

Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) has urged legal enforcers to take firm action against illegal logging ...

Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo hosts the exhibition of "Noh" Japanese traditional performing art

- Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo, one of Japan’s most prestigious international hotels located in ...

Australia-Indonesia exchange program to share experience of Islam

A group of Muslim Exchange Program (MEP) participants will share their experience of Islam in both countries through a ...

Hari Raya Light Up 2017 in Singapore to deepen Kampung spirit with new larger-than-life traditional Malay icons

The annual Hari Raya Light Up 2017 in Singapore will return to Geylang Serai from 20 May to 7 July 2017, to delight ...

Muarojambi shrine site fighting for UNESCO recognition

The seventh-century Muarojambi Temple site, Indonesias largest Buddhist shrine complex of the ancient Malay Kingdom ...

Mauno Koivisto, Finland's former president, dies at 93

Mauno Koivisto, Finland's first leftist president who led it along the path to EU membership, died on Friday an the ...

Archeologists find Bojonegoro`s stone tombs megalithic in nature

Archaeologists have confirmed that the stone tombs discovered in a teakwood forest in Bojonegoro District, East Java ...

TGI Fridays names Robert Palleschi as President and CEO

- TGI Fridays today appointed Robert Palleschi as its President and Chief Executive Officer, effective Feb. 8, 2016. ...

Brebes batik - a tale of inland beauty from java`s northern coast

"It must be somewhere around here. Give me some time (to find it)...," Tuti Wirjadigjaja, a 59-year-old housewife, ...

Semarang`s old town being developed into world-class tourist destination

The old town of Semarang is being developed into a world-class tourist destination to increase the number of tourist ...

Sanofi Pasteur's Dengue Vaccine Approved in the Philippines

- Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, announced today that the Philippines have granted marketing approval ...

UNESCO`s recognition of Balinese dances to help promote Indonesian tourism

The UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage meeting in Windhoek, ...

Indonesia minister lauds UNESCO`s recognition of Balinese dance forms

Coordinating Minister for Cultural and Human Development Puan Maharani revealed here on Monday that three genres of ...

9 Balinese dances become world cultural heritage

UNESCO has declared nine Balinese traditional dance forms as an Intangible World Heritage, following the announcement ...

Bali optimistic about traditional dance forms being recognized by UNESCO

The Bali provincial administration is optimistic that nine Balinese traditional dances will be recongnized by UNESCO ...