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Saving Borneo's Orangutans

* * * Asia's vanishing forests are home to many endangered species who may not survive the centur...

Indonesia / Malaysia / Brunei AFP/Barry Neild

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The Sound of One Civilization Clashing

* * * * * Review of V. S. Naipaul's Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples...

Indonesia / Malaysia / Iran Kenneth Champeon

Recipe: Sateh Ajam - Broiled Chicken

Serves about 8 2 pounds chicken breasts, cut into thin strips 5 cloves garlic, crushed 2 tablespo...

Indonesia Habeeb Salloum

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SEA-worthy: Some Recent Southeast Asian Literature

When one thinks of famous Southeast Asian writers, one thinks of...nobody. Nada. Not exactly true...

Indonesia / Vietnam / Myanmar Kenneth Champeon

Lunpia Semarang - the celebrated traditional food from Semarang, Indonesia. The oldest shop selling lunpia in Semarang could be found in Gang Lombok no. 11

Gang Lombok: The Eating Haven in Semarang

One of the signature food of Semarang, the capital city of Central Java, Indonesia, is lunpia (in...

Indonesia Sandra Lilyana

Rock Hudson is Dr. Anton Drager in The Spiral Road

Film Review: The Spiral Road

In this 1962 film adaptation of the novel by Jan de Hartog, Rock Hudson plays Dr. Anton Drager, a...

Indonesia Celeste Heiter

The beach of Gili Nanggu

Gili Nanggu, Indonesia

Gili Nanggu, Indonesia is affectionately called Paradise Island by many...

Indonesia Exotissimo Travel

Blenduk Church in the Old Town, Semarang, Indonesia

Semarang: Stories from the Past

Semarang, the capital city of Central Java in Indonesia, is full of stories from the past. Either...

Indonesia Sandra Lilyana

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Southeast Asia gears up for palm oil boom

Governments and companies have been scrambling to cash in since palm oil prices jumped last year ...

Indonesia / Malaysia / Singapore AFP/Samantha Brown

Orphans International's Dani Sirait, on a street of Rimajeneu village, Aceh Besar District, Aceh, Indonesia.

Sumatra Campus for Tsunami Orphans

News Release: January 20, 2005 Sumatra Campus to be Built for Tsunami Orphans in Aceh, Indonesia ...

Indonesia ThingsAsian

The legendary waves at Ulu Watu, Bali, Indonesia.

A Ride with Destiny

It is 1975. The Pan Am flight circles low around the Indonesian Island of Bali, as it makes its' ...

Indonesia Samantha Coomber

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Not many have heard of this island before although it was more than a hundred years old. A tiny p...

Indonesia / Malaysia / Brunei Audrey Lim

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Violent student brawls a part of life in Asia's swelling cities

Large scale violence between students forms a backdrop to unrestrained urban growth in many of As...

Indonesia / Thailand / China AFP/Aubrey Belford

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Notes of a Skeptical Infidel

* * * * * Review of V.S. Naipaul's Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey , First Vintage Books,...

Indonesia / Malaysia / Iran Kenneth Champeon

Going up the endless stairs to the peak of the Galunggung

The Crater of Galunggung

Galunggung is one of the biggest volcanoes in West Java, Indonesia. It's dormant now so the autho...

Indonesia Sandra Lilyana

Recipe: Daging Smoor - Beef with Sauce

Serves 6 4 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 pounds tender lean beef, cut into 1 x 1/2 inch pieces 1 la...

Indonesia Habeeb Salloum

The front gate of a family compound in Bali is decorated for a wedding.

Wedding in Bali

Weddings in Bali require lots of work by everyone in the family. While biking near Tanah Lot we w...

Indonesia MaryLou Driedger

The Hotel Indonesia (L) in Jakarta, made famous by Christopher Koch's novel 'The Year of Living Danderously' and the movie of the same name.

The Hotel Indonesia

* * * JAKARTA, April 18, 2004 - The Hotel Indonesia and Ujang Ursin have aged together. He was a ...

Indonesia AFP/Ian Timberlake

Ayung River, Bali, Indonesia.

Bali's Ayung River, I had secretly been told, is a soda" - the ideal place for novices like me to...

Indonesia Tom Cockrem

Javanese rice paddies

Time for the evening news... "Villagers in Central Java, Indonesia, have saved an express train o...

Indonesia Philip Game

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