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Ten Years after May 1998 Tragedy
By Barrie | 
1 Comment » This May we are commemorating the 10th anniversary of the May 1998 tragedy, which is better known as the May 1998 riots. This historic incident is an important life-changing... [Read this entry]
Foreign Flights Increase Could Benefit Tourism
By Barrie | No Comments » To garner more visitors for Indonesia’s tourist program dubbed Visit Indonesia Year 2008, the government should grant more foreign airlines increased flight frequencies into Bali and other tourist destinations... [Read this entry]
Monas Horse Urine
By Barrie | No Comments » First, they tried using water. The horse urine still stank. Later, they tried chemical agents, but still, it stank. Eventually, the Central Jakarta mayoralty officials gave up and, last year... [Read this entry]
Doomsday Prediction for Jakarta: West Java
By Barrie | No Comments » Separated by a road and a viscous finger of black, garbage-choked water, the stilt-house slum of Muara Baru and the BMW car dealership that faces it appear as if from... [Read this entry]
The Story of `Gatutkaca Luweng’
By Barrie | No Comments » Following is a synopsis of the Gatutkaca Luweng drama, which the Wayang Wong Bharata performed on Jan. 5, 2008, from 8:30-11:15 p.m. at their home theater:
Lesmana Mondrokumoro, the bad... [Read this entry]
Soeharto Abuse Investigation Imminent
By Barrie | No Comments » The Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights will soon complete a study on human rights violations during the rule of former president Suharto. The commission chairman, Ifdhal Kasim, says even... [Read this entry]
Government to Restore River Basins
By Barrie | No Comments » The government has announced plans to restore dozens of river basins this year in efforts to prevent flood-related disasters which were said to occur more frequently in Indonesia due to... [Read this entry]
Government to Restore River Basins
By Barrie | No Comments » The government has announced plans to restore dozens of river basins this year in efforts to prevent flood-related disasters which were said to occur more frequently in Indonesia due to... [Read this entry]
Barrie Lie-Birchall has traveled throughout the archipelago of Indonesia for nearly three decades and has written and published numerous travel articles in magazines and newspapers globally. A freelance writer, Barrie graduate from West Coast College in Perth with Honours in Languages, and continued studying Anthropology and Cultural Studies at Edith Cowan University. Barrie has lived in various places in Indonesia immersing himself into the culture and way of life. His greatest passions are his love of life, his love of writing, and of course, Indonesia.- Arts & Crafts of Indonesia
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- Rudy Mallonee on Knockdown Houses: South Sumatra
Hello, Do you have an english speaking/writing em ... [read more] - Ardi Sayuti on Derawan Islands: East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Dear sir, Please let me know the contact person d ... [read more] - Mastura Mohd Sani on Dining on the Flavours of Java at Payon: Jakarta, Indonesia
I never tasted such good indonesian food other tha ... [read more] - Toro Kambali on Ampel Mosque: Surabaya, East Java
Sunan Ampel alias Raden Rachmat was the architect ... [read more] - chairiah bin yahya on Indonesians in Focus: M. Quraish Shihab
assalamualaikum kepada yth kami berharap tanggap ... [read more] - NN on Security Tightened: Gilimanuk Port, Bali
It is horrifying that the major port of Bali the ... [read more] - Jennie on Ten Years after May 1998 Tragedy
Thank you for posting this article, Barrie. ~Jenni ... [read more] - lita on Indonesians in Focus: Rahayu Supanggah
I have been keeping this question for sometime wit ... [read more] - Martheen on Hydro-Fuel Inventions: Yogyakarta, Central Java
It's scam guys. The reaction between hydrogen&oxyg ... [read more] - ratna malawat on Indonesians in Focus: Abdullah Malawat
he is my king,as people mamala village,a think he ... [read more]
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