A painting measuring 9.88 meters by 2.8 meters depicting the Borobudur Temple World Heritage Site was finished Wednesday evening by a single artist in just less than two hours at the temple’s compound (see photo).
Anthony David Lee, 43, a Manado-born artist who once lived in Singapore and has now moved to Bali, created the painting […]
Burns specialist Fiona Wood, who arrived in Indonesia Thursday to help victims of the Yogyagarta plane crash, is a world-renowned expert whose work won her the title Australian of the year in 2005.
Wood pioneered the so-called “spray-on skin” treatment for burns victims and was acclaimed for her dedication treating survivors of the 2002 Bali […]
Back to Kaliurang is a program intended to restore tourism on the slopes of Mount Merapi.
For the past three months, owing to increased volcanic activity at this, the world’s most active volcano, tourism ground to a halt.
Between July and the end of December this year, all stakeholders involved in Merapi tourism will work together […]
Most residents of Yogyakarta had anticipated the May 27 earthquake but news of the death and devastation in wrought became evident only after about five hours, Dr Asmal Ishak, Dean, Faculty of Economics at the Universitas Islam Indonesia, said here yesterday.
Narrating the incident on May 27 morning, Dr Ishak, who lives with his family […]
At least 2,000 villagers have been evacuated from the area around the Mount Merapi volcano as fresh hot lava has begun to flow.
The volcano has been spitting out lava and hot gases for days and Indonesian scientists say the mountain’s lava dome could suddenly collapse, sending scalding clouds of gas and debris down into […]
While Caritas Australia, the overseas aid and development agency for the Catholic Church, continues to respond to the victims of the Yogyakarta earthquake in Central Java, Indonesia, the agency prepares for another emergency, as the Mt Merapi volcano moves closer to full eruption.
Latest reports indicate that Mt Merapi has increased its activity, with […]
MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia - The volcano that looms above his village is spewing smoke and lava, and scientists warn it could erupt anytime. But like many people farming the fertile slopes of Mount Merapi, Ismail says there is no need to panic.
“Merapi is part of my life, as it is all of our lives […]
Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX was born in Sompilan, Ngasem, Yogyakarta on April 12, 1912. He was the first Governor of the Yogyakarta Special Region, the ninth Sultan of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Sultanate and the second vice president of Indonesia.
Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX was the son of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono VIII and Raden Ajeng Kustilah. He studied […]
It is located in the center of the city of Yogyakarta or just Yogya as the local people call it. Karaton means a place where the Ratu-king lives, other word is Kedaton, with the same meaning. In the Javanese teachings, it has a deep philosophical meaning.
The architect designer of this palace was Sultan Hamengkubuwono I […]
This fire mountain remains one of the most active and dangerous volcano in the world. It can be seen from its name - Merapi from Javanese worldMeru means mountain and Api means fire.
The latest eruption
In the early morning of Saturday, July 11, 1998, at 4.59 a.m, the
volcano erupted again after days of ominous rumblings […]