As Indonesia looks to replace diesel and indoor fires with access to cleaner, healthier energy, advocates say bamboo is a viable solution, but early projects have hit teething troubles SALIGUMA, ...

SIBANG KAJA, Indonesia — Strong, light and cheaper than steel poles, bamboo is ubiquitous across Asia as scaffolding. So much so that in recognition of the material’s versatility, the Indonesian ...

As Indonesian President Joko Widodo led Anthony Albanese around the lush gardens of a presidential palace south of Jakarta earlier this month, he presented the new Australian prime minister with an ...

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Flautist Marselus Selu has started a music collective on the island of Flores to foster traditional wind instruments made from native bamboo. The 64-year-old taught himself to build and play the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Jakarta: All it took was some bamboo for an inspiring teacher from the impoverished Indonesian island of Sumbawa to explain a maths ...

Local architects in Tanete, Indonesia, teamed up with the local government to build a new public space made primarily from bamboo. Bamboo, long used as a construction material, is abundant in the area ...

TEMPO Interactive, Bandung: A researcher from the Center of Biology Research and Development in Bogor, Elizabeth A. Widjaja, said that endemic bamboo in Indonesia could become extinct within the next ...

(SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) TRAVELLER IN SELF-ISOLATION, 42, ABDULLAH AL-MABRUR SAYING:"I see many benefits in isolating here by the riverbank. This is where I played as a child, 35 years ago. I ...

SALIGUMA, Indonesia, April 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - C utting through the glassy water of a mangrove-fringed inlet on the east coast of Indonesia's Siberut island, Mateus Sabojiat and Anjelina ...

The 54-year-old designer told AFP the diplomatic gesture was a “special, magical moment” for him after years spent working on the bike. Indonesian President Joko Widodo (R) presented new Australian ...