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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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…
READ MOREMulan 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 …
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…
READ MOREASEAN 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…
READ MOREWhen 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&#…
READ MOREEarthquakes 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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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…
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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