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Choosing a Quality Language Program

Opportunities for overseas and exchange programs abound, but to find quality instruction, you'll ...

Indonesia / Vietnam / Myanmar Dawn Stanton

Slithering Down Sibayak

Drops of rain the size of teacups emptied on my head, my camera, and down my boots, drowning the ...

Indonesia Susan Storm

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Southeast Asia gears up for palm oil boom

Governments and companies have been scrambling to cash in since palm oil prices jumped last year ...

Indonesia / Malaysia / Singapore AFP/Samantha Brown

Ayung River, Bali, Indonesia.

Bali's Ayung River, I had secretly been told, is a soda" - the ideal place for novices like me to...

Indonesia Tom Cockrem

The Cafe at Grand Hyatt Taipei

Breakfast in Asia

Dinner inspires all the glamour, and lunch is often a great adventure. But breakfast, lowly break...

Indonesia Bart Conley

Photos from Indonesia: Rice

A story told with photos.

Indonesia Susan Storm

Eliana, Eliana

Film Review: Eliana, Eliana

Eliana is a small-town girl from West Sumatra who slipped the bonds of an arranged marriage and h...

Indonesia Celeste Heiter

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Violent student brawls a part of life in Asia's swelling cities

Large scale violence between students forms a backdrop to unrestrained urban growth in many of As...

Indonesia / Thailand / China AFP/Aubrey Belford

Jakarta History Museum, the former town hall on Taman Fatahillah in the old Kota district of Jakarta.

Clouds hang over Jakarta like a steam bath. Geometric rice paddies and salt pans sink slowly into...

Indonesia Philip Game

Briton breathes life into stone to recreate Indonesia's maritime glory

Briton Philip Beale has breathed life into stone -- using a ninth century temple carving to build...

Indonesia AFP/Bhimanto Suwastoyo

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Orang-utans -- the "wise men" of the forest

The big red primate of the forests of Borneo and Sumatra, the orang-utan, is a kind of wise man a...

Indonesia / Malaysia / Brunei AFP

It is, as usual, a feast and celebration day on Bali. Isle of the Gods, Land of the Lotus eaters,...

Indonesia Susan Storm

Path to Bankiang Sidem

Bali: Once Upon A Time

Soon we'll cross the International Date Line and never touch ground on Monday, May 26, 1997, and ...

Indonesia Kim Indresano

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Fact File: Asian Internet Top Domains

Afghanistan - af Armenia - am Azerbaijan - az Bahrain - bh Bangladesh - bd Brunei - bn Cambodia -...

Indonesia / Vietnam / Myanmar ThingsAsian

the terrace of the longhouse of the Dayak tribe

Living High in The Longhouse

Can you imagine hundreds of extended family members live together under the same roof? That&rsquo...

Indonesia Sandra Lilyana

Me in the Meditation Court of Ubud Botanic Garden

Ubud Botanic Garden

If you stay in the artist town of Ubud in Bali, go ahead to the Ubud Botanic Garden for a walk. ...

Indonesia victor wong

Balinese Shrimp Cocktail

'The Year of Living Dangerously' Indonesian Menu

The complementary flavors in these light, tropical dishes include chili peppers, lime, coconut, g...

Indonesia Celeste Heiter

Dragons and Tigers

Title: Dragons and Tigers. A Geography of South, East and Southeast Asia. Author: Barbara A. Weig...

Indonesia / Vietnam / Myanmar ThingsAsian Booklist

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Indonesia's Million-rupiah Hamburger

It's a whopper with fries, and it sells for a million-rupiah in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta...

Indonesia AFP

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The Cycle of Life: An Interview with Patrick Morris, Founder of VeloAsia.

If the wheels of a bicycle could offer a metaphor for life, then Patrick Morris , founder of Velo...

Indonesia / Vietnam / Japan Celeste Heiter

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