China’s polluted waters is drawing attention from environmentalists and investors, the U.N. will not compensate Haiti cholera …
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Must-Reads from Around the World
Anti-whaling activists clash with a Japanese whaling ship in the Antarctic Ocean, India’s government hopes to pass a long-delayed food security bill and newly declassified documents show that Britain considered allowing …
Must-Reads from Around the World
Singaporeans protest over the government’s plans to increase its population by accepting more immigrants, mothers in Indonesia are being persuaded by milk formula companies to give up breastfeeding their babies and British …
Movie, Books Push Indonesia to Confront Its Bloody Past
Three new works ask Indonesians to take another look at the killings of 1965-66.
For Bali’s Horse-Cart Drivers, an Uncertain Future
Once the main transportation mode in Denpasar, Indonesia, the horse cart known as dokar is at the point of extinction
The Man in the Madras Shirt: An Outsider Campaigns for Jakarta’s Top Job
Joko Widodo only gets through a few bites of his chicken porridge. Over the course of a breakfast meeting, the mayor of Solo, who is now running for governor in Jakarta, must pause every few moments to pose for photographs
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Lady Gaga, Deemed Satanic by Conservative Groups, Is Bullied Out of Indonesia
The show won’t go on. Lady Gaga this weekend announced that she is canceling a sold-out concert in Jakarta because of threats of violence from religious hard-liners. The gig, scheduled for June 3, was staunchly opposed by …
Does Jakarta Need a 111-Story Tower?
An impressive skyline is not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Jakarta. Indeed, from the city’s traffic-clogged streets, it can be difficult to see anything other than cars, shops and smog. But one property …
Asia Reacts to Earthquake and Tsunami Threat
A 8.5 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra island prompting an Indian Ocean-wide tsunami alert.
Protests in Indonesia
Thousands protest against a government plan to raise fuel prices
Must-Reads from Around the World: March 19, 2012
Korean Quagmire – Following negative reaction to North Korea’s planned satellite launch, China’s Communist Party-linked Global Times defends Beijing’s approach towards Pyongyang — under the headline “Why China Can’t Persuade …
South Korea’s Greatest Export: How K-Pop’s Rocking the World
The members of K-Pop Fans Kuwait seem a little blue. The angsty poem attached to their tower of fan rice at the kickoff of Big Bang’s world tour in Seoul was a bit of a downer for a pop show. The fan rice paid for by a club in …
