Indonesian Coffee is Heating Up: Is Now the Time to Get in on the Java Trade?
At the end of 2014, Indonesia experienced a sharp drop in coffee exports partly due to unfavourable weather conditions. Will...
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Rohingya Refugee Crisis
More than 1,000 persecuted Muslim Rohingyas from Myanmar (Burma) and about 800 people from Bangladesh, most of them seeking better...
Opportunities, Challenges Abound for Private Investors in Local Infrastructure Projects
Here’s what private investors who are keen on Indonesian infrastructure projects should consider before moving forward. The Indonesian Government needs...
Tourists Pick Up Rubbish on Beach in Lombok
Two South African tourists holidaying in the South of Lombok spent the day relaxing and enjoying the views of the...
British Trade in Indonesia | Meet Lizzy Hawkins
Lizzy Hawkins is Director of Trade and Investment at UK Trade & Investment Indonesia, a part of the British Embassy,...
Brothers at the Coalface: Mining Consultancy Britmindo
Britmindo is a family-run mining consultancy firm powered by brothers Stephen and David Nye, along with their father and the...
Indonesia Aims to Capitalise on Renewable Energy
Indonesia possesses the lion’s share of Earth’s geothermal resources that can be used for renewable energy. Here’s what the government...
Age Does Make a Difference: Retirement Age Laws in Oil & Gas
Like working in Indonesia? Don’t get old. I was 38 years old when I first stepped off the Garuda plane...
What We Bring to the Table
My family and I are moving house – no small feat in the world’s largest archipelago. Our imminent upheaval to...
Glamour Photographer in Bali: Meet Dominic Clarisse
French Photographer, Director, Music Producer and Adventure Travel Guide Dominic Clarisse tells us of his life in Indonesia. When did...
Investor’ Guide to Indonesia: The Most Promising Startup Sectors
Startup business in Indonesia is moving forwards in a positive direction, providing a larger area to be cultivated, whilst still...
Rock Steady
You were robbed of your childhood if you were never taken to a Hard Rock Cafe for potato skins, wings...
Foreign Property Ownership Under the Magnifying Glass in Indonesia
The government says it will survey and inventory all land that could be owned by foreigners. The issue raises eyebrows...
All That Jazz
“If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know.” ? Louis Armstrong En route to the eleventh annual Java Jazz...
An Investor’s Guide to Indonesia | What to remember when marketing to Muslims in Indonesia
Indonesia has the largest Muslim population in the world. For this reason, foreign investors need a working knowledge of how...
Bandung’s Asian-African Conference Approaches, as More Drug Traffickers Face the Firing Squad
Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan of the Bali Nine are still scheduled to be executed, even though legal appeals have...
Rugby Expats Take the Game to Local Communities
How a conversation in a pub, with a backdrop of Christmas carols, led to orphaned girls taking up the rough-old-game...
Bali & Massachusetts: Two School Systems Worlds Apart
Bill Dalton recounts his daughter Aysah’s unique but unenviable opportunity over the past ten years of alternating between two school...
5 tech Start-ups Looking to Capitalise on Indonesia’s Education Industry
With the power of the Internet, these start-ups are looking to impact Indonesian academia and change the way people approach...
Let’ Talk About Sex: Are Indonesia’s Youth Ill-Prepared?
Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, is not an advocate for teaching formal sexual education...
The Hidden Island of Savu
On his first voyage to the South Pacific, Captain James Cook dropped anchor at Savu, an island that did not...