Eat, Pray, Feed the Monkeys
The Bihaaru Bahri Asali Fadlaailir Rahmah mosque — better known as Biba’a Fadlrah — is a 10-story curiosity with shops, food stalls, a petting zoo and a 20-meter-tall guard post, in Malang, East Java....
View ArticleJoko Widodo: Forget the Presidency, I Want to Focus on Floods and Traffic
Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo says he is not interested in making a bid for the nation’s presidency, despite a recent survey naming him the most popular potential candidate for the 2014 election. “I...
View ArticleAgainst All the Odds, Finding a Love Worth Celebrating
By Jakarta Globe on 11:04 am February 15, 2014. Category Community, Featured, Life & Style Tags: love, Valentine's Day (JG illustration) A bride and groom say their vows through video chat. A gay...
View ArticleMalang Sex Worker Raid Highlights Dolly Fallout
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka & Tunggadewa Mattangkilang on 9:44 am February 13, 2014. Category Crime, News Tags: Indonesia prostitution, Malang Malang. Security officers in the East Java town of Malang...
View ArticleMore Lahar Misery for Malang as Heavy Rainfall Persists
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 9:11 am February 20, 2014. Category Featured, News Tags: Indonesia volcanic eruptions, Mount Kelud Lahar, a muddy mixture of volcanic ash resulting from Mount Kelud’s eruption...
View ArticleE. Java Governor Denies Sectarian Rift in Jember Killing, Police Name Suspect
By Camelia Pasandaran & Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 5:32 pm September 13, 2013. Category Law & Order, News Tags: Conflict, Indonesia religious intolerance, religious intolerance Police in East Java...
View ArticleTulola’s Pita Loka Line, Evoking Royal History
By Katrin Figge on 11:48 am November 17, 2013. Category Arts & Fashion, Fashion, Features Tags: Indonesian fashion designer Happy Salma, left, and Sri Luce Rusna, the two women behind the...
View ArticleChild Domestic Worker Laws Unenforced: Malang Study
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 9:20 am September 11, 2013. Category News Tags: Indonesia child labor, International Labor Organization (ILO), Malang Malang. Demand for underage domestic workers is high in...
View ArticlePolicewomen Allowed To Wear Hijab on Duty
By Farouk Arnaz on 8:45 am November 20, 2013. Category Featured, Law & Order, News Tags: Comr. Gen. Sutarman, hijab, Indonesian police A policewoman in Malang, East Java wears a headscarf while on...
View ArticleEncroachment, Logging Rampant in National Park
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 8:35 am October 16, 2013. Category Environment, News Tags: Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Illegal logging Riders cycle at Tengger Caldera in Bromo Tengger Semeru...
View ArticleKelud Villagers Return Home Despite Mudflow Concerns
By Aries Sudiono & Teguh Lulus Rahmadi on 12:35 pm February 21, 2014. Category Featured, News Tags: Indonesia volcanic eruptions, Mount Kelud Villagers stand on the remains of a bridge washed out...
View ArticleMalang Police Arrest 3 For Raiding Coral Reefs
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 6:54 am February 11, 2014. Category Crime, Environment, Featured, News Tags: Coral Reef, Malang Fish swim over healthy coral in Indonesia’s Wakatobi archipelago on January 26,...
View ArticleSex Crimes By Children Up in Malang
By Ayu Dyah Pitaloka on 6:42 pm December 12, 2013. Category Law & Order, News Tags: Indonesia child abuse, Indonesia sex crime Malang. East Java’s Malang has recorded an increase in sexual violence...
View ArticleHail, Torrential Rains Hit Malang as Rainy Season Rolls in
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 2:00 am November 15, 2013. Category News Tags: Indonesia rainy season Hailstones reportedly damaged roofs in Malang as the East Java city was hit with hail, torrential rain and...
View ArticleResidents Around Mt. Kelud Anticipate Eruption as Animals Flee Forest
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 6:31 pm February 11, 2014. Category News Tags: East Java, Indonesia volcanic eruptions, Indonesia volcano, Mount Kelud Malang. Residents of the Pandansari village in Malang,...
View ArticlePolice Head Scarves To Go on State’s Tab
By Bayu Marhaenjati on 10:50 am November 26, 2013. Category Jakarta, Law & Order, News Tags: Headscarf, hijab, Indonesia police, Jakarta Police A policewoman in Malang, East Java wears a headscarf...
