Jakarta - Children love to draw with anything they can get their hands on, but batik is a new and challenging activity for them to tackle, and Class Octopus has been lucky enough to give it a try. Making batik at the Textile Museum in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, is a new experience for dozens of children who are members of Class Octopu... detail... »
Manado, North Sulawesi - International scientists and representatives from a number of civil society groups underlined Monday the key role the oceans have played in climate change, but acknowledged they lacked scientific evidence to push the world to accept oceans as carbon sinks. Scientists from developed and developing countries were o... detail... »
Padang, West Sumatra - Jalan Diponegoro in Padang, West Sumatra, is notorious for its sex workers, but many of them disguise their profession even as they seek out clients. “Prostitutes wear headscarves and will sometimes carry the Koran to appear as if they had just left the mosque,” says Ranny Emilia, head of international relations st... detail... »
Jakarta - Perhaps because most of them were built during the colonial era, they have never really been regarded as part of our history. For thousands of years, humans have been building fortifications, as military constructions designed for defense during war, in a variety of complex designs. Although many of the fortifications in Indo... detail... »
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Renowned entrepreneur Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary was awarded the Tokoh Melayu Terbilang award at Umno‘s 63rd anniversary celebration last night for his contributions to Malaysian business and society. He received the award from party president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Syed Mokhtar is currently the rich... detail... »
Manado, North Sulawesi - Tough negotiations marked the drafting of the Manado Ocean Declaration set to cap the first World Ocean Conference (WOC) here, with developing and developed countries split over funding issues, a conference official said on Tuesday. “It is the position of developed countries and developing countries,” said Edy Pr... detail... »
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia - Natives and Malaysians who are referred to as "others" in government forms need to be identified, said state Tourism, Culture and Environment Mi-nister Datuk Masidi Manjun. There should be a space beside the slot where races are identified in these documents for this purpose, he said yesterday. Most government... detail... »
Manado, North Sulawesi - The Manado Ocean Declaration (MOD) expected to be issued at the end of the World Ocean Conference (WOC) is a political commitment among nations to promote oceans in international conventions, an expert said. "It`s a political commitment among nations that oceans must be included in international conventions on cli... detail... »
Manado, North Sulawesi - Officials from 80 countries and intergovernmental institutions begin the five-day World Ocean Conference (WOC) here Monday with an appeal to the international community to give the oceans a more central role at UN climate change talks. The Indonesian government, the host of the inaugural ocean talks, has expresse... detail... »
Malaysia - The last time Lee Hung Poh walked unassisted was 40 years ago, before a bullet fired in the heat of Malaysia`s worst race riots sliced through her spine and shattered her future. Neither the 57-year-old Lee nor her country has ever completely recovered. To be sure, Malaysia, a Southeast Asian nation of 27 million people, ha... detail... »
Sibu, Malaysia - Dayak", the term coined during the colonial period to describe the 26 non-Muslim communities of Sarawak in the 1820s, should no longer be used, said federal Rural and Regional Development Deputy Minister Datuk Joseph Entulu Belaun. His reason? The term has negative connotations like "uncivilised, uncouth and low class". ... detail... »
Manado, North Sulawesi - The Indonesian delegation has distributed the preliminary draft of the Manado Ocean Declaration to the delegates of the World Ocean Conference (WOC), Maritime Affairs and Fishery Minister Freddy Numberi said Sunday. A senior official meeting will discuss the draft declaration during the WOC and the Coral Triangle... detail... »
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