Mark Magee, General Manager of IKEA Indonesia
In this issue’s Business Profile we meet Mark Magee, General Manager of IKEA Indonesia. IKEA opened their first Indonesian store...
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See You in 2015!
November 2014 was the busiest month the Jakarta Comedy Club has ever had. We had four events in 15 days,...
Meet Josef Fuchs of ISCO Foundation
Meet Josef Fuchs, an Austrian expat passionate about bringing learning to marginalized children of Indonesia. Josef has been living in...
Herry the Rujak Man
Rujak (fruit salad with a spicy sauce) may have been born in East Indonesia, but it makes its home in...
Vegetarian, Organic Restaurants: Bali, Jakarta and Jogjakarta
Although Indonesia is a great place to find vegetarian food with plenty of soya bean options and vegetable side dishes...
Hunting Vollkorn in Jakarta
Would I summon the nerve to barge uninvited into the Soviet Embassy, to plead – not for asylum – but...
Just Two Hands: Reducing Plastic Bags
Imagine on one fine morning, you are strolling down the street, and then someone robs you. But they won’t take...
A Festival About Coffee
A FESTIVAL ABOUT COFFEE Indonesia’s first truly independent celebration of specialty coffee and the Asian premiere of the acclaimed documentary A...
The Big Drink
It was breaking point for Jakarta. Days of torrential rain and years of incompetent urban planning were about to exact...
Dining with the Stars
Jakarta is a huge metropolis that keeps growing in superficies but also in altitude, and when you rise above the...
Clean Up Heroes to Move Mountains in Second Annual Clean Up Jakarta Day
On November 10th, 2013, the first annual Clean Up Jakarta Day (CUJD) took place, gathering 1,000 volunteers at 16 clean-up...
Dua Tangan Cukup: Actions from Across the Archipelago
Bersih Nyok! is educating the masses and changing mindsets Bersih Nyok! is a familiar name when it comes to environmental...
Selamat Pagi, Malam: Good Morning, Night
Jakarta is so much more than meets the eye. Behind all the night lights and afternoon smoke of pollution and...
#selfiesampah: the Trash Selfie
Dua Tangan Cukup: Actions from Across the Archipelago Social media is undeniably big business in Indonesia and selfies, or a...
Shoe-be-do Heaven
It is official - I am a shoe addict! Four hundred pairs and counting! I don't care much for ?it?...
Parman the Tissue and Face Mask Seller
The idea of being an entrepreneur is quickly trivializing itself, and rightfully so. Over the past five years Indonesia—and the...
Clean Up Jakarta Day 2014
As you may be aware, the second annual Clean Up Jakarta Day is around the corner and will take place...
Down but Not Out in Tanjung Priok
You can find some wonderful things in the most unlikely of places. In this particular case a trek – well...
Stick it to ’em: Field Hockey in Jakarta
Every time I told people I was off to an international hockey event on the weekend I was greeted with...
Birth Certificates
When Fanta, a four-year-old girl living with her family under the toll road in West Jakarta was molested, Jakarta Police...
The Big Noise
Jakarta is not the ideal domicile for a person fond of peace and quiet. It is packed with roaring vehicles,...