Culture

Indonesia to speed up durian exports to China

The Indonesian government is set to accelerate the export of durians from Central Sulawesi province to China, as the Southeast Asian country has identified a promising market and high demand for the fruit among Chinese consumers.

The AIC announces new Chair

Professor Emeritus MacIntyre brings a lifetime of Indonesia knowledge and experience to the AIC and joins in the tenth year of its work in strengthening an important bilateral relationship.

Cave painting in Indonesia is the oldest known ‘picture story’

A team of scientists co-led by researchers from Australia’s Griffith University, the Indonesian National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and Southern Cross University has discovered and dated a cave painting on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi that may be the oldest known evidence of storytelling in art, with the findings published in the journal Nature.

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