Terang Bulan by Anneke Gronloh

Terang Bulan is the Indonesian song which Indonesians are claiming Malaysia stole and made it into its national anthem, Negara Ku. But according to Raja Petra, both Malaysia and Indonesia in fact stole the song from Hawaii and the original song is called Mamula Moon sang by Felix Mendelssohn & His Hawaiian Serenaders in their [...]

Anti-Malaysian Sentiments In Indonesia

Malaysia-Indonesia relations has taken a very sharp turn recently. It reminds me very much of Sukarno’s “Ganyang Malaysia” (crush Malaysia) declaration of the sixties.This growing anti-Malaysian sentiment is spreading all over Indonesia like wildfire. See here a video from a local TV station in Indonesia showing a crowd burning a paper made Malaysian flag. Also [...]

Indonesian Supreme Court Drops $106 Million Defamation Suit Against Time Magazine

Indonesia’s top court cleared Time magazine of charges it had defamed former dictator Suharto in a cover story that alleged his family amassed billions of dollars during his decades-long rule. The court said the publication did not have to pay $106 million in damages to his estate. The ruling, which marks the end of the [...]