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Facing a sceptical public, Abri has to talk harder to justify its political role. JUN HONNA listens in.

HERTJE SURIPATTY tells how developers used soldiers and thugs to try to force her out.

VEDI HADIZ sent this eyewitness account from South Sulawesi.

Air crashes, riots, smog, and a currency crisis dented tourist arrivals in 1997. But, says ANNA KARIN EKLÖF, newly rich Asian tourists will save the industry in the long term.

PETER CRONAU and MATTHEW BROWN find that Cold War methods live on in Indonesian consulates around Australia.

MICK COOPES drags a bicycle through the wilds of Toraja, South Sulawesi.

The currency crisis is making Thailand more democratic, but not Indonesia, says PRIYAMBUDI.

DAVID BOURCHIER looks at the new generation of military leaders, after a big shakeup between July and October 1997.

The World Bank has joined the IMF in a huge rescue package. Indonesian non-government organisations (NGOs) presented this memo to World Bank president James Wolfensohn in Jakarta.

Indonesian fishermen whose traditional fishing grounds are in Australian waters may have a Mabo-style claim, says CAMPBELL WATSON.

HELEN LANDYMORE found herself surveying rare birds and fish in stunning locations when she joined an Operation Wallacea expedition.

Punk rockers turn to Yogya craftsmen for ‘guitar weapons’.

The IMF recipe is no cure for Asia's collapsed economies, says WALDEN BELLO. Instead, a people's strategy is emerging that looks to self-reliance and democratic control over capital.

Authoritarian Southeast Asian governments have been dealt a blow by market forces, says MICHAEL VATIKIOTIS, but democracy will not flourish until people begin to organise locally.

There are plenty of capable Indonesians who can take over from Suharto, says the activist group PIJAR.

MARK ERDMANN explains the history of an exciting venture in reef conservation using volunteer divers.

What should democracy activists do in these last days of the New Order? DANIEL LEV offers some pointers.

When speaking off the cuff, Suharto sees himself not as a modern president but as a Javanese king. Ben Abel talks with BEN ANDERSON.

We, more than one hundred Indonesian and non-Indonesian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) participating in the International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (Infid), are deeply concerned about the ongoing economic turmoil in Indonesia which many fear may lead to political turmoil as well.