The 15 day “Sumatran Highlights“ tour allows you to see all the major attractions of northern Sumatra, while also bringing you very close to the people, history, and culture of the region.

Gusti Dertik (Dr.Herman Neubronner van der Tuuk) was, so we are told, the greatest nineteenth century Western student of Indonesian languages, possibly rivaled only by Brandes, a quite different type of scholar (and different type of human being). He laid the foundation for the comparative study of Indonesian languages by the formulation of two phonetic laws “without which”, according to the later testimony of the scholar of Malay Van Ronkel , “no scientific treatment of an Indonesian language is possible.”

Rampage by militant groups in in Bandung & Tasikmalaya, while a senior Democrat Party figure calls for their banning.

Sectarian mapping of cities to prevent conflict, as another church, in Bekasi, is closed.

Beautiful, possibly thuggish actress Marcella Zalianty, the last moments of a celebrity goat, and creative use of cutlery.

Website and blog owners scramble to delete offensive cartoons as the government, MUI and PKS bear down on them.

Purba Negoro on the future of Javanese language, and learning some easy words and phrases.

Diwajibkannya berbahasa Jawa di sekolah-sekolah tertentu.

Cannibalism in Sumatra and Papua.

A Batak church in Tangerang, West Java is attacked.