Regions

Young men in Papua reassert their manhood through penis enlargement

A singer for all seasons at ease with many musical repertoires and traditions

Rappers express their music in a Javanese way in Yogyakarta

The people of Rengat, the Dutch archives and Dutch authorities have always known about the massacre of January 1949. Why then is the Dutch public not aware?  

Orang-orang di Rengat dan arsip-arsip di Belanda, kedua-duanya tahu adanya pembantaian di bulan Januari 1949. Lalu, mengapa masyarakat umum Belanda tidak tahu itu?

Dutch paratroopers massacred hundreds, perhaps thousands, in a Sumatran town during the Indonesian Revolution, yet nobody outside Rengat seems to know.

Pasukan payung Belanda membunuhratusan, bahkan mungkin ribuan orang di Rengat, sebuah kota Sumatra, pada masa Revolusi Nasional Indonesia, tapi kelihatannya orang-orang di luar Rengat tidak tahu itu. 

The slaughter of Indonesians by young nationalists has been hidden by romantic narratives of the independence struggle

Bali’s World Heritage listing has put its rice-farming culture under stress 

Bringing Kartini’s entire anthology of writings together for the first time reveals the depths of her pioneering influence

Bandung’s civic improvement program continues after its patron is imprisoned 

An environmental movement is generating new forms of resistance by fusing traditional and contemporary Balinese art with social media

At a workshop in Bali, experts reflect on the sustainable production of Indonesia’s cash crops

Aceh Singkil’s recent church burning may reflect common ways Indonesians have linked religion and region

History and heritage in the Indonesian imagination

Jose da Costa and 17 others fled Indonesia-occupied East Timor on a small fishing boat and sought asylum in Australia

Yogyakarta’s notorious Brajamusti elects a president

A series of illustrated books offers a visual journey through the history of Jakarta and brings back vivid memories

Succession within the Sultanate of Yogyakarta decides who will own vast tracts of land