Businesstoday.id, Jakarta - The Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf) collaborates with the Asian philanthropic network, the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN), to develop the creative economy in Indonesia.

"Synergy with AVPN is expected to increase startup opportunities and creative economic players get additional capital while increasing their skills in the creative industry," Deputy Capital Access Bekraf Fadjar Hutomo Fadjar said after signing a memorandum of understanding of the…

Strolling through Bonifacio Global City on a sunny Saturday, it is easy to spot the groups of smiley teenagers self-learning slick K-Pop dance moves in the shadows of gilded skyscrapers and leafy parks. 

This joyful scene in a privileged enclave of Metro Manila is replicated every weekend across the sprawling cities of South-east Asia, as teens continue to ride the seemingly unstoppable “Korean Wave”. Whereas US music stars once reigned supreme in the Philippines and the wider region,…

From ‘creative industries’ to ‘creative economy’ – how the idea of creative industries and the creative economy has changed in the last 20 years

How the term ‘creative industries’ began

The term ‘creative industries’ began to be used about twenty years ago to describe a range of activities, some of which are amongst the oldest in history and some of…

8. FINAL REMARKS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF

MALAYSIA’S CREATIVE ECONOMY

The fundamental source of conflict in this new world will not be primarily ideological or

primarily economic. The great divisions among humankind and the dominating source

of conflict will be cultural. The clash of…