SOCIAL CULTURE

IO - The new exhibition at the Textile Museum entitled “The Development of Jakarta Batik” celebrates the 42nd anniversary of both the city of Jakarta as well as Wastraprema the oldest society for Indonesian...

IO - On the 24th of May 2018 one of Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana’s major works and arguably his best novel “Defeat and Victory” (original title “Kalah dan Menang”) was launched in Germany under the...

IO - On Friday the 1st of June 2018 another Jakarta heritage building suffered heavy damage when part of the building collapsed. Unfortunately, the VOC shipyard known as the Anchor Wharf is part of...

IO - The fourth and current Thai kingdom known as the Rattanakosin Kingdom was founded in 1782 with the establishment of Rattanakosin as the capital city. Rattanakosin means the Jewel of Indra and it...

IO - In the teachings of Islam, fasting during Ramadhan is an important religious observation that is clearly mentioned in the Qur’an (Al-Baqarah : 183-188). Linguistically, imsak (fasting) means time to commence to “restrict...

OI - Someone once asked me “Why do you hate Jakarta?” This got me thinking. In fact, I had slowly adapted to life in Indonesia’s capital city after spending time in Singapore for my...

IO - Some have described the Citarum as the dirtiest river in the world. Whether that is completely accurate or not, it certainly falls within the category of the world’s dirtiest rivers. The river...

To celebrate Kartini Day last Saturday, the  21st of April 2018 the Fine Arts and Ceramics Museum in Taman Fatahillah, West Jakarta launched the first Indonesian ceramics exhibition solely by women ceramics artists. IO...

“In order to reach our ideals we must lay down many illusions. From the death of young spring blossoms, the strong fruit ripens. It is so with human life- is it not? From the...

IO - HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh passed away last Friday, the 9 th of April 2021. His early life was viewed by many in the British establishment as quite dramatic. Besides...

IO - In 2015 the Jin de Yuan (or Vihara Darma Bhakti) temple which is the oldest Chinese temple in Jakarta was heavily damaged by fire.  Last year Bastion Zeeburg and part of the...