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King Chulalongkorn’s travels and collections from Java Part II: The King’s affection for Java and his travels there
“Besides Bangkok there is nowhere else as good and as friendly as Java.” King Chulalangkorn, 1901
IO - Many Thai people consider King Chulalangkorn (1853-1910) to be their greatest king. Interestingly, for Indonesians he...
King Chulalongkorn’s travels and collections from Java. Part I: The royal batik exhibition now on display in Bangkok
IO – Last November an exhibition of the 19th and early 20th century batik collection of King Rama V of Thailand was opened in Bangkok by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn who is the princess royal and...
Kartini Day Part II: Sweden a paradise for women
IO - In Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana’s award winning novel Defeat and Victory just after the Americans have occupied Japan at the end of the Second World some Japanese men are discussing what America will...
Kartini Day: Time to look at women in politics
IO - With Kartini Day just celebrated on the 21st of April, it is a good time to look again at the position of women in politics especially in the legislative body for it...
Tirta Gangga: Restoring Indonesia’s most popular royal water garden. ...
IO - The Tirta Gangga royal water garden in Bali’s eastern regency of Karangasam is not only a beautiful garden laid out in a manner reflecting the Balinese Hindu Buddhist religious philosophy. It is also...
Semar, the most Indonesian wayang figure: his role and meaning
IO - I was first made aware of the figure of Semar many years ago through a Dutch member of the Euro parliament named Janssen van Raay. He was born and raised in Indonesia...
Happy Salma presents Amir Hamzah, Indonesia’s noblest poet
My heart embraces the mountain
To what avail, the hand cannot reach it…
(from Amir Hamzah’s poem Buah Rindu 2)
IO - Amir Hamzah’s life and death is one of the great romantic tragedies of Indonesian...
Have dog will travel: Irma Lengkong’s peregrinations with Bobo Gajahmada.
IO - On the 25th of January 2019 Afterhours Books held the book launch of a de luxe edition of Irma Lengkong’s globetrotting adventures across Europe with her basset hound, Bobo Gajahmada and an...
Customary villages in eastern Indonesia that still survive in the modern era
IO, Jakarta - In the midst of the rapid growth and development in the capital city of Jakarta, there is still a traditional village that firmly holds the guidelines of religion, values, and traditions...
A celebration of democracy: It may not be as good as it appears
IO, Jakarta – Regional Elections (Pilkada) is the moment when all regions must elect leaders that they expect can bring about changes for the better. A prosperous community should be the main target of...
Joint press release between the Government, BI, OJK, LPS: What are they hiding?
IO - Highly irregular and abrupt, on 28 May 2018 the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, BI (Central Bank), OJK (Financial Service Authority), and LPS (Indonesia Deposit Insurance Corporation) issued...
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