RI scholar receives award

RI scholar receives award

FUKUOKA, Japan (Kyodo): Leading Indonesian anthropologist Koentjaraningrat has been named the grand prize winner for the Sixth Fukuoka Asian Cultural Prize for meritorious work in the development of Asian scholarship and culture.

The 72-year-old University of Indonesia professor emeritus is his country's leading cultural anthropologist in the area of traditional Southeast Asian culture and is highly regarded for his research in development and modernization.

Koentjaraningrat will receive 5 million yen as the grand prize winner during a ceremony to be held on Sept. 28 in Fukuoka.

The international scholarship prize was awarded to Hahn Ki Un, 70, professor emeritus at Seoul National University of South Korea for his work in educating a number of respected scholars in the area of educational philosophy.

The domestic scholarship prize went to internationally recognized authority on South Asia, Noboru Karashima, 62, of Taisho University.

The award for art and culture went to Korean-American Nam June Paik, 62, for the artist's work in the area of video art.

The scholarship and art prizes carry an award of 3 million yen each.