“Indover” is a small, Amsterdam based, commercial subsidiary of Bank Indonesia. And it is in trouble and out of money. It has been granted suspension of payment by the court, after it became clear BI was unable to help. Bankruptcy seems to be inevitable.
It has been the intention of BI to sell Indover to Bank [...]
Diamonds remind me of lines like these:
“A diamond as big as the Ritz” and
“Diamonds are the girl’s best friend” and
“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”.
But F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marilyn Monroe or The Beatles have nothing to do with it. Not with this one:
“For the love of God” (2007) is a piece of art by the [...]
They are unrepenting. Always trying to find new accomplices. Never stopping to impose their economic morals.
Last Friday The Jakarta Post reported the OECD had said: “RI needs more liberalization”. That looks like a warning. But according to the Amsterdam based NRC this club of thirty rich, developed countries had offered a “Special [...]
Munir Said Thalib died the 7th of September 2004 on a flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam. He was the most famous of all Indonesian human rights activists, after revealing Indonesian atrocities in Timur Timur. He was heading that day for the Netherlands to start a masters study at the University of Utrecht. My Alma Mater [...]
Living in Denmark this Indonesian ex journalist, now engineer, wondered why on earth a number of her female compatriots in Copenhagen seemed to be so subservient to their western partners:
“I discovered that most of them (at least five out of six) gave me the same answer when I called / sent them sms / email [...]