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Eat and be wary

19 August 2010

Strung out across Southeast Asia is a chain of restaurants where doll-like North Korean waitresses sing to diners as they sample the country’s cuisine (well, what’s left of it). Is it a benign culinary business foray or…

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Making the grade

19 January 2017

Indonesia may be known for its shopping-mall culture but a growing number of businesses are choosing new ways to reach consumers. We visit five innovative entrepreneurs thinking outside the air-conditioned box.

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Monocle Minute

Art in Jakarta

28 July 2016

This weekend Indonesia’s capital will host the nation’s first international boutique art fair to push native artwork towards global recognition. A spin-off from Southeast Asia’s leading contemporary-art fair Art Stage…

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Radio

Monocle on Design - Designing Jakarta

9 July 2013

We visit Jakarta’s burgeoning design community, assess Jurgen Mayer H’s Metropol Parasol in Seville and take a swing at architect-designed mini-golf courses in Washington.

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Freedom writer

17 January 2009

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…

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Making it in Jakarta

2 March 2017

Indonesia’s bounteous resources make it the perfect place for entrepreneurs to set up camp. We meet four enterprising Jakarta residents, who tell us how they are taking advantage of the opportunities in this chaotic city…

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Monocle Minute

Jakarta: lights out?

8 October 2015

A proposal to pull the plug on Jakarta’s post-midnight nightlife is giving an emergent food-and-drink sector a headache. The city council says closing night spots early will curtail drug-trafficking but venue owners and…

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The Voyager - Episode 10: Jakarta

21 October 2015

Navigate the thriving capital of the world’s fourth most populous nation with Nolan Giles. Each week Monocle 24's new travel programme takes you beyond a great city's tourist traps and well-known spots to give you an ins…

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Asia Briefing

19 January 2012

The view from Kabul, the Taiwanese president's modest motorcade and health insurance for Tibetan monks.

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Article

Evolution theory

16 February 2012

There’s more to Darwin than cyclones and crocodiles. A young population, a gas deal, a vibrant Asian culture and now a base for US Marines are changing its outback image.

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Article

Asia briefing

19 May 2015

China and Kazakhstan compete to host the Winter Olympics and Jakarta gets an artistic makeover.

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Radio

The Globalist, episode 12

1 November 2011

Doing the business in Jakarta, inside the mind of a terrorist, news from Tokyo Design Week and the dilemmas of travelling through timezones.

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Asia briefing

15 November 2012

Why 2013 will be a year of economic and political uncertainty in Asia, and the politician Jakarta has high hopes for.

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