Islam and democracy!

The successful new party PKS is a moderate alternative to radical Islamism

Polluting Bali

Environmental groups protest a power plant at Lovina

Campus cruelty

Student initiations teach brutal lessons

Human rights for kids

It’s difficult to get human rights education into Indonesian schools
A coat-of-arms signifying Pemuda Pancasila painted at an ojek stop. (Don Meliton/Flickr)

Reformasi gangsters

Preman have had to change in order to stay in business

Money politics

An election official resists massive bribery in last year’s election

Election sale

A new parliamentarian discovers shocking truths

Wild West TV

Televangelism comes to regional Indonesia

Travels of a doctor

A doctor goes to work in a remote community in Flores

Peace market

Building trust through trade in Ambon

Who benefits?

For the Forest Tobelo people, regional autonomy is a mixed blessing

Aceh's loss

Civil society mourns in the tsunami’s aftermath

Acehnese voices

As reconstruction moves into high gear, it’s time to listen to tsunami victims

Semsar Siahaan (1952-2005)

An outsider to all establishments, even artistic ones, Semsar Siahaan is yet to be accorded his rightful place among the ranks of great Indonesian artists

Mochtar Lubis

Always controversial, Mochtar Lubis was one of Indonesia’s most respected journalists and best-known authors for over four decades.

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