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Lifestyle 6 days agoWhen the music’s over: Pop stars take on day jobs
The Jakarta Post talks to pop and rock stars who have sidelined their music for traditional careers...
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Lifestyle 6 days ago
Scents of time: Belgrade's last craft perfumery
From a cobblestoned street in downtown Belgrade, the Sava perfumery has seen more than half a centur...
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Lifestyle 1 week ago
Indonesian YouTubers make it big by doing nothing
YouTubers doing passive activities such as sitting for hours and staring into space are somehow gett...
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Lifestyle 1 week ago
Indonesia's special needs children struggle for proper online education
Online learning has been hard for students, parents, and children, but especially so for children wi...
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Lifestyle 1 week ago
All cards on the table: Twitter's tarot card masters
Tarot card readers are the newest Twitter influencers. The Jakarta Post tries to understand the phen...
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Lifestyle 1 week ago
Rapper's arrest the last straw for Spain's young protesters
Fans of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel - known for lyrics that voice discontent - say that his arre...
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Lifestyle 1 week ago
Overcoming trauma of 'criminalization': Is Indonesia muting critical voices?
Government critics and activists allegedly criminalized by the use of the controversial ITE Law...
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Lifestyle 1 week ago
Live-streaming Merapi: Villagers build communities through their own YouTube channels
With little faith in government institutions to warn them about volcanic hazards, villager...
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Lifestyle 1 week ago
In volunteering, recognition is not the goal itself
It is essential that volunteerism is understood not as an “import” but rather as somethi...
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Lifestyle 1 week ago
Internet famous: Meme creator Khoirul Anam's moment in the spotlight
With visual humor that is both absurdist and purposefully kitsch, Indonesian meme creators are findi...
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Lifestyle 1 week ago
'We just want to play': Iran gamers battle reality of US sanctions
Iran's millions-strong legion of gamers revel in online worlds, but they have to fight daily rea...
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Lifestyle 1 week ago
‘Conversion therapy’ website haunts Indonesian LGBT activists
A website promoting conversion therapy has put Indonesia's LGBT community on edge. The Jakarta P...
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Lifestyle 1 week ago
Polish heavy metal frontman fined for disrespecting Virgin Mary
A Polish court on Tuesday ordered the frontman of heavy metal band Behemoth to pay a fine for postin...
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Lifestyle 2 weeks ago
Pawon'e Arek-Arek collective frees people from fear of hunger
Started by a group of 30-somethings, a charity movement is growing and distributing food as an indep...
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Lifestyle 2 weeks ago
In Iraq, generous Mideast tradition of 'istiftah' lives on
The first customer of the day, or "istiftah", gets to name his or her price for the goods ...