View ArticleRising HIV Infections Among Youth Cause Concern
By Herman Genie, Vento Saudale & Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 11:03 am December 2, 2013. Category Featured, Health, Health & Science, News Tags: HIV/AIDS, Indonesia health, Ministry of Health Community...
View ArticleCoach of Indonesia’s AFC Under-19 Team Continues to Whittle Away Roster
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 9:09 pm January 6, 2014. Category Football, Sports Tags: Indonesia football, U-19 national team Malang. As the training camp of the national under-19 side at Batu near Malang,...
View ArticleLampung’s Pristine Beaches Worth the Long Journey
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 2:34 pm December 1, 2013. Category Features, Travel Tags: Lampung Visitors may explore Lampung’s Mutun beach and the surrounding islands by renting canoes or booking a ride on a...
View ArticleActivist Slams Killing of Endangered Javan Leopard
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 12:35 pm October 6, 2013. Category Environment, News Tags: Javan leopard, ProFauna Indonesia An activist with ProFauna Indonesia has decried the recent killing of an endangered...
View ArticleFaculty Fired in Student’s Hazing Death
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka & Fitri on 10:33 am December 13, 2013. Category Education, News Tags: Indonesia Student Hazing, Indonesia Student Hazing Death Malang/Mataram. Two faculty members from a...
View ArticleDying to Fit In: Freshman’s Death Exposes Ugly Side of Campus Initiation, Pt. 2
In this special three-part investigation, the Jakarta Globe reports on the death of a teenager in the Indonesian education system By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 3:00 pm January 7, 2014. Category Editor's...
View ArticleIndonesian President Denies Inaction as Jakarta Braces for Latest Floods
By Shesar Andriawan, Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Yoseph Kelen & Lenny Tristia Tambun on 8:14 pm January 21, 2014. Category Featured, Jakarta, News Tags: Indonesia natural disaster, Jakarta floods flooding,...
View ArticleHope for Malang Poor in Handout Program
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 8:41 am December 18, 2013. Category News Tags: Malang, Social aid Malang. The Social Affairs Ministry launched on Tuesday its “Family of Hope” program in Malang, East Java,...
View ArticleFor French Artist, Mesh Skirt Makes More Than Just a Fashion Statement
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 11:35 am January 19, 2014. Category Arts, Arts & Fashion, Features Tags: indonesian art exhibition The crinoline dress by French artist Enora Lalet, left, made of wire mesh...
View ArticleMigrant Worker Returns From Saudi Jail
By Ezra Sihite & Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 8:29 am February 7, 2014. Category Crime, News Tags: Indonesian migrant workers, Saudi Arabia Jakarta/Malang. An Indonesian migrant worker from Donggala,...
View ArticleNew Museum Brings Munir’s Cases, Death To Public View
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 3:00 pm December 9, 2013. Category News Tags: Indonesia human rights abuses, Indonesia human rights issues, Munir Said Thalib, Suciwati Munir Activists and artists gathered at...
View ArticleXpressair Opens Makassar-Malang Route
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 7:10 pm October 25, 2013. Category Business, Corporate News Tags: Indonesia aviation industry, Makassar, Malang, Xpressair Malang. Private carrier Xpressair launched on Friday...
View ArticleStudents, Lecturer Named Suspects in Hazing Death
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 10:38 am January 23, 2014. Category Law & Order, News Tags: Indonesia Student Hazing, Indonesia Student Hazing Death Fikri in his ITN jacket. (Photo courtesy of Fikri’s...
View ArticleTorrential Rain Worsens Kelud Misery
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 8:24 am February 24, 2014. Category Featured, News Tags: East Java, Mount Kelud Villagers stand on the remains of a bridge washed out by water mixed with volcanic material from...
View ArticlePSSI Offers Home Schooling for National Team Players
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 2:06 pm December 4, 2013. Category Featured, Football, Sports Tags: AFC Asian Cup, PSSI Indonesia Football Association, senior high school, U-19 Indonesian players celebrate...
View ArticleExpedition to Newly Discovered East Java Lake Yields Surprising Discoveries
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 7:03 pm November 13, 2013. Category News, Science Tags: Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, nature conservancy Malang, East Java. A scientific expedition to Bromo Tengger Semeru...
View ArticleChristian Minister Arrested in Child Molestation Case
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 5:55 pm February 13, 2014. Category Crime, News Tags: child rape molestation Y.T. is interviewed by journalists at the Malang Police station on Thursday. (JG Photo/Dyah Ayu...
