https://www.scmp.com/rss/503799/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com On March 16, 2020, Indonesia’s Minister of Education and Culture, Nadiem Makarim, supported regional government policies to close schools and universities, as the country grappled with its Covid-19 crisis. Just 12 days earlier, on March 4, Unesco had noted that Covid-19 was disrupting the education of 290.5 million students globally. Data from the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture showed nearly 70 million of those were in Indonesia. While many parts of the world struggled to round up... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/3134284/distance-learning-difference-walkie-talkies-indonesians?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/3134284/distance-learning-difference-walkie-talkies-indonesians?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 May 2021 00:15:15 +0000 Thousands of people have travelled from near and far, by motorcycle and pickup truck, to Kodi village field, in the Waingapu district of Sumba, a small island in eastern Indonesia. Here, more than 50 horsemen, each armed with four spears, are arrayed in two teams on either side of a sparsely grassed area for an equestrian war ceremony known as Pasola. This ancient tradition is repeated each spring in the remote villages of Kodi, Wanukaka, Lamboya and Gaura, and involves men on horseback hurling... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3100790/spearmen-sumba-inside-pasola-indonesias-brutal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3100790/spearmen-sumba-inside-pasola-indonesias-brutal?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Sep 2020 02:15:06 +0000 The bodybuilder, muscles shiny with baby oil, hoists a stack of roof tiles over his head. He clenches his muscles, strikes a pose and revels in the applause. The audience roars with appreciation as multicoloured spotlights glint off his body. Dozens compete in the annual bodybuilding competition at the Jatiwangi Art Factory (JAF) in Indonesia, a non-profit organisation focused on the arts and cultural activities. The factory is based in Majalengka, a district in West Java province, and all of... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3100036/bodybuilding-competition-difference-indonesia-contestants?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3100036/bodybuilding-competition-difference-indonesia-contestants?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Sep 2020 21:15:10 +0000 In the kitchen of her flat in a working-class Jakarta neighbourhood, Rochimawati chops garlic, onions and other vegetables. She is preparing the iftar evening meal for her family to break their fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. As she cooks, Rochimawati – who like many Indonesians has only one name and is usually just called Ochi – keeps an eye on the Korean drama she is watching on her mobile phone. It’s a habit she has only recently adopted. The online media editor, 48, has spent... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3086102/world-married-crash-landing-you-why-indonesians-have-fallen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3086102/world-married-crash-landing-you-why-indonesians-have-fallen?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 May 2020 23:45:15 +0000 Stepping inside the stuffy interior of the small, bare concrete building that houses a World War Heritage Museum on Morotai, a rugged island in Indonesia’s North Maluku, the first things you see are stacks of hundreds of bullets from various calibre weapons. Rusty machine guns, swords, grenades, helmets and army drinking bottles sit on makeshift displays covered by tattered red carpet. Painted murals adorn the walls – one depicts soldiers raising a US flag on a pole, another shows an plane with... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3052055/one-man-world-war-ii-museum-morotai-island-indonesia-tries?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3052055/one-man-world-war-ii-museum-morotai-island-indonesia-tries?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Feb 2020 21:00:08 +0000