This refers to a letter titled “Campaign against Turkish govt,” (The Jakarta Post, June 8, p8) by Khawaja Umer Farooq, Jeddah.

This is a comment on an article titled “How to think about the fuel price rise in Indonesia?“ (The Jakarta Post, June 3, p6) by Edward Teather, London.

On June 8, at around 1 a.m. near the bridge at Semanggi in South Jakarta, cars were running at a high speed.

“I love greeting my guests with Acehnese hospitality,” said North Aceh Regent Muhammad Thaib. “But I believe that the effort to preserve local culture, such as female dance performances, should…

Information about a raid by the Jakarta Public Order Agency on transvestites and prostitutes in Taman Lawang, Central Jakarta, may have been leaked, resulting in only a few suspects being…

Singapore and South Korea are Asian countries where youths are subjected to conscription. The former is a city state without any real threat of war, but it has neighbors that…

Your comments on a suicide bomber who attacked a police post in Poso, Central Sulawesi, which terrorism experts said was in retaliation for the police raids on dozens of suspected…

I was at the late Taufiq Kiemas’ funeral on Sunday. I was there when everything finished.

I read a story in the local papers here in Brisbane about how, again, people have died trying to get to Australia.  The report said up to 70 asylum seekers…

Bali’s first underpass at the Dewa Ruci monument, popularly known as Simpang Siur, is finally open. The relevant authorities are to be congratulated on their decision to open the underpass…