Denpasar, Bali - Thailand has asked Indonesia to help explain its policies on Muslim minority in that country to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC). Its foreign minister, Kasit Piromya, said it was one of the two issued being emphasized at the two countries` seventh foreign ministerial meeting here on Thursday.

Denpasar, Bali - Bali has won "The Best Leisure Destination in Asia Pacific" award from the Business Travellers Asia Pacific magazine based in Hong Kong, a tourism official said. The award would be presented to the Bali provincial government at Contrad Hotel in Hong Kong on September 10, Head of the Bali Provincial Tourism Office Ida Bagus Subhiksu said here on Monday.

DEWA RUCI WINS BEST CREW PARADE IN TALL SHIP RACE Hartlepool, UK - Indonesia`s naval training ship KRI Dewa Ruci and its crew won the title of The Best Crew Parade in the carnival in Hartlepool, about five hours travel from London. Taking part in the carnival on weekend were 85 tall ships, in which Dewa Ruci held various Indonesian cultural and art performances including the Reok Ponorogo masked dance, which had entertained people at Hartlepool, northeast of of County Durham, which has a population of 90,000.