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    Jakarta 499 years old

    Well, not really of course. Its name was Batavia for quite a long time also. Next year the celebrations should be overwhelming. Now it’s somewhat underwhelming; mostly sales promotions and fairs and expo’s. And 1 rupiah to take public transportation. The same coming weekend btw. .
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    QRIS in China? (As in Japan, Malaysia, …) 🇨🇳

    Bank of Indonesia has been doing tests and is expanding the use of QRIS (Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard) to other countries. Quite some WNI have been enthusiastic about using it in Japan. In August of last year they started and expected end of 2025 early 2026, a working system that...
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    All Indonesia - Arrival Card 📋

    For those who missed it: As of September 1, 2025, incoming international visitors must complete a digital arrival form before arriving in Indonesia. This can be done through the recently introduced digital platform, "All Indonesia". The platform, which is secured with multi-layer encryption...
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    Indonesia rewrites history 📚

    A storm of criticism came up in Indonesia as more than a hundred historians are working on a new version of the country's 'official history'. This is on behalf of the government. Many critics fear that numerous black pages in history, especially from the period of President Suharto's New Order...
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    Yang tidak tau Labubu? 😈

    I thought the trend would be finished by now so long after the endorsement by Lisa from Black Pink, but it is still ongoing. They made a very smart move with the so called blind box. Today the 6th of June there is a POP MART event in Kuta, taking place in the Beachwalk Shopping Centre on lantai...
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    Extension of Stay Permit

    This is from the Indonesian embassy in The Hague (🇳🇱): Normally stay permit covers ITAS and ITAP.
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    Sundaland dredging ⛰️

    Scientists have discovered remains of a 140,000-year-old skull of a homo erectus off the coast of Indonesia. The special find is an indication of how the ancestors of modern man spread across the world and also lived in Sundaland, an area that is now below sea level. Archaeologists found skull...
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    Press release Immigration 🎫 🛂

    https://www.imigrasi.go.id/siaran_pers/2024/09/20/silmy-karim-revisi-uu-imigrasi-untuk-penguatan-pengawasan-wna-dan-perbaikan-pelayanan Indonesia's immigration law has been revised and the new law has been in force since 19 September 2024. A total of nine changes have been made. The following...
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    Reopening of the Museum Gajah 🏛️🐘

    The National Museum of Indonesia in Jakarta will reopen next month, more than a year after a major fire. The museum was forced to close its doors to the public for a longer period of time. On October 15 this year, visitors will be allowed to enter the museum again. On September 16, 2023, one of...
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    Common but scary & risky diseases 🦟🕷️

    After the rainy season, we always have a major increase of ticks on our pets. Even those who live in the house and never roam the streets get them. Those little buggers are rather fast and move in and nest also in the garage etc. Of course they are rather easy to remove and there is medication...
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    Palapa 🍹🥃

    In yesterday’s Dutch Kings’ Day celebration I saw a rather new booze which is made in Bali. They are a start-up and are looking to expand on Java. Not bad, it’s approx 19% and if that’s too strong you can mix it as well.
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    Putri in AGT 🇮🇩 🇺🇸

    For the very few who didn’t pick up on this. Normally I dislike practically everything about America’s Got Talent (I prefer the Voice if I have to choose between all these talent shows) and seeing Simon makes me 🤢 in my mouth but the performance of this blind 17 year old girl from Yogya was...
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    Countries’ Internet Speeds 🌏

    Speedtest.net has published an overview with internet speeds all over the world. Indonesia doesn’t score very high with position 101 on mobile internet right between Tanzania and Nigeria. Obviously these types of lists always need to be taken with a grain of salt, esp. since we don’t know the...
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    An El Niño year…. 🌞

    It’s rather hot lately. And last month South Asia suffered from a heat wave. Vietnam currently has record highs of 44,1°C. It seems very likely that we will be dealing with the El Niño weather phenomenon this year, which may be accompanied by new high temperature records. That message comes...
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    Michelin in Bali? ⭐️⭐️

    Syrco Bakker, the 38 years old chef of restaurant Pure C, will start his own restaurant in Ubud. In June, Syrco and his family will move to Bali. As a child, Syrco grew up with Indonesian cuisine, his grandparents were from Java and Sumatra. The restaurant he will run in Ubud in Indonesia will...
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    Lokomotif pulang kampung 🚂

    Not only Indonesian citizens go ‘pulang kampung’ in this period. Also some old locomotives from Indonesia will return to The Netherlands. After more than 21 years of consultation, conversations and visits, the Museum Steam Train Katwijk Leiden has succeeded in bringing two old steam locomotives...
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    Keminggris or Bahasa gado-gado

    It is often used as a pejorative term for the Indonesian language with English influences. Especially a trend in South Jakarta. Obviously quite some languages in the world ‘suffer’ from this. I guess social media doesn’t help. Interesting article with a perspective on this phenomenon...
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    Used shoes 👟 import & smuggling

    Perhaps you read about this but it was a bit lost in the local news. In July 2022, Reuters reporters donated ten pairs of second-hand shoes to a recycling program initiated by U.S. petrochemical giant Dow Inc. and the government agency Sport Singapore. With the recycling program, they wanted to...
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    Daylight saving time (DST)…. but not always

    Of course it’s an everlasting discussion if DST is useful or not. For many it’s just annoying and offers no advantages. And the economical benefits are debatable. Anyway, with Europe switching over to ‘summer time’ last night practically all the ‘western countries’ in the northern hemisphere are...
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    Boar on the floor! 🐖

    A new season of Succession will start. In Indonesia you can watch it on the Monday morning or the repeat on Monday evening at 9 PM Western Indonesia Time (10 PM Central Indonesia Time), starting tomorrow. So the first episode in RI on Monday 27 March.

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