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Indonesia’s ancient Borobudur Temple, the world’s largest Buddhist holy site, is in the spotlight as the country navigates growing its travel sector while ensuring tourism remains sustainable. The sacred 9th-century temple has long been a tourist attraction, drawing up to four million local and international visitors every year before the pandemic. Indonesia wants to further promote Borobudur, including it in...

JAKARTA — Local opposition to a mine on Indonesia’s Java Island, and the heavy-handed police crackdown on protesters, has turned the national spotlight on a spate of development projects touted by the government as being of “strategic importance.” The conflict centers on a planned mine that will supply the nearby Bener dam, under construction since […]