Through batik, a painstaking process of hand-drawn wax design and dipping dye, traditional Indonesian cloths are bathed in rich color and patterned with plumes of flora, fauna and abstract design.

Introduction / Toeti Heraty N. Roosseno -- Textiles in Java -- Decorative processes and products -- The Island of Java in the sixteenth century -- Weaving myths of Sunda -- Rice-paste batiks -- Colour ...

For Indonesia, protectionism does not generate the jobs the country needs, while damaging the competitiveness of its exports.

Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto announced the plan to establish a new state-owned ...

Celebrated by designers, tastemakers, and pattern-lovers for centuries, batik is both a type of fabric and an ancient dyeing technique with a long and complicated history. Often grouped with other ...

Sarmi recalls the unusual blight that fell over Gupit village around 2017, when doves and finches appeared to vanish from the sky. “With pollution that acrid and poisonous, there weren’t any birds or ...