BREAKING NEWS: Suspect Suicide Bombing at Makassar Cathedral
There has been an explosion, suspected to be a suicide bomb, at a cathedral in Makassar City, South Sulawesi on...
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Landslides, Flooding Caused by Overflowed Dam Kills 30, Dozens Still Missing
Torrential rains overwhelmed a dam and caused landslides that killed at least 30 people and displaced more than 2,000 in...
Boat Capsizes Off the Coast of Makassar, At Least 13 Dead and Dozens Injured
At least 13 people have died after a boat carrying holidaymakers capsized off the coast of Makassar. Dozens of other...
Two Indonesian Airports Won Awards for Service Quality
The Airport Council International (ACI) has given Airport Service Quality Awards to two Indonesian airports: Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport...
Makassar Hosts International Eight Festival and Forum
Makassar opened on Friday the International Eight Festival and Forum (F8), a week-long festivity offering various attractions and activities ranging...
Sailing Indonesia’s Heritage with Rofinus Monteiro
Centuries before electronic charts and 10,000 horsepower engines existed, ancient Indonesians have voyaged as far as Africa on the wind...
Five Fantastic Eastern Indonesian Holiday Destinations
The Indonesian archipelago, featuring 17,000 islands, has so much to offer insatiable adventurers. While more and more expat travellers are...
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...
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...
What the Dickens Do I Know About Christmas?
It’s hard to get excited about Christmas when words like “chestnuts roasting on an open fire” make me want to...
Crime Tsunami
It was with a certain amount of self-congratulation that we use to talk of our social evenings in Makassar. We...
Life’s a Beach at Tanjung Bira
“I go to seek a Great Perhaps.” – François Rabelais There can’t be many things in life that are...
A Wild Ride To Remember: South Sulawesi
On the second Sunday in May, I received a message from my childhood best friend in Manado, Gracia “GP”. “GC,...