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Business

Get ahead of the game

On Bali, Ronald Akili and Jason Gunawan’s Potato Head brand is everywhere. Now they are taking on the international scene, growing from their beach-club roots with a global crop of hotels and restaurants.

  • Issue #76
  • 7 min read
Overhead view of Three Buns restaurant in Jakarta with counter seating, plants, and industrial ceiling design.
Politics

Oceania

Our Melbourne correspondent reports on Australian-Indonesian relations, and the Australian press loses interest in Papua New Guinea.

  • Issue #70
  • 4 min read
Oceania
Politics

Asia

The motorcade of Mongolia's president (the only one in our series that's included a horse) and a boost for public transport in Jakarta and Mumbai.

  • Issue #67
  • 4 min read
Asia
Business

Fly buys

As the global retail map widens, where do less talked about big spenders such as Kazakhs, Indonesians or Mexicans get their shopping fix? We catch up with the new consumers to find out.

  • Issue #67
  • 13 min read
Fly buys
Diplomacy

Diplomacy

We meet Indonesia's ambassador to Japan, report on Israel's new "digital embassy" and Seoul embarks on a soft-power offensive.

  • Issue #67
  • 4 min read
Diplomacy
Defence

Defence

The Israeli Defence Forces start a five-year-plan, Indonesia starts building submarines — with a little help from its friends — and the Australian navy celebrates a big one.

  • Issue #67
  • 4 min read
Defence
Business

Local talent

In Bandung, a growing hub of creative businesses are choosing to stay put and build an arts and crafts industry, giving ‘Made in Indonesia’ a new reputation.

  • Issue #65
  • 12 min read
Local talent
Business

Asia

New flights from Tokyo to Yangon, why the French are lighting up Cambodia, and Japan gets creative.

  • Issue #60
  • 8 min read
Red Toyota Prius hybrid taxi on display at a press event in Hong Kong with Chinese signage and Toyota branding visible.
Affairs

Asia

We look at motorcade of Indonesia president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and report on an ancient Punjabi sport that's gone global.

  • Issue #58
  • 5 min read
Modern pink and white apartment building with ground-level retail and landscaped grounds in Singapore.
Quality of Life

Happy valley

The people of Yogyakarta are a contented lot. The city is not only the cultural heart of Java but, thanks to leaders who have stamped out corruption, it’s a vibrant business centre too.

  • Issue #54
  • 11 min read
Children doing morning exercises

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