Minister of Culture Fadli Zon attended the Ritual Ageng Boyongan Mbah Bhelet marking the relocation of the Unfinished Buddha ...

It is 5:40 a.m. and, directly on cue, the sun rises slowly over the horizon, silhouetting volcanic Mount Merapi and casting early-morning light on the majestic Buddhist temple of Borobudur. Tourists ...

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Visiting the world’s largest Buddhist temple is about to get expensive. Borobudur, one of Indonesia’s most popular attractions, will soon be subjected to a massive price hike by government authorities ...

A total of 2,568 lanterns were released at Borobudur in honour of the current year in the Buddhist calendar. Every year, Buddhists all around the world flock to sacred temples to commemorate Wesak, ...

Artotel Group continues expanding its portfolio with the opening of Artotel Leguna Magelang, Central Java, last weekend.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Culture Minister Fadli Zon clarified that there are no plans to build an escalator at Borobudur Temple, Central Java. He dismissed circulating issues regarding the ...

I am in the Indonesian island of Java - just a few degrees south of the equator. It's hot and it's humid, but I, and hundreds of other people on this steamy early morning, am about to set off on a ...