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Promote traditional sports in creative way: DPRD Speaker

Surabaya Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) Speaker Adi Sutarwijono has called for the promotion of ...

KONI urges inclusion of pencak silat in Olympics

General chairman of the Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI), Marciano Norman, has urged the Indonesian Pencak ...

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Ensuring an orderly, secure and protected Papua games

Jakarta office has adopted preventive measures by assigning 20 police officers in Jakarta's contingent. The ...

PON Papua

Duo gold for grabs at PON XX's day-two wushu match

Day two of the wushu match at the PON XX National Games, Merauke, Thursday, will have athletes competing for two gold ...

PON Athlete

Puspa, Indonesia's Pencak Silat flower and Jakarta's hope in PON

The 735-member strong contingent of Jakarta for the PON XX National Games had departed for Papua to compete in the ...

Papua PON: North Sumatra eyes five golds in Wushu

North Sumatra chapter is aiming to clinch five gold medals in Papua's PON National Games, which are scheduled to be ...

Silfana Mahmud targets gold medal in muaythai at Papua PON

Muaythai athlete of Gorontalo Province Silfana Nurain Mahmud is eyeing a gold medal in the XX National ...

National Sports Day: Presidents lauds Olympic, Paralympic athletes

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said that the 38th National Sports Day was marked by a number of great achievements ...

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Pencak Silat and efforts to make powerful, growing Indonesia

Indonesia glorious in pencak silat debut In short, it can be concluded that the birth of pencak Silat is the result ...

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Govt pushes ahead with Papua games preparations despite COVID surge

The Indonesian government has hinted that it will go ahead with the scheduled convening of Papua's 2021 PON ...

Top TNI officer visits Papua to review construction of PON facilities

Commander of the XVII/Cenderawasih Regional Military Command, Maj.Gen. Ignatius Yogo Triyono, visited Timika, Papua ...

Contingent to Papua's PON urged to coordinate with security agencies

A top military officer appealed to all provinces' contingents of athletes and officials joining Papua's 2021 ...

Weekend Stories

Looking thru beautifully brutal Asian action movies

“I’ve never really liked using these. They take away the rush. Squeezing a trigger, it’s like ...

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 ...

SEA Games: Indonesia collects 12 golds, ranks fourth

Indonesia's national team has temporarily collected at least 12 gold medals, 20 silver medals, and 18 bronze medals ...