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According to one netizen, the bridge on top is part of a new rail network, which has been quickly built. Some areas like this have been not been upgraded as quick as the rail line, so are kind of weird. This is by far the worst example though.   The… Read more »

The Westfries Museum in the Netherlands has just launched a new exhibit bringing Batavia to life using Virtual Reality. On May 30, 1619, Jan Pietersz Coen founded Batavia, the headquarters of the VOC in the Dutch East Indies. This VR exhibit was created to commemorate 400 years since Batavia was… Read more »

Patiently waiting for his medical examination, orangutan Angelo almost resembles a worried human lying on an operation table. After being severely injured by air-gun pellets in an Indonesian palm oil plantation, he was brought to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program (SOCP) care centre so that he could recover. The rising global demand for palm oil, used… Read more »

Pak Tarmedi, a taxi driver from Jakarta, asks that his passengers only speak English to him so he can practice and improve his Bahasa Inggris – and he’s even prepared a song to introduce himself! The post Jakarta Taxi Driver Politely Asks Passengers To Help Him Learn English appeared first… Read more »

Called “the Holy Grail of herpetologists” among the global community of reptile aficionados because so little is known about them, the ultra-rare lizards are native to the island of Borneo and concentrate in lowland rainforests near rivers. Until recently, scientists and collectors had captured fewer than one hundred specimens since… Read more »

A rare historical look at Indonesia and its people during the Dutch colonial period… A Javanese prince with two servants (c. 1865-1870) A man from Batavia carrying his warung (c. 1870) Raden Saleh, a Javanese romantic painter who pioneered modern Indonesian art (c. 1872) The Raja of Buleleng, Bali, and… Read more »

If you ever wanted a video to put the history of Java, and thus Indonesia, into context – we’ve got it, courtesy of YouTube User Lazardi Wong Jogja. This 6-minute video shows the incredible evolution of Java’s original empires competing with each other for control over Indonesia’s most populated island. It brings… Read more »

Research conducted by the website SwiftKey has led to the production of a fantastic infographic, giving us insight into the the different languages their users are typing in. The work was done in recognition of the importance of languages, and to celebrate the United Nation’s International Mother Language Day. The trilingual combination of… Read more »

An infographic depicting countries with a smaller population than Uttar Pradesh is spreading around the Internet right now. With a population of 204.2 million, Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in the Republic of India, as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. Not too far… Read more »

As is the case with all languages, Bahasa Indonesia is full of expressions that invariably get lost in translation. Here are 19 tips which will have anyone mastering colloquial Indonesian expressions in no time. Article originally by Yudanta Bramble. Hat-tip to the guys at Matador Network. The post 19 Of The… Read more »