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Jakarta (LPG, 1998 Riots, Human Rights)

tbelfield wrote 1 month ago: Jakarta, Glodok, 2008 Here is just one reason why Indonesia should nationalize its oil and gas indu … more »

Tags: Human Rights, Jakarta, Violence

Jakarta (Bill Gates, food, OPEC, the tallest building in SE Asia)

tbelfield wrote 1 month ago: Jakarta From CNET Asia Bill Gates scheduled to visit Jakarta on May 8 …> go to article Bu … more »

Tags: Bill Gates, Food, Jakarta, OPEC, the poor, water

Saya disini Jakarta

tbelfield wrote 3 months ago: Posting will be a bit sporadic over the next three weeks.  I am in Jakarta (finally).  Hope to pos … more »

Tags: notes, Jakarta News

Jakarta (trends and emergent properties again)

tbelfield wrote 3 months ago:  Photo: Jakarta Daily Photo Let’s start out with this, it’s a conversation I found on … more »

Tags: H5N1, notes, Food, H5N1, Jakarta, Rice, Social Unrest, water

dari Jakarta (Barack Obama)

tbelfield wrote 3 months ago: Barry Here is an idea for “thinking outside the Indonesian box“. Barack Sukarno for gov … more »

Tags: notes, Barack Obama, Jakarta, Politics

Jakarta (in transit)

tbelfield wrote 3 months ago: Narita, Japan (in transit to Jakarta, 2004) Below is an email reply, somewhat modified from the ori … more »

Tags: notes, blogs, Cities, Jakarta, jet airliner

Jakarta (informal) part 1

tbelfield wrote 4 months ago: A short note to begin.  The Jakarta Post is celebrating its 25th year in publication and has develo … more »

Tags: notes, Evictions, Urbanization, Jakarta, Informal economy, Money, Vendors, The Jakarta Post

Back to Jakarta (back to the future)

tbelfield wrote 4 months ago: Trends and Emergent Properties Giant Rat of the Foja Mountains    (five times bigger than common … more »

Tags: Barack Obama, Books, Floods, H5N1, Jakarta Notes, soeharto, Year of the Rat

Soeharto (the end)1 comment

tbelfield wrote 5 months ago: Photo: Rizky DinataNew York TimesSuharto, Former Indonesian Dictator, Dies at 86Asia TimesOBITUARY  … more »

Tags: soeharto, soeharto

Soeharto (again)2 comments

tbelfield wrote 5 months ago:  The New Order   Some last notes on Soeharto. This begins the third week since Soeharto ente … more »

Tags: soeharto, soeharto

Soeharto2 comments

tbelfield wrote 5 months ago: “The embodiment of all that is worst in Asian despots of the 20th century. He combines the bl … more »

Tags: soeharto, soeharto

Year Beginning2 comments

tbelfield wrote 6 months ago:   The Story of Jakarta. Photo: marvelet This post is the result of a good idea suggested over at  … more »

Tags: Thinking out of the box, Barack Obama, flooding, Green Space, Mass Transit, No Car Day, recycling, Susan Abeyasekere, Thinking out of the box

Money, money, money

tbelfield wrote 6 months ago:  Photo: The Jakarta Post Welfare minister tops Indonesian rich list: Forbes 12 hours ago JAKARTA ( … more »

Tags: Jakarta Notes, Lapindo, the poor, The Rich

H5N1 Jakarta

tbelfield wrote 6 months ago:   Sometimes, when it comes to Jakarta, it is useful to remember that the city was once Batavia. Aba … more »

Tags: H5N1, H5N1

All talk, no action say Indonesians

tbelfield wrote 7 months ago:        Who is one to talk anyway?  And there has been much talk about the recent floods in J … more »

Tags: Floods, Bali Climate talks, Floods, forest destruction

15,000 to be evicted.

tbelfield wrote 7 months ago:   photo by Indcoup The more things change the more they remain the same… “Land clearanc … more »

Tags: Evictions, Evictions, Jakarta News

Banjir

tbelfield wrote 7 months ago: Flooding in North Jarkart has been going on since the Dutch built all those canals in old Batavia. … more »

Tags: Floods, Jakarta News, Floods

Punk is better that religion...6 comments

tbelfield wrote 7 months ago: The music scene in Jakarta is no doubt a vibrant cultural force (visit Equinox DMD).  And the word … more »

Tags: Jakarta News, Music, Punk Rock, Religion, street kids

Get off to a flying start

tbelfield wrote 7 months ago: This is a becak…  And not a becak to be found… “In 1970, there were 92,650 becak … more »

Tags: becak, Jakarta News, Susan Abeyasekere, Transportation


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