#pencak silat

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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 ...

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, ...

Former British envoy eager to promote Indonesia in UK

Former British ambassador to Indonesia Moazzam Malik has expressed intent to promote Indonesia in the United ...

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 ...

Bangka Belitung to host traditional sports festivals: Ministry

The Ministry of Youth and Sports (Kemenpora) established the Bangka Belitung Islands Province as the host for the ...

Chinese universities, London School promote folk culture in Jakarta

Three Chinese universities have forged collaboration with the London School of Public Relations (LSPR), Jakarta, for ...

Indonesia and Azerbaijan strengthen partnership, create stronger ties

Bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Indonesia have been developing quickly and dynamically since the two ...

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 ...

Jokowi extends birthday greetings to Prabowo

President Joko Widodo congratulated his presidential candidate number 01, Prabowo Subianto, on his 67th birthday, ...

Minister declares students sport olympics open

The 2018 National Students Sport Olympics (O2SN), with 1,938 student participants, was declared open by Education and ...

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, ...

News Focus - Indonesia records two successes in Asian Games 2018

Having a chance to host the Asian Games for the second time after waiting for over 50 years, Indonesia did not want to ...

Indonesia hopeful UNESCO would recognize pencak silat as cultural heritage

Indonesia is hopeful that pencak silat, its traditional martial art, would be recognized as an intangible cultural ...

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 ...