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, […]
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