View ArticleHeavy Rain at Kelud Sends Volcanic Matter Rushing Toward Villages
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 9:14 pm February 18, 2014. Category Featured, News Tags: Mount Kelud Residents evacuate under a massive plume of hot ash clouds from Mount Kelud as seen from Malang district,...
View ArticleDesigners’ Exhibition Puts Spotlight on Fusion Jewelry
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 1:11 pm February 9, 2014. Category Fashion, Life & Style Tags: jewelry, slideshow Precious stones encrusted silver pins. (JG Photo/Dyah Ayu Pitaloka) A jade and silver...
View ArticleEach Tenggerese Leap Year, Town’s Evil Spirits Are Purged
By dyah Pitaloka on 11:15 am October 13, 2013. Category Featured, Features, Travel Tags: East Java, Indonesian culture The Tengger community in Ngadisari village, East Java, celebrates the Unan-Unan...
View ArticleIndonesian Authorities Warn of Foreigners Engaged in Crimes
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 10:03 am October 14, 2013. Category Law & Order, News Tags: Indonesia crime Malang. Authorities in East and West Java have sounded the alarm over the high number of...
View ArticleExtravagance and Color to Adorn the Streets of Malang
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 3:15 pm October 12, 2013. Category Featured, Features, Travel Tags: Javanese culture, Malang Agus stands with his designs. (JG Photo/Dyah Ayu Pitaloka) Carnival is coming to...
View ArticleConservationists Work With Fishermen to Save the Reefs
In Malang, coral repopulation is key, Dyah Ayu Pitaloka writes By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 12:00 pm November 10, 2013. Category Environment, Featured, News Tags: Coral Reef, Indonesia oceans Sahabat Alam...
View ArticleMalang Policewomen Allowed to Wear Hijab on Fridays Despite Nationwide Ban
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 10:22 pm November 1, 2013. Category Featured, News Tags: hijab, Indonesia National Police, Indonesia police A policewoman in Malang wears a headscarf while on duty. (JG...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Donates Free Korans to Malang Police
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 10:21 am January 28, 2014. Category News Tags: Indonesia National Police, Malang A Malang Police officer with Korans the force says were donated by the Saudi government. (JG...
View ArticleDying to Fit In: Freshman’s Death Exposes Ugly Side of Campus Initiation, Pt. 3
In this special three-part investigation, the Jakarta Globe reports on the death of a teenager in the Indonesian education system By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 3:00 pm January 8, 2014. Category Editor's...
View ArticleMount Kelud Leaves Livestock Short of Food
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 10:08 am February 17, 2014. Category Featured, News Tags: Indonesia volcanic eruptions, Mount Kelud A man evacuates his cattle from a village covered with volcanic ash in...
View ArticleDying to Fit In: Freshman’s Death Exposes Ugly Side of Campus Initiation
In this special three-part investigation, the Jakarta Globe reports on the death of a teenager in the Indonesian education system By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 2:56 pm January 6, 2014. Category Editor's...
View ArticleAmerican Artist Turns Majahapit Era Treasures Into Latest Fashions
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 5:25 pm September 29, 2013. Category Arts & Fashion, Fashion, Features Tags: Irwan Williams Holmes, jewelry, Majahapit Irwan Williams Holmes’s unique collection takes cues...
View ArticleKeeping Hokkien Music Alive in East Java
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 11:16 am September 1, 2013. Category Features, Music Tags: Chinese culture Cindy Calista and Liliana play a traditional Hokkien song, translated into modern musical notation....
View ArticleStudents and Lecturer Made Suspects in Freshman Fikri’s Death
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 11:38 am January 22, 2014. Category Education, Law & Order, News Tags: Indonesia education, Indonesia Student Hazing Death, Malang, Malang National Technology Institute...
View ArticlePolice Still in the Dark Over ATM Bombers’ ID
By Farouk Arnaz & Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 2:55 pm January 11, 2014. Category Law & Order, News Tags: ATMs, Indonesia bomb threat, Indonesia terrorism Jakarta/Malang. The investigation into a bomb...
View ArticleLocal Lantern Workshops Light Up Global Demand
By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 2:32 pm February 1, 2014. Category Arts, Features Tags: Indonesian handicrafts, Small business Workers making lanterns at the Cempaka Lampion workshop in Malang, East Java. (JG...
View ArticleBirds of Prey Flock to East Java’s Mountain Forests
Each year thousands of migrating birds of prey turn Malang into a birdwatching paradise, writes Dyah Ayu Pitaloka By Dyah Ayu Pitaloka on 12:53 pm October 27, 2013. Category Featured, Features Tags:...
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