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Government to form Ombilin coal mine management body

The Director General of Culture, Ministry of Education and Culture, Hilmar Farid, said the government would soon form ...

Stop mining activities in Ombilin following Unesco inscription: NGO

Walhi (Indonesian environmental forum) has urged the government to stop mining activities around Sawahlunto town, West ...

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Infrastructure development intensifies to boost N Sulawesi Tourism

North Sulawesi, with a population of 2.4 million and located on the northern Sulawesi Island, or formerly known as ...

Ombilin coal mine makes it into UNESCO World Heritage list

The Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra, was designated as a world cultural heritage during the ...

UNESCO declares Ombilin mining site as world heritage

The Ombilin coal mining site, built during the colonial ruler in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra Province, was declared as a ...

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 ...

Papua health workers verify report on 17 deaths in Bomela

The Papua Health Office dispatched a team to Bomela Sub-district, Yahukimo District, to check the validity of a report ...

NTT government, Undana to conduct research on komodo habitat

The East Nusa Tenggara provincial government is cooperating with Kupang-based Nusa Cendana University (Undana) in ...

AJC conducted interpretation training program for the sustainable tourism management in UNESCO World Heritage Site Luang Prabang, Lao P.D.R.

- The ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) conducted a "Follow-up Training Program on Interpretation” from February 27 to March ...

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Strengthening Indonesia-Cambodia bilateral relations through culture

Indonesia and Cambodia have historically shared cultural ties since the Syailendra Dynasty ruling in the days of the ...

Aceh to promote halal tourism

Indonesia`s western most province of Aceh is the only region in Indonesia that officially applies sharia (Islamic ...

New airport to increase tourist arrivals to Borobudur: minister

Tourism Minister Arief Yahya has expressed optimism that the New Yogyakarta International Airport (NYIA) would help ...

Population of Komodo dragons in national park stable

The population of Komodo dragons at the Komodo National Park located in West Manggara, East Nusa Tenggara Province, ...

Closure of Komodo Island feared to shake tourism industry

As a controversy drags on about a plan of the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) governor to close Komodo Island for a year, ...

Closure of Komodo Island requires comprehensive study

Viktor Bungtilu Laiskodat, who has held the position as the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Governor since September 2018, ...