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China’s state news agency Xinhua sparked an online uproar and unwittingly waded into a long-running rivalry between Indonesia and Malaysia, when it shared a video on Sunday that described batik – the ...

The precious batik pieces are on display in Galleries 3 and 4 at the Queen Sirikit Textile Museum, which is open daily from 9am-4pm. The entrance fee is 150 baht for adults, 80 baht for seniors (over ...

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Indonesia's most highly developed art form, batik, is made by an ancient wax-resistant dying technique that predates written records. Batik textiles were worn by the leaders of the prosperous ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Trade Minister issues new regulations that ease restrictions on importing batik fabric products. This endangers the future of the traditional batik industry in Indonesia. The ...

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The Washington elite shed its usual black tie uniform in favor of a colorful array of batik prints to fete an exhibit of Indonesian textiles collected by President Obama’s mother at the Mandarin ...

A surreal, blood-red river has inundated the Indonesian village of Jenggot in the wake of floods hitting a nearby textiles factory, causing a frenzy on social media. Pekalongan city is known its ...