Archive for the ‘Indonesia’ Category

Suicide bomber kills at least two at Indonesia church

Two persons were killed and several people got injured by a suicide bombing at a church in Central Java in Indonesia on Sept 25, 2011. The identity of the bomber and the motive behind the attack are n…

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Posted by daniel on September 27th, 2011 in Indonesia | No Comments

Indonesia’s Eid confusion: To fast or not to fast

The Indonesian government has said that the moon is not in the right position to end as expected on Tuesday for the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan 2011, which causing hungry and disappointment in t…

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Posted by daniel on August 31st, 2011 in Indonesia | No Comments

Mulan Jameela – Makhluk Tuhan yang paling Sexy

Meet Mulan Jameela
Mulan Jameela
She’s Indonesia’s own homegrown talent who wowed Asia with her hit song, Makhluk Tuhan Yang Paling Sexy. So to the rest of you who don’t understand …

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Posted by Raziel on January 17th, 2011 in Asia, East Asia, Indonesia, Movies, music and entertainment | 3 Comments

Know your Asian Ghosties: Hantu Tengelong (Part 3 of 3)

Why the belief in her is dying out – Raz’ theory
Modernisation doesn’t just ravish nature, it also ravishes culture. As you can see, the Hantu Penanggalan folklore requires the follo…

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Posted by Raziel on January 15th, 2011 in Asia, Culture, East Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Travel | No Comments

Woman furious about “Maid agents from hell”

“The Star”, one of Malaysia’s biggest newspapers, had an online article today from a woman who had had 6 maids within 6 months. All of the maids had been contracted through maid agen…

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Posted by Terya on January 15th, 2011 in Asia, East Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines | 1 Comment

ASEAN Ambassadors to Meet Governor Madjdi

The ambassadors of ASEAN countries, including the Indonesian Ambassador Ngurah Swajaya, are to meet Governor Muhammad Zainul Madjdi of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). This would be one of the 50 meetings ac…

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Posted by daniel on January 14th, 2011 in Indonesia | No Comments

When foreigners think they’re Asian (a controversial post)

It’s a common thing to find Asians who want to look like Caucasians, but it’s a whole other annoying thing when foreigners think they’re more Asian than the Asians themselves. That&#…

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Posted by Raziel on December 23rd, 2010 in Asia, China, Culture, Current affairs, East Asia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Travel | 15 Comments

Earthquakes strike Indonesian coast

The U.S. Geological Survey said that a sequence of earthquakes, varying in magnitude from 6.7 to 4.7, struck off the western coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island on Sunday.

According to Rusta…

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Posted by Samron Jude on December 20th, 2010 in Indonesia | No Comments

And it is done…

Despite earlier reports that the execution of the 3 bali bombers might be delayed, the fact is that Indonesian officials went ahead with it.
At midnight, Saturday (8 November 2008) Amrozi, 47, his bro…

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Posted by Raziel on December 18th, 2010 in Asia, Current affairs, East Asia, Indonesia, Travel | No Comments

Bali bombers to face firing squad

I’m sorry to have to add such morose news to East Asia Fair, especially since the last few have been so colourful and picture filled, but I think some of us would want to hear about this one, es…

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Posted by Raziel on November 18th, 2010 in Asia, Current affairs, East Asia, Indonesia, Travel | No Comments