Bali Arts Festival opens with flamboyant street parade
NI KOMANG ERVIANI THE JAKARTA POST Monday, June 17, 2019 Dancers perform in a street parade for the Bali Arts Festival in Denpasar, Bali, on Saturday. (The Jakarta Post/Zul Trio […]
Cambodia noodle party kicks off nationwide
Taing Vida / Khmer Times Sunday June 9, 2019 People gathering to eat Khmer noodles on June 9 at Chumpu Voan Pagoda, Phnom Penh. KT/ Chor Sokunthea PHNOM PENH – Nation wide […]
Meet Magdalena Tukan, East Flores entrepreneur who sells sorghum to fund children’s literacy program
HENDRIKUS SURA THE JAKARTA POST Sunday, June 9, 2019 Cookies made of sorghum. (JP/Hendrikus Sura) EAST FLORES, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia – For Magdalena Eda Tukan, who graduated from Trisakti […]
Malaysia state Penang Education Dept probing school over students’ climate change protest
BY OPALYN MOK Malay Mail June 4, 2019 A climate change protest organised by Klimate Action Utara Malaysia (KAUM) and Klima Action Malaysia (KAMY) in Bayan Baru, Penang, on May […]
Interfaith community in Semarang holds purification ritual to commemorate Indonesia’s Pancasila Day
Suherdjoko The Jakarta Post Sun, June 2, 2019 Artist Sosiawan Leak recites a poem about the struggle of the residents of Surabaya in East Java to expel invaders during the […]
‘Sendratari Ramayana’, culinary bazaar to greet Idul Fitri holidaymakers in Surakarta, Indonesia
GANUG NUGROHO ADI THE JAKARTA POST Sun, May 26, 2019 Dancers perform the ‘Sendratari Ramayana’ dance drama at Vastenburg Fort in Surakarta, Central Java. (JP/Ganug Nugroho Adi) SURAKARTA, Indonesia – […]
CAMBODIA, CHARITY…AND WORLD DOMINATION
Peter Olszewski / Khmer Times Friday May 24, 2019 Georgina Hemmingway and Footprint general manager Pheakdey. Peter Olszewski SIEM REAP, cambodia – Siem Reap’s funky Footprint Cafes is merely the first […]
Indonesia 1965 survivors choir ‘Dialita’ awarded Gwangju human rights award
Arya Dipa The Jakarta Post Sun, May 19, 2019 The Dialita Choir was established in 2011 and its members comprise former political prisoners arrested following the attempted 1965 coup d’etat. […]
Month-long Bali Arts Festival to return on June 15
NI KOMANG ERVIANI THE JAKARTA POST Sun, May 19, 2019 Balinese women carry a traditional offering during a cultural parade. (The Jakarta Post/Agung Parameswara) BALI – Indonesia’s longest-running art festival […]
Media Under Attack – How do journalists continue despite the dangers?
Speakers, from left: Richard Porter – Director of Internal Communications, EBRD (Chair), Isam Uraiqat – Co-founder & Editor, AlHudood, Rebecca Vincent – UK Bureau Director, Reporters Without Borders, Kasra Naji […]
Beauty of Tolerance, Indonesia’s Kendari Hindus Distribute Takjil for Muslims
Ricky Mohammad Nugraha TEMPO.CO May 16, 2019 JAKARTA, Indonesia – Just minutes before sunset to the time Muslims break their fast, SD 17 Baruga (Elementary school) student Ni Kadek Syhirastika, wearing an orange traditional dress, […]
Indonesia city Surakarta marks World Dance Day
Ganug Nugroho Adi The Jakarta Post Friday May 10, 2019 The Jaranan dance is performed by 5,000 students at the Sriwedari stadium on April 29, 2019. JP/Ganug Nugroho Adi SURAKARTA, […]
How a school in Cambodia’s Battambang province transforms seeds to books
Pech Sotheary / Khmer Times Wed May 8, 2019 Students prepare to water crops as part of the school’s programme. KT/Mai Vireak At Bay Damram Secondary School, fruits and vegetables are grown […]
‘Apeman’: Yogyakarta’s way to welcome Ramadan
Boy T Harjanto THE JAKARTA POST Wed May 8, 2019 Look at me: A dancer takes a picture with a mountain-shaped apem stack. JP/Boy T Harjanto YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia – Every […]
Welcome to Paradise’: Dutch exhibit reimagines contemporary Bali
LINAWATI SIDARTO, THE JAKARTA POST Wed May 8, 2019 Creative protest: A visitor looks at I Wayan Aris Sarmanta’s ‘Bali Not for Sale’ (‘Tangis Amarah Pulau Kecil’) on the island’s […]
Malaysia PM’s granddaughter Ally Mukhriz dazzles in Khoon Hooi Raya fashion campaign
By Melanie Chalil Malay Mail Tuesday April 23, 2019 Ally Mukhriz, 23, wears a lace kebaya from Khoon Hooi’s made-to-order collection. — Picture from Instagram/Khoon Hooi PETALING JAYA, April 22 […]
