The answer is both yes and no. Yes, because with 173 malls within the city limits, there is almost one mall in every corner of the capital. But it’s also no because (surprise surprise!) people in Jakarta don’t go to malls as often as one…

The Dutch are very familiar with it, Indonesians not yet. Sometimes it is even compared to bakso because of the shape and size. Another association is poffertjes. For those wo do not know them, these are very little pancakes. However, once they have tasted this…

Parents around the world ask themselves the following questions: Don’t we give our children too much pocket money? Should we give them more pocket money? Or more directly to their own children: How much money do Johnny, Tita, Lisa, Atrin or Topan get? BOI won’t…

Not too long ago BOI Research Services went to the Borobudur temple in Central Java, Indonesia. For those who have never heard of it, it is a beautifully constructed Buddhist monument. This great monument was built in the 8th and 9th century. For a long…