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Bali’s Sacred Water
Beyond the beaches, Bali’s lakes reveal an older relationship with water, one rooted in spirituality, agriculture, landscape and the belief that water is life. Bali is usually imagined through its coastline: temples perched above crashing…
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A Masterpiece from Prison
Pramoedya Ananta Toer and the Enduring Memory of a Nation The history of Indonesian literature is filled with remarkable writers, yet few lives are as deeply intertwined with the political history of their country as…
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When Development Becomes a Platform for Culture
At Jimbaran Hijau, the arrival of AXEAN Festival offers a glimpse into how a new generation of developments can create space for culture, creativity and connection to become part of everyday life. There is a…
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Indonesia’s Unsolved Fire Problem
Indonesia Has Been Fighting Forest Fires for Decades. Why Are We Still Not Better at It? In 2026, Kalimantan is burning again. Indonesia has the technology to detect fires, the manpower to fight them and…
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Heritage, Women, and the Future
At Jakarta’s Roepa Merdeka exhibition, fiber and thread become a way to celebrate women, preserve cultural heritage, and create social impact. There is something quietly powerful about working with thread. A single strand can appear…
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Indonesian Cinema for a Cause
A Piece of Indonesian Cinema History Was Just Auctioned for a Cause Twenty years after Berbagi Suami first challenged Indonesian audiences to confront the complicated realities of polygamy, an original piece of the film’s history…
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Taking L.A. Skyward
Is Los Angeles Finally Ready to Take Its Commute to the Sky? For a city built around the automobile, Los Angeles has spent decades trying to escape its own traffic. Freeways became wider, helicopters became…
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The GTA 6 Countdown
Are We Really About to See Grand Theft Auto 6 Finally? After years of delays, leaks, rumours and an almost absurd amount of anticipation, Grand Theft Auto 6 is once again approaching the moment when…
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The Beatles at Work
A Rare ‘Day Tripper’ Demo Captures Lennon and McCartney at Work Some of the most revealing moments in music history are not the finished recordings, but the moments before them. Before the perfect riff, before…
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Chasing the Deep
Why the ultra-wealthy are still betting on the mysteries—and treasures—beneath the ocean. After the OceanGate Titan disaster exposed the risks of turning the Titanic into an adventure playground, deep-sea exploration is once again attracting billionaires,…
An Editorial by Tuksedo Studio