Regions

NGOs are having to come to terms with the demands of the governance agenda

Sundanese have a habit of putting each other in their places

A group of Jakarta punks challenges the criminal stigma attached to tattoos

A culture of violence in schools makes life tough for kids

Foreign news coverage needs to focus on Indonesia’s people, not just its leaders

A photo essay about families of the disappeared

PKS gets serious about recruitment in Malang

Indie designers rework commercial iconography – and the business of clothing production

Fight-choreography in West Java is a source of cultural pride

A man who left his home to work in a plantation half-way around the world

The 100 year anniversary of Indonesia’s ‘National Awakening’ fails to inspire

A land conflict on the tourist island of Gili Trawangan dates back decades

Controlling local corruption is one thing; tackling the big guys in Jakarta is quite another

Firebrand preacher’s audience doesn’t burn with enthusiasm

Local writers help combat illiteracy in rural Banten

Volunteers bring alternative education to marginalised communities

Political parties have stronger social roots in Indonesia than elsewhere in the region

With no internal wars to fight, Yudhoyono can afford to reform the military