Politics
Joke of the month?
What do you get when you cross Sarah Palin and an Islamic polygamist? Meet Rhoma Irama – Indonesia’s king of dangdut
A healthcare revolution in the regions
Regional governments around Indonesia are devising new and ambitious free healthcare schemes for their electorates, but to what end?
Selling nationalism
Indonesian television advertisements are constructing images of Indonesia by appropriating well-known nationalist themes
Review: Power politics
Jeffrey Winters’ Oligarchy is an epic work of comparative political insight but has little that is new to add to the study of Indonesia’s politics
For the good of the people?
The challenges of governing ‘societal organisations’ pose difficult questions for Indonesian democracy
High stakes
ASRIANA KEBON speaks to Indonesian underage minors who were returned to Indonesia following age determination hearings in Darwin
Some people call me Robin Hood
ELISABETH KRAMER speaks to independent anti-corruption activist Arifin Wardiyanto about his ‘extremist’ approach to fighting corruption
Accomplices in atrocity
The mass killings of 1965-66 in Indonesia were international, not just local, events - and the US played an important role
Terror in Tandes
Two villagers from the rural fringe of Surabaya recall the most frightening night of their lives
Hunted communists
Many of those accused of being communists fled to South Blitar after the Surabaya crackdown, only to become the target of the Trisula Operation in 1968
Survival through slavery
Suspected communists who survived the killings of 1965-66 in South Sulawesi spent the next 20 years working for the military in an isolated jungle camp
I'm still here
The demand for sustainable timber is colliding with the needs of Central Java farmers
Jusuf Wanandi’s memoir allows glimpses into the mindset of Suharto-era officialdom
Indonesia’s parliament is cracking down on sorcery
Recent ground-breaking publications, an internationally award-winning film and a major conference are opening up new truths about Indonesia’s past
The filmmaker explains that The Act of Killing exposes the imagination of terror
