Timdog on the history, culture, and popular urban myths and stereotypes about Madura and the Madurese.

How the PKS attempts winning the hearts and minds of ordinary people and voters, through provision of social services.

Discussion on Barack Obama’s childhood and schooling in Indonesia.

Making comparisons on city cost of living in Indonesian cities.

Purba Negoro on how expats in Indonesia can lend a hand by helping and contributing to charitable organizations.

Some observations on the girls, or cewek, of Jakarta.

Rather attractive young actress Sheila Marcia is caught with drugs, as is Roger Danuarta.

A violent neighbourhood dispute at the Arastamar Evangelical School of Theology (Kampus Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Injil Arastamar, SETIA) in Kampung Pulo, Pinang Ranti, Makassar, East Jakarta.

Adinda Bakrie marries Seng-Hoo Ong in lavish style.

TVRI is cheating the nation out of seeing Dewi Persik and Wong Telu.

Hans takes a pictorial look at differences between Indonesians in Jakarta and their western guests.

Electricity and power blackouts in Jakarta.

Ridwan Saidi says people migrating to Jakarta are often too narrow in their cultural perspective.

Actress-singer Acha Septriasa on life in Malaysia and missing home.

Sadanand Dhume’s My Friend the Fanatic - Travels with an Indonesian Islamist.

FPI leader Habib Rizieq Shihab and his famous supporters.

Smiling, celebrity Muslim cleric Ustad Jeffry Al Buchori has no time for the Front Pembela Islam.

Stereotypes of Chinese in Indonesia, how Asians fare in Australia, and western men who like Asian women.

Arrests of dozens of Front Pembela Islam members in Jakarta, and forced closures of FPI branches in central and eastern Java.

Video of the Front Pembela Islam attack on a religious freedom rally in Jakarta, and president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s response.

Saran mengenai bepergian naik bis dan protes terhadap orang yang berpandangan bahwa jaringan transportasi umum di Jakarta tidak aman.

Tips for travelling on Jakarta’s buses, the Jakarta public transportation network.

The film ML (Mau Lagi) starring Olga Syahputra Ratu Felisha.

The May 1998 riots in Jakarta and other Indonesian cities, mass rapes, anti-Chinese sentiment, and how the rioters came to be viewed.

Major General Suwarno of the TNI, VIP escort for Jusuf Kalla, has a lot on his mind.

Hidayat Nurwahid’s fiance Diana Abbas Thalib.

The arrest of politician Al Amin Nur Nasution, husband of Kristina Iswandari, on corruption charges.

Chastity locks for female massage parlor workers.

Jalan Jaksa in Jakarta is going to suffer re-development.

The banned movie about the Bali bombings, Promised Paradise.

Immigration problems for actress Rianti Cartwright and a Japanese wife seeker.

Activists and youth groups running amok in search of alcohol and the attractions of Batam.

How to self publish books cheaply and easily.

The lovely Julia Suryakusuma, and other intellectuals, commit treason.

What if there had been a communist victory in 1965.

Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS) melebarkan jangkauan daerah dan budayanya di Bali.

Massage parlours in Jakarta, and what might be going on in them.

Anggota militer dalam politik dan kesiapan masyarakat Indonesia untuk demokrasi.

The nature of the anti-communist massacres in Indonesia of 1965-66.

Permasalahan Jemaah Islamiyah sebagai organisasi teroris dan ancaman terorisme di Sulawesi Tengah.

News on the current global economic recession, preparing for and surviving a recession, how recession proof is Indonesia.

Mengapa terdapat begitu banyak penyerangan terhadap gereja-gereja di Jawa Barat.

Why there is so much church persecution in western Java.

An increase in the current minimum wage in Indonesia.

The guide to living in Jakarta.

Dukun, or shaman practices in Indonesia.

How to pick up babes in malls.

Ramalan malapetaka dan banjir untuk Indonesia.

Doomsayers predict disaster for Indonesia as sea levels rise.

Corporal punishment in Indonesia, spanking and caning, and attempts to have it outlawed.

Indonesians have a body odor problem, in particular, smelly armpits.

The Trans Java toll road or highway.

The BMW Series 5 launches in Indonesia.

Laws against giving money to street beggars.

Metro TV’s Chinese-language news service, Xin Wen.

Golkar’s religious roadshow, led by Priyo Budi Santoso.

Ross wonders about Ramadan, lazy rich women, and why kampung girls are the best.

Ross complains that the global warming bandwagon has reached Jakarta.

The government is set to stage a “Visit Indonesia Year” in 2008.

Governor Sutiyoso and anti-Australianism and street thuggery.

President Yudhoyono makes a field trip to a village.

The Dopod U1000 handheld mini notebook PC computer.

The Arastamar Evangelical School of Theology (SETIA) in Jakarta has attracted the attention of Islamic militants.

Rates of violence against women.

Some Indonesian dating websites.

Girls and women in Jakarta looking for dating and relationships.

Loudspeaker Abuse in the Mosques: should mosques be disciplined?

Jakarta nightclubs and discos, and the girls in them.

The PP 37, a new law granting pay rises to parliamentarians.

Indomobil launches the New Audi TT Coupe in Jakarta.

A bomb exploded at an A&W restaurant in Jakarta.

Sultry model and actress Sarah Azhari.

Nissan has committed $60 million over the next few years to increase its market share in Indonesia, and plans to shortly launch the new Livina model.

As globalization advances strange and interesting mixes of cultures, East and West, are produced.

A study of youth political & religious affiliation.