The Hills are Alive in Malaysia: Explore Fraser’s Hill
By: Melissa Lin A favourite get away for locals and visitors alike from the sometimes unbearable heat of the Malaysian sun is Fraser’s hill. Located in Pahang, about...
Indonesia vs Malaysia on Battlefield Soccer: An Indonesian Perspective
By: Dalih Sembiring In the past few weeks, not a day has gone by without Indonesians talking or hearing about the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup, in which...
Coffee and comedy: An alternate model of piety in Aceh
By: Daniel Birchok Legal reforms in the Indonesian province of Aceh over the last decade have emphasised the importance of highly visible Islamic objects and...
Souvenirs from Merapi
By: Putri Fitria The breakdown of Berlin Wall 20 years ago gave way to a new initiative in the German economic activity, particularly in tourism. Checkpoint Charlie,...
Islamic New Year in West Sumatra
Muharram celebrations in coastal West Sumatra have shaped a tradition that transcends religious borders Paul H. Mason A tabuik cenotaph in the centre of...
Indonesia Art Camp Lifts Spirits around Merapi
By: Dalih Sembiring Two men and one woman smeared with volcanic ash were dragging withered branches to one of Borobudur Temple complex’s entrance gates. Behind them...
Problems of democratisation in Indonesia
Review: A new edited collection examines the challenges still facing Indonesia’s democratic project <br Harold Crouch Twelve years since the fall of the New Order...
Colonial Jakarta remembered
Review: Mrazek’s collection of oral histories evoke a by-gone age <br Sue Blackburn In the 1990s Rudolf Mrazek did a very valuable thing: he interviewed dozens of...
From books to films
Quality literature continues to lose out to how-to manuals and trashy novels Richard Oh A man of literary passions Image courtesy of Richard Oh Richard Oh is...
SBY, president of the Republic of Indonesia
By: Ed Caffin Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, also known as “SBY”, is the president of the Republic of Indonesia. In the first ever direct president elections, in 2004,...
