Java

Indonesian police reveal their soft spot

Preserving the literary past

Money politics still reigns supreme

Farmers illustrate their understanding of GM

Australian university students lend a helping hand

Mountains of garbage and nowhere to put it

Alas Purwo is one of Java’s last remaining sacred spaces

A multi-religious community gives thanks for the rice harvest

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

This man’s message is simple — four wives are better for business than one

Helping to boost English teaching seemed a splendid idea, but then Indonesian realities intervened

Half a century after Herb Feith first lived in Kamal, Nikolas Feith Tan retraces his grandfather’s steps

Ki Ageng Balak: a friend for those in trouble with the law.

Why do people in Banyuwangi kill ‘sorcerers’?

Rebuilding after an earthquake takes local initiatives as well as aid.

The 27 May earthquake shook a kingdom, not just a city.

A younger writer remembers Pramoedya’s influence on his own life and work.

Post-earthquake, Klaten villagers receive laughing therapy through wayang.

Review: Both books illustrate the way the Suharto family exploited Indonesia