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Indonesia has set ambitious emissions targets, but meeting them will require hard work

Indonesia has set ambitious targets to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions that will require major changes in how forests and agricultural lands are managed

The Clean Development Mechanism has failed to deliver

Indonesia’s carbon stores spark international attention

At its upmarket congress, Indonesia’s biggest Islamic party tried but failed to convince it has become an open and inclusive party

Dozens of Acehnese drug offenders face the death penalty in Malaysia

Critics say it’s just a fad but some young upper middle-class Indonesians are rediscovering forgotten histories

A unique pesantren, founded and led by an internationally recognised Indonesian calligrapher, attracts men and women from all over the archipelago

The election of Anas Urbaningrum suggests Partai Demokrat can survive without its founder, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

A new generation of Indonesian theatre activists is staging performances based on the everyday experiences of local communities

The victims of the Lapindo mudflow disaster continue to assert their rights to compensation

Lapindo Brantas’ involvement in the Surabaya Post has restricted the way journalists report on the mudflow

European interest in Indonesian traditional healing has had its ups and downs, but in Java jamu reigns supreme, as it has for a long, long time

Indonesian doctors have been persecuted for providing safe abortions for almost a century

The Nahdlatul Ulama congress in Makassar arrests the slide away from liberal views but shows the organisation's vulnerability to outside political interference

Recent attacks on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender meetings reveal the growing influence of Islamist groups and highlight unequal protection of citizenship rights

The much publicised ‘Bank Century’ case is unlikely to do any lasting damage to SBY

When Indonesia’ s National Police took on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) over the Bank Century case, the KPK won

Megawati Soekarnoputri stakes her claim to opposition, but will it be enough to stem her party's decline?