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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ “A radical new history of the United States abroad” (Wall Street Journal) which uncovers U.S. complicity in the mass-killings of left-wing activists in Indonesia, Latin America and around the world In 1965, the US...

In the history of Australian diplomacy, the Jakarta post between 2004 and 2007 looms larger than any other. In the span of just a few years, a terrorist bomb attack partially destroyed the Embassy compound, killing eleven; the Boxing Day tsunami wreaked havoc on an almost incomprehensible scale; a bombing in Bali killed twenty, including four Australians; Schapelle Corby divided public opinion; members of the Bali Nine were executed; and a Garuda flight crashed and exploded in Yogyakarta, killing twenty, including members of the Australian diplomatic corps.

An English Podcast on the Daily Life in Indonesia. Brought to you by Television's Senior News Anchor Timothy Marbun. This podcast takes you to talk about the latest going on in Jakarta and Indonesia from an Indonesian perspective, all performed in english. Dwell into a vast selection of topics, ranging from Pop-Culture, Digital Trends, up to Money and Business Opportunities by hearing it from the perspective of a seasoned journalist, and through talks with various interesting personalities found throughout Jakarta and beyond. Tim has been a News Anchor and Broadcast Journalist for 15 years, ...