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Weekend Stories

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, ...

Weekend Stories

Haji Darip from Klender, a forgotten warlord

November 10 became one of the historic days for Indonesians since Heroes' Day is celebrated and constantly reminds ...

Thousands of fighters to participate in pencak silat festival

Thousands of fighters from Indonesia and abroad will be joining the festival of pencak silat martial arts at ...

Silek Art Festival 2019 focuses on archives, documentation

The Silek Art Festival (SAF) 2019 will focus on archives and documentation of knowledge related to traditional ...

MPR launches stamps depicting four MPR pillars

The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) launched stamps depicting the four pillars of the MPR, in order to ...

Minister promotes martial arts in face of Olympic Games

Indonesian Minister of Youth and Sports Imam Nahrawi is visiting the Netherlands, France and Switzerland in ...

Asian Games 2018

After ASIAD, pencak silat expected inclusion into UNESCO ICH List

Indonesia has delivered its best-ever achievement in the Asian Games history by ranking fourth in the medal tally, ...

Azerbaijani students perform Indonesian dances at opening ceremony of ICF

A number of Azerbaijani students performed several traditional Indonesian dances at the opening ceremony of the third ...

Cultural festival introduces Indonesia to Azerbaijanis

The 2018 Indonesian Cultural Festival (ICF), held by the Indonesian Embassy in Baku from Sept 13 to 16 at two ...

Asian Games 2018

Untag presents scholarship to Asian Games medalist

The University of 17 Agustus (Untag) in Surabaya, East Java, presented a scholarship program to martial arts of pencak ...

Indonesia capable of hosting 2032 olympics: Deputy house speaker

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Fadli Zon said Indonesia is capable of hosting the 2032 Olympics by ...

Asian Games 2018

Asian Games - Govt pledges to help Indonesian athletes teach at universities

The Youth and Sports Ministry has pledged to help Indonesia`s athletes, who gained success at the 18th Asian Games and ...

Asian Para Games 2018

Asian Games - Indonesian athletes should maintain performance till Olympics

Chief de Mission of the Indonesian contingent Syafruddin, has urged all Indonesian athletes to maintain their ...

Asian Games 2018

Asian Games - Pencak silat opens pre-show at Asian Games closing ceremony

Dozens of performers wearing white clothes and red headscarves showed movements of pencak silat in front of spectators ...

Asian Games 2018

Asian Games (triathlon) - Japan wins gold medal in triathlon mixed relay

Japan won a gold medal of the 18th Asian Games` triathlon mixed relay event, held at the Jakabaring Sport City in ...