Regions

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

Review: Dutch decision in 1949 had huge consequences

Review: Petrus Tegeke presents a detailed account of the position of women in West Papua

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

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

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

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

Mining is booming in East Nusa Tenggara, but where is the wealth going?

Pining for the certainty of the Suharto era

Bandung’s government opts for a religious program that matches the city’s character

A Christian church is asserting its democratic rights by suing the mayor of Depok

The value of children’s paid work on Lombok’s tobacco plantations presents a challenge to emotive arguments for the wholesale banning of child labour

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

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

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

Abdurrahman Wahid’s life deserves serious and critical reflection