ChatGPT Decoded: Propagating Meaningless Stupidity
Kenneth Yeung explains the real meanings behind the most common cliches in the ongoing plague of unreadable drivel generated by...
A Nation In Waning
With Indonesia’s 2024 presidential election almost upon us, Kenneth Yeung looks back on why there may not be much to...
Book Review: The Bard, the Bad and the Ugly
Kenneth Yeung reviews a poet’s prosaic recollection of expat life in Jakarta. In 2013, a 53-year-old, divorced New Zealand man...
How I Got Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Indonesia
Kenneth Yeung explains how it took a few attempts to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Indonesia. In recent days, the...
Mixed Marriage in Indonesia: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Mixed Marriage in Indonesia: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly On setting out to write about “mixed race marriage”,...
Top Indonesian News Stories of 2020
Kenneth Yeung looks back at a year of bad news. January 1 – Floods and landslides kill at least 66...
Food for Thought
Kenneth Yeung masticates a moody forkful of rotten food. Strolling around West Jakarta last week¸ I encountered an obese woman...
Top 10 Times Asterix was Relevant to Indonesia
Kenneth Yeung looks at why Asterix is enduringly popular in Indonesia. French comic book hero Asterix was first translated into...
Expats in Indonesia, Have You Hit the COVID-19 Panic Button Yet?
Kenneth Yeung contemplates the credibility of claims that Indonesia could erupt in civil unrest because of coronavirus. “RETURN HOME NOW.”...
Get Smart or Die Lying
Kenneth Yeung pompously pontificates on education in a time of viral uncertainty. As a pretentious 16-year-old, one of my favourite...
Is It Wrong to Eat Pussy?
Kenneth Yeung examines why consumption of pussycats is unpopular in Indonesia. Cats tend to enjoy a relatively exalted status in...
Top 10 Unusual Buildings in Indonesia
From giant animals to a giant camera, Kenneth Yeung observes some of Indonesia’s most unique buildings. 1. Chicken Church Local...
Keeping the Promise: EP Celebrates 30 Years
Kenneth Yeung looks at Eastern Promise as it prepares to celebrate its 30th anniversary with 30 days of entertainment. Step...
Our Most Popular Stories of 2016
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The Sexual Gymnastics of Women in Madura
Madura women are famed for their ability to enhance sex by clenching their vaginal muscles. Some even take sexual gymnastics...
Jakarta’s Bucket List
We all know about Monas, cheap electronics, Kota Tua?s museums, the Highland Gathering and cycling down Sudirman on a Sunday...
The Power of One
Most expats who have lived in Jakarta for any length of time will have a story about electricity problems. From...
Cheap Frying Oil or Orangutans?
There are two schools of thought regarding palm oil. First, that it’s unhealthy and oil palm plantations are pushing orangutans...
Valentine’s Day
Indonesia’s top Islamic authority deems Valentine’s Day haram (forbidden) on the grounds that it is an infidel celebration promoting sexual...
Tintin in Indonesia
Belgian reporter Tintin is one of the world’s most enduring comic book characters, especially in Indonesia, which was the setting...
Sex, Drugs and Other Diversions
If Jakarta is the city that never sleeps, not least because of the rousing pre-dawn call to prayer blaring from...