Travel
A river changes course: a film by Kalyanee Mam
“Today,” remarks Sav Samourn, “everyone needs land.” Winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at Sundance, A River Changes Course tells the story...
Online cosmopolitan
Enrico has lived in Indonesia, West Papua, the United States, Australia and Timor-Leste. He started his journalism career in 1998 when he joined The Maritime Workers’...
Cambodian specialties: Siem Reap street food
It's Indo-China month at Latitudes! Thanks to the likes of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, the notoriety of Cambodian delicacies such as stuffed frog, deep fried...
Cosmopolitan Indonesia
‘Outside Indonesia’ – that could be the title of this edition. Cosmopolitanism is the idea that human beings belong to a single community and share a common...
Let’s get Quizzical in Siem Reap…
By: Simon Hare January is Indo-China month at Latitudes. Time for something a bit controversial: Anyone who stays longer than 3 days in Siem Reap might just risk...
The Changing Face of Burma
By: Gabrielle Yetter January is Indo-China month at Latitudes. With one hand balanced on the steering wheel, our driver, Thura Thein, fumbled in his pocket as he drove...
Christmas in the Philippines – A testament of tropical rejoicing!
By: Joan Mae Soco-Bantayan The Philippines, being the only Christian nation in the whole of Asia, takes joy in the celebration of the Yuletide Season. It is the time...
Re: Christianity in Indonesia – 2
Indonesia has become steadily more Islamic since Suharto's second term, notwithstanding the pseudo-secular Megawati (who actually aligned the PDI-P with the PPP and...
Re: Christianity in Indonesia – 1
A 12th Century Christian Egyptian record of churches suggest that a church was established in Barus, on the west coast of North Sumatra, a trading post known to have...
Sita’s stories: The Magic of the Mobile Phone
By: Sita van Bemmelen There is no doubt about it: the mobile phone has conquered the world. Even in remote and poor villages on the island of Bali, people have...
