All You Need to Know About the New Income Tax Rate in Indonesia
Indonesia has a very favourable income tax system for small businesses. Right now it will become even more attractive. This...
Outreach
Can a Foreigner Buy Property in Indonesia?
“Foreign ownership of houses or apartments falls under the Right of Use category, locally known as Hak Pakai, which is...
Not So Sweet Anymore
Condensed milk producers will no longer be allowed to falsely market their sickly sweet product as a health food. Growing...
Bali Holds First Ultra Marathon for Bali Children Foundation
On May 26, 13 elite runners made an 84-kilometre run from The Lovina in Singaraja to Old Mans in Canggu...
Bali Mother and Baby House
With Indonesia being a developing country, there is still a large number of women and teens with minimum knowledge of...
Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Daze of Summer
The summer of 1976 was (and still is) the hottest and driest in the UK since records began, with 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...
The Tastes of Paradise
Anyone who has set foot in Indonesia will be familiar with these local versions of products that expatriates learn to...
Going at Home and Going Away
I had only been back in the UK for a day and already I was in a public lavatory watching...
Knowing the Advantages of Perpres No. 20 of 2018 on Hiring Expatriates
“The Presidential Regulation No. 20/2018, in general, has provided some advantages for the Employer in Indonesia who wants in hiring...
Woman Saved From Jumping Off Pedestrian Bridge
A passerby reportedly stopped a woman from jumping off a pedestrian bridge at the Kuningan Timur Transjakarta bus stop in...
Welcome to the Indonesian Kampung!
Since many Indonesians are returning to their family homes over the Ramadan holidays, here is Sacha Stevenson’s take on what...
The Stealing Season
It’s that time of the year again, when some people are resorting to crime to raise money to return to...
Foreigners Relocating to Bali
It’s easy to visit Bali as a tourist because most nationalities don’t need a visa to stay on the island...
Man Tied Up in Jakarta Hotel Room for Hours After Being Robbed
31-year-old Fauzi Firdaus was locked in a hotel room in Kuningan, South Jakarta, for hours by a couple who pretended...
US Brokerage Firms Closing Accounts for American Expats
Many American citizens living abroad have recently been contacted by their US brokerage firms to inform them that their accounts...
Remember Clean Up Jakarta Day 2017? We do!
Last year we gathered 25,000 volunteers at 72 clean-up sites across Jakarta. This year is going to be MUCH BIGGER...
Correctional Crimes
Inmates at a jail in Bandung were running a scam for two years in which they seduced women online and...
John Milliss: Head of Campus for Australian Independent School in Bali
Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born in Sydney Australia and I graduated...
Expatriates Detained Over Immigration Violations, Disorderly Conduct
The North Jakarta Immigration Office raided on Tuesday an apartment building where 61 foreign nationals reside in Kelapa Gading, North...
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...