Friendly rivals

Like Australia and New Zealand, Indonesia and Malaysia are friendly rivals. They argue over things like who invented Beef Rendang and who has the best football team.
They have the similar cultural heritage and language but were colonised by different empires.
Sukarno wanted to include the Malaysian states into Indonesia, particularly Sabah and Sarawak. (As well as Brunei) But the British and UN opposed that. Even though Indonesia is a much larger country and has a larger economy, Malaysians are wealthier per capita, mostly through Malaysia's oil wealth. Many Indonesians work in Malaysia as house maids
So the Indonesians can be jealous and it sometimes spills over into angerЧитать далее