Locals supportive of Borobudur management change
A government plan to overhaul the management of Borobudur to revitalise the area is met with local support. Borobudur set ...
Tag: Central Java (province)
Province in the island of Java in Indonesia, with the city of Semarang as its capital. The province is home to the Sangiran Early Man site and the Prambanan Unesco World Heritage sites. Indonesian: Jawa Tengah.
Borobudur to be marketed as a Buddhist pilgrimage site
Am Indonesian Minister has said that he wants to turn the 7th century Javanese monument into a Buddhist pilgrimage site. ...
Google StreetView in Borobudur!
We have it with Angkor Wat, and now, Borobudur! Google Street View comes to Java's amazing stupa and it's a ...
Sinking Candi Sukuh closed for restoration
Candi Sukuh in Java is being closed while repairs are done to it to prevent the ancient temple from deteriorating ...
Security tightened around Borobudur in wake of terror threat
To be fair, the threat has only been made of Facebook, so it's not sure how credible the threat is, ...
Extremists target Borobudur
There's been more news in Bahasa Indonesia than in English, but apparently extremists for the establishment of an Islamic State ...
Borobudur's stupas get slipcovers to protect from ash
The authorities in charge of Borobudur announce new measures to protect Borobudur's stupas from volcanic ash. Borobudur’s 73 stupas given ...
Part of Borobudur relief found
A relief that was supposedly part of Borobudur was returned to the temple custodians by a local villager. Temple’s Relief ...
7 Lectures from iTunes U on Southeast Asian Archaeology
Last week, Apple announced a revamped iBooks and iTunes U service aimed at bringing textbooks and course materials to the ...
Angkor Wat and Borobudur to be sister sites
The tourism departments of Indonesia and Cambodia are in discussions to make Angkor Wat and Borobodur sister sites, and promote ...
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