Bonding with the Best: Meet Marten Hubbeling
Australian expat Marten Hubbeling is General Manager of DMC Bali Plus – a one-stop and complete Meeting, Incentive, Convention and Exhibition (MICE) provider in Bali.
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Notebooks Shine a Light, Revealing the End of the Tunnel
The Buku Kami Project empowers former sex workers in East Jakarta who have been forced into the illegal trade for many years by providing them
A Person, Another Person and a Third Person Walk into a Bar
Political correctness has become part of everyone’s lives over the last couple of decades. Everyone now needs to be very careful not to offend anyone
Bada Valley Arcas: Indonesia’s Easter Island
The Bada, Napu, and Doda Valleys of Central Sulawesi’s vast Lore Lindu National Park are perhaps most famous for the ancient monolithic human figures (arca)
Indonesia’s Oldest Football Club: Persatuan Sepak Bola Makassar
This year Birmingham City celebrates their 140th anniversary as a professional football club. It hasn’t been much of a history with a second-tier playoff success,
You Say You Want a Revolution?
Cybercrime is on the rise in Indonesia. Government critics claim the biggest online scam is an official website promoting President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo’s “mental revolution”
Sulawesi – Don’t Wait
A dry look at what’s left on Sulawesi After 12 years working in Makassar and Manado, I came to view Sulawesi as home. The port
A Sulawesi Story : Meet Horst Liebner
Maritime expert, anthropologist, Malayologist and linguist Horst Liebner shares his deep knowledge of and love for the amazing cultures, language and history of Sulawesi, in
Ideas Worth Spreading: Meet Mila Shwaiko
If you’ve been to TEDxUbud or TEDxMakassar, chances are you’ve seen Mila busy in action. Born in Australia to American and Australian parents, Mila was
Full Spectrum for Foodies at Fairmont Jakarta
Jakarta’s Sunday brunch game is on point, and new entrant Spectrum at the Fairmont is hoping to get in on the action. We humans
Appetite for Destruction
The Indonesian president, the maritime minister and the Supreme Court are all too weak to stop a Chinese mining company from operating illegally on a
The Business of Branding: Millward Brown
Mark Chamberlain is Managing Director of Millward Brown Indonesia, the global research agency behind this year’s inaugural BrandZ™ Top 50 Most Valuable Indonesian Brands. He
Trans-Sulawesi Railway to Boost Local Economy Without Private Investment
The Government will fund the Trans-Sulawesi railway project entirely, without private investors, in hopes that it will pull foreign money to the region later. The
Justice for All
If you visit the website of Cipinang Penitentiary (http://www.rutancipinang.info/) you’ll most likely be impressed with its flashy modern presentation, which includes a mission statement and
Fun With Weapons
Daniel Pope contemplates whether a foreigner could get away with murder in Indonesia. My local hangout in Jakarta in the mid-1990s – a shabby streetside
The Greatest Show on Earth
By the time you read this the biggest and oldest comedy festival in the world will be over (or very nearly over if you live
Communities Gather to Clean Up Gunung Marapi in West Sumatra
Chairman of the Parimbo Minangkabau Community, Roni Marianto, led an initiative to clean up the ascent trail of Mount Marapi in Tanahdatar, West Sumatra Province,
In the Trail of the Sumatran Tiger
Chris Slappendal is an advocate for all endangered species and their habitats, whose passion for the Sumatran tiger led him to found the TigerTrail project.
The Mentawai Islands: Surfing’ Favourite Destination
Ask any surfer to pick one place for their dream surf trip and the answer will surely be the Mentawai Islands, off West Sumatra. For
Eco-Village Hero: Meet Thomas Heinle
Karen Davis meets Thomas Heinle of Eco-Village Samosir on Lake Toba: a unique community where you may do something of value and really experience true
The Justice Scam
Two teachers wrongly imprisoned on trumped up charges of child sex abuse have been freed, but five cleaners sentenced over the same case are still