A Giant in a Little Tiny Package
Geniuses live among us although seldom encountered. In our time, a true genius is nothing short of a mutant, having...
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Meet Bernard Harrison
Bernard is the zoologist who ran the Singapore Zoological Gardens and Jurong Bird Park, also starting the world?s first Night...
Invisible Migrants: Indonesians Abroad
Imagine if three Dutch, American, or Germans died abroad every day? The outrage and international attention would be astounding. The...
Meet Ibu Robin Lim, CNN Hero of the Year 2011
Internationally renowned midwife and founder of Yayasan Bumi Sehat, Robin Lim provides services to expectant mothers and their children, as...
John H. McGlynn – The Lontar Foundation
For much of the world, Indonesia is an exotic country next to Bali, and Java is where coffee comes from....
Inspiration Comes in all Shapes and Sizes: The Madura Library Project
Inspirational adults striving to make a difference in their communities are out there. Inspirational teenagers, however, are not as easy...
Meet David Metcalf
Meet David Metcalf, aka Dayak Dave, a photographer and author whose passion for Indonesia gives back to the people he...
2014 Indonesian Presidential Candidates
While we?re waiting for the legislative election results to come out, some presidential candidates have made announcements about their nominations....
The Jungle School
Butet Manurung is widely known in both Indonesia and on the international arena for her SOKOLA initiative, otherwise known as...
Soul Searching Across Six Continents on a Bicycle
This is Dr. Steve Fabes? life and he?s four and a half years through this incredible journey that has so...
Meet Dr. Titus Leber
Meet Dr. Titus Leber, an Austrian filmmaker who transformed Borobudur into interactive multimedia....
The Physical and Emotional Connections of the Five Vital Organs
The foundations of traditional Chinese medicine dates back some five thousand years. The concept of Yin/Yang, together with the five...
For Japan: Our Sister
March 2011: In the streets of Jogjakarta some unconventionally dressed young Indonesian men and women carry boxes marked ?Jogja Care...
Non-Smoking Restaurants in Jakarta? Yes, they Exist!
When I started to work on this article, people laughed at me when I asked if they knew a good...
Confessions of a Former Smoker
For the past 25 years, cigarettes have been a loyal friend. Camels, Luckies and Marlboros (and the occasional Djarum Super)...
Dangerously Nice: Kretek Cigarettes
I was a kretek (clove cigarette) smoker for almost two years. When I first started smoking clove cigarettes in Kalimantan...
Meet Ashraf: the Asylum Seeker from Iran
Meet Ashraf. That?s not his real name. And he?s not your typical expat, being an Iranian asylum seeker who calls...
Meet Mark Baker
The ?Godfather? of New York City nightlife and the International King of Clubs shares his amazing life story and deep...
Participatory Flood Risk Management: What the common man in the street can do
It wasn't unexpected although it has happened many times before. But still, when confronted with the swirling mass of brown...
MRT: The Key to Reducing Jakarta’s Chronic Congestion
Starting October 10, 2013, the first phase of Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), a monorail-based transportation system, began works in Dukuh...
Top 10 Wellness Travel Trends for 2014
With the closure of 2013, industry strategies for 2014 and beyond are being defined ? and redefined ? by the...