SOCIAL CULTURE
Part I: Conference on the Future of Europe – where Europeans Tell the EU what type of an EU and future they want
EU Leadership tells its members citizens: The Future is in Your Hands
IO - One of the criticisms that the European Union has faced in the last years especially by Brexit supporters, is that ordinary...
Zelensky speaks heart to heart to Indonesians. Part II: Zelensky, the Semar of Ukraine
IO - “Journalists have done no less for Ukraine than the weapons sent to us by our friends and allies - and the journalists’ reports and writings have proven to be a far more...
Zelensky speaks heart to heart to Indonesians. Part I: Global food crises and the face of famine
IO - “My country Ukraine is one of the biggest and most reliable food stuff exporters in the world. We are exporting tens of millions of tons of grains and grain products a year....
The irrepressible Aziza Ali, a Malay woman who succeeded in Singapore. Part III: The spirit of the Malay woman as recorded in Aziza’s art
IO - Aziza Ali loved painting at school. Already at the age of fourteen she told her father that she wanted to become an artist or architect. His fatherly response was, ‘You want to...
The irrepressible Aziza Ali, a Malay woman who succeeded in Singapore. Part II: Radin Mas, the village that nurtured her and a lost Malay...
IO - Aziza Ali, the doyenne of Malay cuisine and fine dining in Singapore was born 72 years ago in a small, idyllic Malay village in Singapore, called Radin Mas. It was a place...
The irrepressible Aziza Ali, a Malay Singaporean success story. Part I: Singapore’s doyenne of Malay cuisine and fine dining
IO - For a young Malay woman from a small kampong, Singapore is a tough and competitive place to make a name for oneself. One Malay woman who managed to do so nevertheless, is...
One Hundred Years Mochtar Lubis. Part I: Mochtar Lubis and Sutan Sjahrir
Jakarta, IO - Mochtar Lubis would have been 100 years old on Monday, the 7th of March 2022. He was a good friend and colleague of my father, Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana. Mochtar had a...
How can the child cross the river?
IO - When I was young I worked for the BBC World Service radio in London for a number of years. I created programs but also served as a radio announcer and news reader...
The Ukraine and Russia: How will it end?
IO - For nearly 400 years the different regions of Indonesia rebelled against the Dutch colonialists ruling Indonesia. From the 17th century onwards there were wars and rebellions in Java, Banten, Sulawesi, the Moluccas,...
The Tan Seng Ong Temple is the oldest clan temple for ancestor worship in Jakarta
IO - The Tan Seng Ong Temple is a clan temple which was specifically built for the Tan clan which is also known as the Chen clan. In Mandarin the temple is known as...
395th anniversary of the former Batavia Stadhuis, now the History of Jakarta Museum
IO - The History of Jakarta Museum was originally the stadhuis or town hall of Batavia. It was rebuilt three times and the first Stadhuis built on the site of what is now the...
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