Too Much Ado About ProstitutionKenneth YeungAugust 28, 2018April 11, 2021 by Kenneth YeungAugust 28, 2018April 11, 202106748Much of the media attention on the recent Asian Games in Jakarta focused on four Japanese athletes being sent home...
Setting the Crooked Record StraightKenneth YeungAugust 14, 2018 by Kenneth YeungAugust 14, 201801127Some foreigners are involved in hypnotism scams in Indonesia, but the media should not be too hasty to blame Singaporeans....
Top 10 Indonesian SportsmenKenneth YeungAugust 14, 2018August 9, 2023 by Kenneth YeungAugust 14, 2018August 9, 202309703In the realm of Indonesian sports, a league of extraordinary gentlemen has risen to capture the hearts and imaginations of...
Top 10 Indonesian SportswomenKenneth YeungAugust 1, 2018August 2, 2018 by Kenneth YeungAugust 1, 2018August 2, 201803763I recently asked some Indonesian school children to name their favourite female Indonesian athletes. Sadly, they didn’t know any; so...
Old Singapore Dollars for New RupiahKenneth YeungAugust 1, 2018 by Kenneth YeungAugust 1, 201801834A gang of scammers is targeting elderly people in Jakarta by offering Singapore dollars at an exchange rate that’s too...
Top 10 Indonesian Blasphemy CasesKenneth YeungJuly 18, 2018July 20, 2018 by Kenneth YeungJuly 18, 2018July 20, 201802304You’ve got to have faith in a nation where religion is compulsory. And it has to be one of the...
Not So Sweet AnymoreKenneth YeungJuly 18, 2018 by Kenneth YeungJuly 18, 201802934Condensed milk producers will no longer be allowed to falsely market their sickly sweet product as a health food. Growing...
Top 10 Indonesian Football ScandalsKenneth YeungJuly 4, 2018July 29, 2018 by Kenneth YeungJuly 4, 2018July 29, 201803908Match-fixing, mismanagement and political meddling have ensured that football-mad Indonesia remains a dormant giant on the international scene. The...
Here, Have a Photo of One Million DollarsKenneth YeungJuly 3, 2018July 7, 2018 by Kenneth YeungJuly 3, 2018July 7, 201802754Pull up a chair. In the 1950s, there was a groundbreaking British radio series called The Goon Show. It was...
Top 10 Concert Fails in IndonesiaKenneth YeungJune 6, 2018March 12, 2024 by Kenneth YeungJune 6, 2018March 12, 2024064601. Koes Bersaudara Why? Jailed for playing a Beatles song June 29, 1965, Jakarta Formed in Jakarta in 1960, Koes...
The Stealing SeasonKenneth YeungJune 6, 2018 by Kenneth YeungJune 6, 201802702It’s that time of the year again, when some people are resorting to crime to raise money to return to...
Top 10 Endangered Indonesian SpeciesKenneth YeungMay 22, 2018March 12, 2023 by Kenneth YeungMay 22, 2018March 12, 2023039344Here is a list of Top 10 Endangered Animals and Species in Indonesia. Animals are the big losers as Indonesian...
Correctional CrimesKenneth YeungMay 22, 2018 by Kenneth YeungMay 22, 201803799Inmates at a jail in Bandung were running a scam for two years in which they seduced women online and...
Top 10: Best and Worst Movies Set in IndonesiaKenneth YeungMay 9, 2018March 9, 2023 by Kenneth YeungMay 9, 2018March 9, 2023070601. The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) Director: Peter Weir. Stars: Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt. Banned for almost...
Jember Friendship Ambassador Scammed by ForeignersKenneth YeungMay 9, 2018July 7, 2018 by Kenneth YeungMay 9, 2018July 7, 201802458I once asked a long-time Australian expatriate why he had made Indonesia his home for over 40 years. Was it...
Hatching HoaxesKenneth YeungApril 25, 2018 by Kenneth YeungApril 25, 201804304Indonesia made international tabloid headlines a few weeks ago when it was reported that a teenage boy from South Sulawesi...
Top Ten Facts DurianKenneth YeungApril 25, 2018March 13, 2021 by Kenneth YeungApril 25, 2018March 13, 202109205They smell like hell but taste like heaven. This football-sized “King of fruit” is famous for its pungent odour. A...
Those Possessed By Demons?Kenneth YeungApril 11, 2018July 29, 2018 by Kenneth YeungApril 11, 2018July 29, 201803896The weighty Indonesian dictionary compiled by the Education Ministry defines kesurupan as “possession by Satan or spirits, resulting in strange...
My Uncle the Police Chief and Other LiesKenneth YeungMarch 27, 2018 by Kenneth YeungMarch 27, 20180913Imagine you’re choosing a career. Would you cough up Rp300 million (US$25,400) for a job with a starting salary of...
Expat Resort Manager Sparks Row With PoliticiansKenneth YeungMarch 19, 2018April 19, 2024 by Kenneth YeungMarch 19, 2018April 19, 202402103On March 9–10, officials from the Mentawai Islands chapter of the National Democratic (Nasdem) Party held a working meeting on...
Designer Bag DeceitKenneth YeungMarch 14, 2018March 15, 2022 by Kenneth YeungMarch 14, 2018March 15, 202203743Let’s be honest. A handbag is just something in which to carry makeup, car keys, tampons, sunglasses, perfume and a...