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Culture / Publishing
Freedom writer
For our series on media barons we feature Erick Thohir, founder of the Mahaka Media group in Jakarta. After revitalising the failing paper ‘Republika’ he’s now on a mission to modernise print, radio and TV in a freer Ind…
Business / Business Hubs
Happy valley
The people of Yogyakarta are a contented lot and they have good reason. The city is not only the cultural heart of Java but thanks to leaders who have stamped out corruption, it’s a vibrant business centre too.
Edits / Aviation
Jungle flyer
Susi Air, based in Pangandaran, West Java, was founded by a husband and wife team and came into its own after the 2004 tsunami.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Sunday 29 April
The challenges of corruption in Indonesia
Not many countries have an acronym for corruption. Indonesia does. KKN or korupsi, kolusi, nepotisme is the term used for what has become a phenomenon here.
Affairs / Politics
Asia Briefing
How the citizens of Phnom Penh can expect to stay dry next monsoon, plus India's plans to put people in space and Indonesia's ambitions to become a green-transport pioneer.
Affairs / Politics
Asia Briefing
Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari and his highly armoured motorcade, green cities in Japan, and an interview with India's chief economic adviser.
Affairs / Politics
Asia briefing
Why Asia's capitals have that sinking feeling, the return of the Seoul hank, and why you shouldn't apply make-up on Tokyo's subway.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Asia briefing
Get in the Kim Jong II look in Style Leader (you'll need some Cuban heels), plus China's jet-set women and Indonesia casts its votes.
The Briefing, episode 118
Coverage of the Indonesia tsunami scare, discussion of Romney vs Obama in the US elections, and also a look ahead to Greece’s elections.
Design / Craft
Design/Architecture Briefing
A wooden radio handmade in Indonesia, a simple Greek island getaway, and furniture designer Jens Risom experiences a revival in New York.
The Globalist, episode 201
Joseph Dana comments on Shimon Peres’s visit to Greece, we get the business from Indonesia, and get the latest on NASA’s Mars landing.
Business / Retail
Monocolumn
Monday 14 February
A lack of common scents
The question “Did the earth move for you?” usually implies the end of a successful Valentine’s date but for spice farmers in Indonesia it isn’t a good thing at all.
The Globalist, episode 87
Why the US communicating with North Korea, how women in Indonesia are driving the economy, and a check in with Hugo Macdonald in Helsinki.
Affairs / Politics
Asia briefing
We look at motorcade of Indonesia president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and report on an ancient Punjabi sport that's gone global.
Affairs / Defence
Defence Briefing
US soldiers in Afghanistan get some new threads for autumn/winter, Indonesia plans to enter the submarine market and why Russian tanks are performing a U-turn.
The Briefing, episode 250
A look at the EU’s role as peacemaker, we hear from Washington about the vice-presidential debate, and learn why Japan is spending billions in Indonesia.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Sunday 29 August
Not so lethal weapons
Starved of modern equipment, and with a small ageing fleet barely capable of defending the country’s huge airspace, Indonesia’s decision to buy 10 new Sukhoi fighter jets – the last three of which are due to touch down from…
Midori House, episode 371
Tom Edwards brings us the Monocle 24 agenda for the day, Andrew Tuck speaks to our correspondent Steve Bodzin and Shannon O'Neil from the CFR on the growing relationship between Peru and China, and Ben Bland brings us the…
Affairs / Diplomacy
'It's fear that will unite us'
Singapore has felt the wrath of two neighbours already this year. Indonesia banned exports of construction sand claiming it was concerned about environmental damage (perhaps coincidentally, the two countries are also in…