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Murder, Sex & Mayhem in Malaysian Politics
By: Antares Around twilight on 19 October 2006 a young woman stood outside a suburban residence in Kuala Lumpur peering anxiously through the locked gate. She glanced...
Caught Red-Handed: Indonesian Legislator Browsing for Porn!
By: Emma Kwee Once again, the hypocrisy in Indonesia’s politics reached new heights. Remember the story about the proposed ban of Blackberry devices, unless RIM...
Attack on Ahmadiyya, How Unity in Diversity takes a Fall
By: Ibnu Nadzir & Emma kwee On the sixth of February, the slogan of Indonesia Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity) took a fall. The Black Monday, that’s how...
Political Pornography?
By: Putri Fitria The plan to ban Blackberry service voiced by Minister of Communication and Information Tifatul Sembiring (the one who blamed Michelle Obama for...
Indonesia’s New Year’s Resolution? Light another cigarette!
By: Emma Kwee Second hand smoking comes second nature in Indonesia. Where in most other countries people at the bus stop will start frowning and coughing when you light...
What does Geert Wilders want?
By: Emma Kwee Geert Wilders, enfant terrible of Dutch politics has yet again stepped on someone’s toes. Indonesian toes this time. This article explores the career...
Orientalism: a false perception of the East
By: Ed Caffin Ed Caffin explores why western perspective on the non-Western part of the world is still distorted? In Edward Saids influential book Orientalism a...
Neo-colonialism: The long arm of imperialism
By: Ed Caffin The end of World War II sparked a process of decolonisation throughout the World. The days of imperialism would soon be over. More than half a century...
