Playing for Rain
What to do when the country is suffering its worst drought in five years and the Government yet again fails...
Kenneth Yeung
Ripping Off Refugees
A photo of a drowned boy sparked an outpouring of international grief, prompting some Western countries to take more Syrian...
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...
Appetite for Destruction
The Indonesian president, the maritime minister and the Supreme Court are all too weak to stop a Chinese mining company...
The Justice Scam
Two teachers wrongly imprisoned on trumped up charges of child sex abuse have been freed, but five cleaners sentenced over...
It’ All About the Money
President Joko Widodo came to power on promises to fight corruption and initiate a mental revolution, but scammers are still...
No Way Out
Papua’s abundant natural resources are a blessing and a curse. As the Indonesian military’s last remaining place to quash rebellion,...
What Price Glory?
It’s official. Batam City, the polluted playground for neighbouring Singaporeans seeking sex, is the best, most attractive and smartest city...
The Immigration Inquisition
Carrying a photocopy of your passport, KITAS or KITAP in Indonesia may no longer be good enough if you don’t...
Winnie the ‘Penipu’
An elderly beggar who wore a tattered Winnie the Pooh costume has been deemed a scammer following reports that he...
On the Job in Jakarta: Meet Andrew Hairs
Meet Andrew Hairs, an executive recruitment specialist, who every year places hundreds of people in new jobs in Indonesia and...
Greed Is Great
Celebrities were among thousands of Indonesians tricked into investing in a fraudulent tissue business that offered unfeasibly large profits. The...
The Fake Rice That Never Was
Lazy journalists, racist netizens and opportunistic politicians almost convinced the world that Indonesia was facing a plastic rice scare. On...
Rohingya Refugee Crisis
More than 1,000 persecuted Muslim Rohingyas from Myanmar (Burma) and about 800 people from Bangladesh, most of them seeking better...
Sex in the City
Police are showing a lot of interest in a high-class prostitution ring that provided actresses and models to government officials,...
Murder by Death
Australian indignation against the death penalty was never going to save a couple of drug traffickers from the firing squad...
Save the Children from Hypocrisy
The government claims that its ban on alcohol sales in convenience stores is motivated solely by a desire to protect...
Turning Water Into … Water
Indonesia’s top Islamic authority is warning the country’s Muslims to beware of fake holy water being marketed as a miracle...
Online Hazards
Victims of online retail fraud in Indonesia tend to cut their losses, chalking down their experience as a lesson to...
Just Visiting
Most expatriates will never see the inside of an Indonesian jail. But should you ever have a friend fall afoul...
No End to the Stupidity
The perennial black dollar scam is back in the news. This time, the apparent victim is a Navy officer who...