Megawati Presidency

A multi-religious community gives thanks for the rice harvest

Will victims of human rights abuses at last have their say?

A voice from Aceh’s civil society movement says it’s time for self-criticism

Those who support the Acehnese should not support GAM

Environmental groups protest a power plant at Lovina

Student initiations teach brutal lessons

It’s difficult to get human rights education into Indonesian schools

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

A new parliamentarian discovers shocking truths

New provincial borders don’t solve old problems

Televangelism comes to regional Indonesia

Building trust through trade in Ambon

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

Jesus tattoos, karaoke and the bearded cleric — welcome aboard!

Bugis IDPs have travelled as warriors, farmers, fishers and traders

Local theatre in Makassar reveals a backlash against Java-centrism

Women are now on both sides of the camera

Subversive ‘underground’ voices in Indonesian rap Michael Bodden It’s Jakarta, June 2004 and the boom box is playing a hip-hop beat. It’s a far cry from the meditative gamelan music, saccharine love songs or even the sensual dangdut one expects to hear in Java. The rapper is Xaqhala and he spins a gritty, rhythmic poem of everyday youth experience.

Indonesia’s comic scene is in a golden age but the industry remains marginal and plagued by self-doubt