Top 10 Indonesian Serial Killers
Below you can find a list of the Top 10 Indonesian Serial Killers 1. Ahmad Suradji Born: January 10, 1949...
UAE Boxing Coach Scammed in Jakarta
The Asian Games were a great success, marred only by a few scandals and controversies, including a Palestinian expatriate scamming...
Too Much Ado About Prostitution
Much of the media attention on the recent Asian Games in Jakarta focused on four Japanese athletes being sent home...
Setting the Crooked Record Straight
Some foreigners are involved in hypnotism scams in Indonesia, but the media should not be too hasty to blame Singaporeans....
Top 10 Indonesian Sportsmen
In the realm of Indonesian sports, a league of extraordinary gentlemen has risen to capture the hearts and imaginations of...
Top 10 Indonesian Sportswomen
I 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 Rupiah
A gang of scammers is targeting elderly people in Jakarta by offering Singapore dollars at an exchange rate that’s too...
Top 10 Indonesian Blasphemy Cases
You’ve got to have faith in a nation where religion is compulsory. And it has to be one of the...
Not So Sweet Anymore
Condensed milk producers will no longer be allowed to falsely market their sickly sweet product as a health food. Growing...
Top 10 Indonesian Football Scandals
Match-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 Dollars
Pull up a chair. In the 1950s, there was a groundbreaking British radio series called The Goon Show. It was...
Top 10 Concert Fails in Indonesia
1. Koes Bersaudara Why? Jailed for playing a Beatles song June 29, 1965, Jakarta Formed in Jakarta in 1960, Koes...
The Stealing Season
It’s that time of the year again, when some people are resorting to crime to raise money to return to...
Top 10 Endangered Indonesian Species
Here is a list of Top 10 Endangered Animals and Species in Indonesia. Animals are the big losers as Indonesian...
Correctional Crimes
Inmates 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 Indonesia
1. The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) Director: Peter Weir. Stars: Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt. Banned for almost...
Jember Friendship Ambassador Scammed by Foreigners
I once asked a long-time Australian expatriate why he had made Indonesia his home for over 40 years. Was it...
Hatching Hoaxes
Indonesia made international tabloid headlines a few weeks ago when it was reported that a teenage boy from South Sulawesi...
Top Ten Facts Durian
They smell like hell but taste like heaven. This football-sized “King of fruit” is famous for its pungent odour. A...
Those Possessed By Demons?
The 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 Lies
Imagine you’re choosing a career. Would you cough up Rp300 million (US$25,400) for a job with a starting salary of...