Regions

Marginal and tattooed
A group of Jakarta punks challenges the criminal stigma attached to tattoos
Brutal lessons
A culture of violence in schools makes life tough for kids
Personality cults
Foreign news coverage needs to focus on Indonesia’s people, not just its leaders
Global fashion, remixed
Indie designers rework commercial iconography – and the business of clothing production
Seeking Soeparno
A man who left his home to work in a plantation half-way around the world
Trouble in Paradise
A land conflict on the tourist island of Gili Trawangan dates back decades
Corruption Inc
Controlling local corruption is one thing; tackling the big guys in Jakarta is quite another
A world of reading
Local writers help combat illiteracy in rural Banten
Jungle Schools
Volunteers bring alternative education to marginalised communities
Roots of democracy
Political parties have stronger social roots in Indonesia than elsewhere in the region
The peace dividend
With no internal wars to fight, Yudhoyono can afford to reform the military