EDITORS CHOICE

 “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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...