Regions

Blaming Papuans
Education is a mess in Papua’s highlands, but fault doesn’t lie with the Papuans alone
After justice
What happens after three police officers are found guilty of manslaughter and torture?
Overprotection is not the answer
Food self-sufficiency in Indonesia is a valid problem but so far the government has only provided counterproductive solutions
ajiguna resized
Rahmat Ajiguna talks to Eve Warburton about the need to make farmers the centre of food security in Indonesia
Feeding Indonesia
Food security is an urgent policy problem in Indonesia but opinions are divided about how best to feed the poorest and most vulnerable
Catch of the day
Ensuring food security in fisheries and aquaculture is an important challenge for the Indonesian government
Indonesia’s new anarchists
Insurrectionary anarchists, with international connections, nihilist values and a penchant for arson, are moving to fill the vacuum on the left
Ari’s audacity
How can you be a straight cop when people just give you money?
Review: Taking a musical journey in Sumatra
Margaret Kartomi’s life-long devotion to bringing Sumatran music to the world is revealed in her major contribution to analysing and preserving this musical heritage
Strange bedfellows
An unlikely alliance between former rebels and a former New Order tormentor will test the limits of Partai Aceh loyalty
Photo essay: Positive is negative
HIV/AIDS is posing an ever greater threat to the health and welfare of people in the highlands of Papua
Reckinger Lemaire
Three stories of people with HIV/AIDS in the central highlands of Papua show that both the government and community have a long way to go in confronting this major epidemic
More than a fatal attraction
Outsiders see arak consumption as a highly dangerous activity, but arak plays an important role in Balinese society