Comparative charts of Indonesian economic development indicators, or why Malaysia is just better.

A sense of déjà vu was in the air when I watched the news of current upheaval in the Middle East.

Why Indonesians are not big book readers; ‘Reading Ambassador’ Tantowi Yahya holds forth on the issue and blames poverty.

Starlet Chelsea Olivia on virginity testing for prospective female students of high schools.

The woeful English speaking skills of Indonesian beauty pageant contestants.

A Christian short stay type complex in Cisarua, Bogor is burned to the ground by the ‘Puncak Line’.

Criteria for passing in Depok schools, Ujian Nasional test results plus religious knowledge.

State imposed religiosity and conformity, or freedom from woeful ignorance of holy texts.

Problematic religious schools on Java, which ones and police monitoring of them.

How hot are the fires in hell and how they are full of women.