Bareback jockey Herman Sarifudin guides his horse into the starting box for a race on Indonesia's Sumbawa island. The gate springs open and the horse bolts with Sarifudin clinging...

Raja Ampat, stunning islands in West Papua, Indonesia, is chosen to be the next location of Hollywood reality show Survivor. The shooting would be started in April - July...

Indonesia`s elderly population is set to increase in number within the next 20 to 30 years, but experts believe that the country will have the benefit of a larger...

The mother grabbed her two boys and fled their home as it filled with water, hoping to outrun Superstorm Sandy. But Glenda Moore and her SUV were no match...

The local government is developing the Baduy Land into a culture tourism site. Baduy is populated by about 5,000 to 6,000 isolated Baduy tribesmen, some 40 km southeast of...

They do not have any access to traditional bank loan, but Muhammad Yunus gives them a loan. He trusts them. His trust achieves his goal. The loan successfully lifts...

Newsweek, one of the most internationally recognized magazine brands in the world, will cease publishing a print edition after nearly 80 years. The final print edition of the weekly current...

What kind of transportation mode do like most? A bike? A car? Ah... We can find thousands of them on the street without catching our attention. Yet, here are...

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, along with relatives of some of those killed, attended a ceremony in Bali on Friday to commemorate the...

A hadith (the Prophet's collection of traditions containing sayings of the prophet Muhammad PBUH -Ed) narrated by Ibnu Majah and at-Tirmidzi contains the advantage of "qurban" or sacrificing livestock...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MALANG - A historian and archaeologist from Malang University, Dwi Cahyono has claimed to have discovered the existence of Ketawanggede, an archaeological site from the megalithic era. But he...

In the last several years, Dave Bob Marshall and his wife, Kate, always visit Bali. Instead of enjoying the beauty of this Island of Gods, they go to Legian,...

  If you fancy ancient history, well you must pay more attention to Indonesia. A US researcher of ancient mysteries Frank Joseph Hoff has said that recent views regarding Indonesia...

Apart from politic, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) is like others, he misses his hometown soup. He mentioned his longing for soto (soup –Ed) and tofu rice cakes that...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, GARUT - Several countries in Europe are interested in marketing Indonesia's instant Beras Liwet (Sundanese cooked rice) 1001 produced by Garut of West Java. But, the products need further adjustment to...