New Year Celebrations x3 in Jogja, true tolerance & fire crackers
By: Reza Daffi Together with the rest of the world, Jogja just celebrated the coming of 2011. People thronged the streets and public spots with friends and family....
Indonesia vs Malaysia AFF Final: Laser pointers & Itching powder?
By: Dalih Sembiring Indonesia may have triumphed in six out of seven matches during the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2010, but Malaysia won the war this...
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...
