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July 17th, 2009

Indonesia: Bomb Explosions at Kuningan, Jakarta

Marisa Duma · 10:59 · East Asia

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Two explosions hit the Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott hotels in Mega Kuningan, Jakarta around 7:40 AM local time. Local social media users broke the story to the world, especially those among today's morning commuters. 0 comments · read »

July 7th, 2009

Indonesia: Twittering the Presidential Election

Marisa Duma · 21:18, July 7th, 2009 · East Asia

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Indonesia is preparing for its presidential election today. GV author Marisa Duma tackles the role of Twitter in engaging the Indonesian online community in political and election campaigns. 2 comments · read »

January 4th, 2009

Indonesia: Indonesian Bloggers Respond to Gaza Attack

Marisa Duma · 04:54 · East Asia

Israel-Hamas conflict escalation has entered second week; as casualties climbing to around 400 dead and over 2000 people injured. Reactions have also spread across the Indonesian blogosphere. Opinions are mainly pro-Palestinian ones, much of them directed against Israel's military answer to militant Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. 8 comments · read »

December 4th, 2008

East Asia

Indonesia Anonymus from Indonesia metaphorizes president-elect Barack Obama for the nation's governance: “… are [Indonesians] going to cling on to the same old divisive politics, same old status quo while at the same time happily cheering for America's Obama?”.