We're All Living In a Reality TV Show and No One Cares
How the controversy surrounding a pretty lame "magic trick," is the perfect metaphor for life in 2018.
Prabowo's Dark Vision of the Future Got You Intrigued? Here's Some More Indonesian Dystopias
Prabowo Subianto is quoting the techno-thriller "Ghost Fleet," as a real-life "study" about Indonesia's eventual collapse. Here are some better books that say worse things about our future.
Indonesia Thinks Its University Students are Ready for Mountains of Debt
Student loans went the way of the New Order decades ago, but now the central government wants to bring them back. But are we really willing to owe so much for a college degree?
This Diplomatic Dispute Will Not Be Televised
The Saudi's ban on Turkish soap operas is the latest example of how political conflicts affect pop culture.
Instagram Fertility Cures Can't Help You Get Pregnant
Accounts offering couples quick-fix fertility cures with "95% success" rates are more marketing ploy than medical fact.
Indonesians are Getting Fried Chicken Delivered All the Way From Saudi Arabia
Why would anyone want a box of four-day-old fried chicken? I ordered some to find out.
10 Questions You Always Wanted to Ask Indonesian Cops Who Burn Illegal Drugs
In Indonesia, burning large amounts of drugs in public is a way for the police to show their accountability to the people. It's also how they have gotten residents high by accident.
How Singapore's Ghost Busters Saved Me From My Unborn Sister's Spirit
I was in Singapore to watch the father-and-son team and Ghostbusters 99 perform an exorcism. Little did I know that it would be my own.
Searching for the Old Singapore In Kebun Baru
The kampongs may be gone, but some vestiges of the past, like song bird culture, remain.
Getting Lost on Singapore's Wild Side
Kranji is one of the few rural places still left in this modern city-state.
Behind the Chinese New Year Tradition of Burning 'Cars'
We reached out to Chinese Indonesian millennials about the traditions hold dear.
The Debt Cult That Wants to Save the World With a Mountain of Gold
Swissindo offers people an end to all their money worries, but there's a cost.