MANILA, Philippines – Jakarta reminds me of Metro Manila, with its urban sprawl, malls, high-rise buildings, and commercial and entertainment hubs. You can spend a couple of days in this Indonesian ...

Kota Gede (Literally “Big City”) is a separate town built during the Islamic Mataram Kingdom, but that has now been absorbed inside the main city of Yogyakrta.

Throughout Indonesian artwork, temple carvings, and souvenir shops there are small, ornate daggers known as keris. Keris are traditional Indonesian weapons as well as spiritual weapons. Often they wer ...