Inside Indonesia - a quarterly magazine on Indonesia and its people, culture, politics, economy and environment

As this edition shows, the choices faced by those who leave Indonesia for work are anything but simple Michele Ford and Wayne Palmer ...

Pocket money given to intending migrant domestic workers comes at a price Wayne Palmer    Agents advertise their servic...

Indonesian migrant workers without visas - or sometimes even passports - rely on the help of middlemen to get past immigration checkpoints into East M...

Despite recent government negotiations, Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia remain disempowered Alex Ong    Indonesi...

Undocumented Indonesian migrant labourers - known locally as kuli dollar - work long hours in difficult conditions in search of prosperity in Philadel...

Migrant domestic workers aspire to more than their home communities can offer and are willing to take risks to change their lives Rosslyn...

Indonesian fishers in Taiwan are beginning to fight back Robert Tierney    Indonesians were among these men protesting ag...

Against the odds, Indonesian domestic workers have achieved real change in Hong Kong Eni Lestari When Wayne Palmer spoke to the head o...

Special autonomy and Papuan aspirations have been thwarted by Jakarta and hampered by the administrative fragmentation sponsored by local politicians ...

Papuan footballers score goals against HIV. Sara Knuckey    Persipura footballers educate Papuan men in Ab...

BP’s massive LNG project is due to begin operations in late 2008, despite social and environmental costs Paul Barber    J...

Migrants from South Sulawesi have played an important role in manufacturing a Papuan identity Iskandar Nugroho    Papuan cu...

A man who left his home to work in a plantation half-way around the world Denie Kasan    A picture of my gran...

It may be true that Java rules Indonesia. But Javanese labourers in Sumatra, writes BUDI AGUSTONO, have been at the bottom of the heap for generations...

In the wake of peace, Acehnese living in Malaysia are thinking about return. But it can be tough leaving a new life to start afresh back home. An...

In the aftermath of religious conflict, ethnic difference is becoming more prominent in Ambon Jeroen Adam ...

The village of Oelua proves that Indonesians can live with difference. Michelle Carnegie Many Muslims in Oelu...

Observing social change in Papua Stuart Upton It’s carnival time — the costumes are bright, the dancers gyrating, the music lively. But this...

Five Indonesian domestic workers face possible death sentences in Singapore Wahyu Susilo Not many people count how many Indonesian migrant worke...

Indonesian maids in Singapore want to be heard Noorashikin Abdul Rahman Women constitute seventy per cent of the estimated four million migrant ...