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Kretek Museum must be promoted to appeal to foreigners: Historian

A historian has pressed for promoting Kretek Museum in Kudus, Central Java, to draw foreign tourists, as it is the only ...

Heroes fight for Indonesia through arts, literature mediums: historian

Historian and founder of the history enthusiasts' community Indonesia Historia Community (KHI) Asep Kambali ...

History has lessons for tackling climate change: expert

The global community can learn from history to determine strategies for dealing with the current impact of climate ...

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Tracing tempe's appeal in Indonesian culinary history

Looking to raise the national spirit and drive the importance of building a strong nation that is not easily ...

Primeval roads charted by spice carriers

Another language of luxury -- taste -- also becomes an addiction that sometimes makes humans lose their minds. In ...

Nutmeg gives Banda Islands lingering scent of profit

Nutmeg, or Myristica fragrans Houtt, appears to thrive on almost all inhabited islands of Banda. The spice has held a ...

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Tracking the spice trail to Banda

  On July 3, 1468, Charles the Bold, the Duke of Burgundy, married Margaret of York at the home of a wealthy ...

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On the scent of the Dutch nutmeg on Banda Islands

The Islands of Banda have stood witness to the nutmeg trade in its heyday, when the spice, which was endemic to the ...

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Trail Hongitochten in North Maluku

The spice-hunting adventure by European nations began when the Ottoman dynasty in the territory of Turkey hiked prices, ...

ANTARA photo exhibit turns spotlight to Indonesia's 'founding mother'

Indonesia’s state-owned ANTARA news agency launched a virtual photography exhibition here on Monday  for the ...

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Youths usher in 75th Independence Day by embracing personal freedom

Free and freedom are the two answers given by most youths in response to the question: what is a word you think about ...

Situation under COVID-19 pandemic, Spanish flu similar: historian

Conditions under the COVID-19 pandemic that is plaguing countries around the globe, including Indonesia, bear ...

Return of Diponegoro kris holds historical significance for Indonesia

The return of Prince Diponegoro’s kris, a dagger with a waved blade, is quite meaningful for Indonesia owing to ...

Weekend Stories

When it is raining: Create a weekend book club

“Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.” Vladimir Nabokov, a ...

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Meet "Si Pitung": Betawi's revered bandit, loathed by the rich

In the mid-19th Century, bordering Batavia, Jakarta’s old city under Dutch colonial government, the powerless, ...