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Indonesia's often-prickly relations with neighbouring Malaysia are being tested by a fresh dispute over traditional cultural heritage. A Malaysian tourism commercial aired on Discovery Channel has ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Indonesian media should not have exploited the issue involving the Balinese Pendet dance, which was wrongly inserted in an advertisement for a special documentary series on Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia sought today to allay anger in Indonesia over the use of a Balinese dance in a promotional spot for a TV documentary series on Malaysia, with officials laying the ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — For decades, Uni Histayanti has performed the enigmatic movements of her nation’s traditional “pendet” dance. She learned the rhythms as a child and years ago opened a dinner ...

JAKARTA Simmering anger in Indonesia over Malaysias 'theft' of a traditional dance is spurring unlikely calls for war in the latest spat between the two traditionally testy neighbours. The dispute ...