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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 ...

This article was written in conjunction with Guinness as a part of their “One Indonesia” campaign. Read more about it here. Batik has some royal roots. The intricate, colorful fabric used to be the ...

Production of handloom textiles as well as batik textiles has taken off in Sri Lanka in recent years. With the increase in demand from global markets, Sri Lanka is now capable of producing various ...

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Indonesia may be the undisputed king of batik – the traditional art of decorating fabric using wax and dye – but neighbouring Malaysia is embracing this versatile, time-honoured technique with ...

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 ...

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 ...

Production of handloom textiles as well as batik textiles has taken off in Sri Lanka in recent years. With the increase in demand from global markets, Sri Lanka is now capable of producing various ...