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This introduction video brings you around Indonesia -- when to go and the top things to do while you are in Indonesia.
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This section helps prepare an individual before embarking to Indonesia, such as learning the cultural etiquette, basic conversational phrases, and even some useful local numbers.
Cultural Dos and Don’ts
Indonesia is an open, friendly and peaceful country. Nevertheless, good cultural awareness will ease the culture shock and ensure that you​ avoid any unnecessary faux pas in daily life and business. Indonesians are taught from a very young age to remain calm in public, avoid disagreements, speak quietly with consideration and not get angered by little things. You should do the same. Adopt a humble demeanour, practice patience and remember to smile!
All about Ramadan
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim, Islamic calendar, and is a time to pray, give charity and also fasting during daylight hours. During the month of Ramadan, adult Muslims fast from dusk until dawn, unless they are ill, pregnant, diabetic, breastfeeding, or travelling. Children are not obliged to fast during Ramadan, not until they are close to their teens, but some practice in order to prepare for adult participation. Find out more what is the 5 Pillars of Islam represent.
Basic Conversational Language
Some phrases in Bahasa Indonesia that are handy to know when visiting Indonesia.
Phone Apps
Dialing Code
+62
Useful Numbers
This section links to the various local news media in Indonesia.
This section informs the common scams and crimes to look out for when visiting Indonesia.
Scams
Crime & Security
This section lists some recommended readings about Indonesia.
Employment, living standards and poverty in contemporary Indonesia by
Understanding the nexus between employment, living standards and poverty is a major challenge in Indonesia. Trends in poverty are heavily dependent on labour market opportunities and social spending in education and health. The question is how to create opportunities and spend money wisely - a subject of intense debate in Indonesia. The government has brought a renewed focus to poverty reduction since the end of the Asian financial crisis, especially under the current president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. This book shows how Indonesia is travelling with regard to employment, social policy and poverty. It identifies promising new directions for strategies to alleviate poverty, some of which are already showing results.
Global Indonesia by
In the 19thcentury, colonial rule brought the modern world closer to the Indonesian peoples, introducing mechanized transport, all-weather roads, postal and telegraph communications, and steamship networks that linked Indonesia's islands to each other, to Europe and the Middle East. This book looks at Indonesia's global importance, and traces the entwining of its peoples and economies with the wider world. The book discusses how products unique to Indonesia first slipped into regional trade networks and exposed scattered communities to the dynamic influence of far-off civilizations. It focuses on economic and cultural changes that resulted in the emergence of political units organized as oligarchies or monarchies, and goes on to look in detail at Indonesia's relationship with Holland's East Indies Company. The book analyses the attempts by politicians to negotiate ways of being modern but uniquely Indonesian, and considers the oscillations in Indonesia between movements for theocracy and democracy. It is a useful contribution for students and scholars of World History and Southeast Asian Studies.
Bahasa Indonesia by
The first of a two-volume set which presents a graded course in Bahasa Indonesia, developed at the Australian National University. The book is intended for those who want to study the language at beginner and intermediate levels.
This section provides useful links to the Indonesia social media.
Social Media
Indonesia Travel
MFA of the Republic of Indonesia
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