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Tracing gambir's glory in Riau Islands

Not many people know that gambir, or Uncaria plant, which is also popularly known as gambier or cat's claw, once ...

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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 ...

North Maluku Senator appeals to residents to support Sail Tidore

A member of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) of North Maluku, Husain Alting Sjah, has asked residents of ...

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Conserving North Maluku's maritime treasures

Indonesia is the largest archipelagic country in the world, with its 17,508 islands spread over an area of nearly two ...

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New Yogyakarta International Airport envisioned to boost tourism

Yogyakarta, a Javanese sultanate and special autonomous province located in the central of Java Island, currently has a ...

DPR Commission I scrutinizes ambassadorial candidates

Commission I of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) scrutinized 32 ambassadorial candidates from June 16 ...

Dutch King, Queen meet Sultan Hamengku Buwono X in Yogyakarta

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti of the Netherlands met with Sultan Hamengku Buwono X of the ...

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Hop on the boat and shop at Lok Baintan floating market

It was 5.15 a.m., and a nearby mosque had just finished its call to prayer. At the private jetty of a hotel-by-the ...

Banda Aceh targets one million tourists by 2021

The Banda Aceh municipality has set a target of attracting at least one million tourists by 2021, according to a local ...

West Java's 2019 tourist arrivals reach 60 million

West Java Governor M. Ridwan Kamil affirmed that some 60 million tourists had visited the province in 2019, surpassing ...

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Forest fire smog plays spoilsport in TdSi race in Riau

The Tour de Siak (TdSi) organizing committee apparently overlooked the weather factor while deciding to hold the event ...

Archaeologist team chances upon European fortress in Tidore

A team of archaeologists of the Maluku Archaeological Office discovered a fort identified with European characteristics ...

Fun bike signalizes start of Tour de Siak in Riau

A fun bike event, covering Siak City in Riau Province, was organized here on Wednesday to mark the start of an ...

Pontianak Sultanate confers royal title on Prabowo Subianto

Sultan Pontianak IX Sri Paduka Maulana Syarif Machmud Alkadrie conferred a "Datok Sri Setia Negara" royal ...

Ma'ruf Amin receives Karaeng Manaba customary title

Vice presidential candidate Ma'ruf Amin has received the customary title of Karaeng Manaba from the Karaeng ...