Jakarta - The government announced Tuesday UNESCO would soon name batik, Indonesia`s traditional practice of dying cloth through wax resist methods, as an intangible cultural heritage. "According to plan, UNESCO will officially name batik as a cultural heritage in May this year," said Indroyono Soesilo, secretary to the coordinating minister for p... detail... »
Paris - On a crisp December weekend in Paris, the French-Indonesian association, Pasar Malam, held its third bi-annual Indonesian-French literary exchange event. Featured writers from both countries and held at the Maison des Cultures du Monde and emceed by Arwad Esber, the theme of the weekend was complex: From the private sphere to the public p... detail... »
Kidapawan City – The Arroyo administration can`t afford to spend millions of money to pursue its wars in Mindanao this year, according to a group of peace advocates. One proof of this, said lawyer Mary Ann Arnado of the Mindanao Peoples` Caucus (MPC) “is the government`s extensive campaign to curb the impact of the global financi... detail... »
Dubai - For Malaysia`s Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, efforts to make Malaysia a regional education hub is more than just about attracting an increasing number of foreign students to its approximately 60 public and private universities. It is also about doing whatever it can to enable developing countries, especially M... detail... »
Rembau - The appointment of Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir as the new Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan on Monday was made unanimously without lobbying by any party, one of the state`s four territorial chieftains said today. In an exclusive interview with Bernama at his residence here, Undang Luak Rembau, Datuk Muhamad Sharip Oth... detail... »
Jakarta - Tasteful meat soup without meat and the famous pempek fishcakes without fish are among the fares on offer at a “Food and Go Green” festival in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, on Sunday. Some do taste odd to the novice, but the event at Jakarta Fair Ground (PRJ) clearly shows there is a wide choice here for vegetarians. The festi... detail... »
Manila-Tourism Secretary of the Philippines Ace Durano, called on local communities that host World Heritage sites to help preserve tourist magnets since “these are sources of our livelihood as much as they are wellsprings of our national pride, as reported by the Philippine Daily Inquirer yesterday. Durano made the appeal in the wake of the... detail... »
Jakarta - As a history undergraduate, Kartum Setiawan liked nothing better than to walk alone through the streets of this city`s crumbling colonial quarters, armed with old maps and a vivid imagination. He pictured the Dutch merchants rowing their boats along the canals. In a cobbled square, he recalled the trams that came in the 19th century, open... detail... »
Jakarta - The government has no intention of ending encroachment by illegal loggers at Kerinci Seblat National Park on Sumatra Island, an activist said on Friday. Musnardi Munir of the Nature Conservation Alliance, a nongovernmental organization based in Jambi Province, said that more than 200,000 hectares of the park had already been lost to il... detail... »
Kuala Lumpur - A Catholic newspaper Friday threatened legal action against Malaysia`s government after being told to stop publishing its Malay language edition in a row over its use of the word "Allah." The Herald, circulated among the country`s 850,000 Catholics, nearly lost its publishing license last year for using the word "Allah" as a transla... detail... »
Kuala Lumpur - The Sekretariat Selamatkan Bahasa Melayu (Save Bahasa Melayu Secretariat) will organise a gathering of 100,000 people to protest against the use of English in the teaching of Science and Mathematics. Head of the secretariat`s implementation committee, Hasni Abas, said yesterday that it would submit a memorandum against the move to ... detail... »
Kuala Lumpur - A new ruler for the state of Negeri Sembilan was picked yesterday, after a secret meeting of four powerful state chieftains. They chose Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir, 60, to succeed Tuanku Jaafar Tuanku Abdul Rahman, 86, who died last Saturday after complaining of dizziness and chest pains. Tuanku Muhriz was appointed to the posit... detail... »
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