National

30 September 1919 – 27 January 2008

Who is really responsible for Indonesia's drug epidemic?

Arief Budiman reflects on Suharto and his legacy.

Jakarta’s disabled are striving for a better deal.

The passing of the technocrats

In our new edition, Inside Indonesia explores different perspectives on tourism

Despite being a scene of destruction and heartache, there is a strange beauty in the new landscape created in the wake of the Sidoarjo mud disaster.

An unstoppable flow of mud from an explosion in a gas well in Sidoarjo, East Java, has unleashed a plethora of political issues.

Indonesia’s premier historian

Women in the Ministry of Finance face significant obstacles to advancement

Indonesia’s Muslim educators support democracy, but grapple with how to make that commitment consistent with Islamic law.

But her husband won’t come to the party.

The rise, fall, and re-branding of a celebrity preacher

Understanding the Indonesian Council of Ulamas

Rich countries should pay big bucks to reduce emissions in the developing world

Women are challenging the stereotypes that have long defined Indonesian unionists.

Inside Indonesia’s founder looks back

About cooking, studying Java, and other serious pleasures

Intellectual, Chinese, atheist, gay - and wholly Indonesian