Merapi, Indonesia French artist Julien “Seth” Malland travels the world and creates playful street art along the way. Malland creates his works in collaboration with local artists in far flung locales from China to Senegal. His travels and works are featured in his book Extramuros. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Fleury-les-Aubrais, France Phnom Penh, Cambodia [...]
The daily deals service LivingSocial has been hacked and will begin sending notifications out to users this afternoon.
Fifty million of the company’s 70 million users were affected.
Only users in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the...Show More Summary
Adrian Vickers introduces the latest issue of the online journal ‘Inside Indonesia’ which features articles about contemporary Indonesian art. While politics has dominated the foreground of Indonesian art, the country’s contemporary art world faces a struggle between art’s engagement with society and the forces of commercialisation. Written by Mong Palatino...
Sahabat Anak is a non-profit Indonesian NGO which helps Jakarta's street children by conducting tutorial programs and providing an activity center for street teens, kindergarten for street toddlers, and transit house for street kids. Written by Mong Palatino · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit ·...
Hon Hai is planning to diversify its business away from producing Apple devices by signing an agreement with Indonesia to make and sell handsets in that country, reports Reuters. A Hon Hai spokesman said that the company, which derives about 60 to 70 percent of its revenue from manufacturing work for Apple, hopes to sign the agreement next month. Show More Summary
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Hon Hai Precision Industry, the world's largest electronics contract maker, said it hopes to sign an agreement with Indonesia next month to make and sell handsets in the Southeast Asian country's huge domestic mar...
The world’s best-selling smartphone manufacturer has acknowledged using tin sourced from Indonesia’s controversial Bangka Island, where an investigation last year found that unregulated mining employs child laborers and kills an estimated...Show More Summary
Liverpool are set to play a friendly in South Africa just two days after their final game of the 2012-13 Premier League season. The friendly between Liverpool and Ajax Cape Town has been penciled in for Tuesday, May 23 according … Continue...Show More Summary
Indonesia seeks to tackle explosive fuel subsidies | Free Malaysia Today: "JAKARTA: The Indonesian government’s pledge to reduce generous fuel subsidies which will push up prices for motorists has taken it onto politically treacherous ground before elections in 2014."Due to competition, many countries around the world subsidize transport fuels. Show More Summary
“Vanilla Hammer” is slang for a certain part of the male anatomy. It is also a kung-fu move. Vanilla Hammer is also an alcoholic drink popular in Indonesia and other surrounding island states. It consists of a moonshine that is derived from sugar cane that’s been fermented in coconut halves harvested from the island volcano Batu Tara. Show More Summary
Magnitude M 4.6Region SUMBA REGION, INDONESIADate time 2013-04-25 05:25:51.1 UTCLocation 10.34 S ; 119.46 EDepth 10 kmDistances 116 km SW of Waingapu, Indonesia / pop: 48,828 / local time: 13:25:51.1 2013-04-25
SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO, the president of Indonesia, was in Singapore on Monday for the regular Singapore-Indonesia “leaders’ retreat”, a chance for a more relaxed exchange of views between the premiers of the biggest South-East Asian country and one of the smallest. Show More Summary
Five high schoolers in Toli Toli, Indonesia, have had their lives turned upside down after a video of themselves praying and dancing to "One More Night" hit YouTube.
Magnitude4.7Date-TimeWednesday, April 24, 2013 at 05:01:49 UTCWednesday, April 24, 2013 at 02:01:49 PM at epicenterTime of Earthquake in other Time ZonesLocation4.856°S, 139.454°EDepth50.3 km (31.3 miles)RegionPAPUA, INDONESIADistances163 km (101 miles) NW of Tanahmerah, Indonesia
Apps Foundry just announced that it has raised $2.42 million (S$3 million) in a Series B round of funding. The Indonesian company is registered and headquartered in Singapore, and this round of funding has come from Indonesia’s largest media group, Kompas Gramedia. Show More Summary
Magnitude4.3Date-TimeTuesday, April 23, 2013 at 17:02:43 UTCWednesday, April 24, 2013 at 02:02:43 AM at epicenterLocation0.597°S, 127.847°EDepth42.6 km (26.5 miles)RegionHALMAHERA, INDONESIADistances164 km (102 miles) SSE (162°) from Ternate, Moluccas, Indonesia
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Indonesia's president told major investors in his country's natural resources not to be greedy, comments that suggest he is in no mood to row back on policies that foreign mining and energy firms have called a deterrent.
Magnitude M 4.2Region JAVA, INDONESIADate time 2013-04-22 10:48:45.1 UTCLocation 8.51 S ; 112.40 EDepth 93 kmDistances 52 km SE of Blitar, Indonesia / pop: 132,416 / local time: 17:48:45.1 2013-04-22
One of the most shocking assaults of the season occurred in Indonesia on Sunday night as a referee was punched in the face after awarding a controversial penalty. Pelita Bandung Raya picked up a 2-1 win over Persiwa in round 15 of the ISL, however the match came to a standstill in the 80th minute after ref Wasit Muhaimin was violently [...]
Kartini Day or Women's Emancipation Day is celebrated every year on April 21 in Indonesia to honor Raden Ajeng Kartini, a champion of women's rights. For many Indonesians, Kartini's vision of gender equality has yet to be realized