Dayak anger ignored MICHAEL DOVE traces Dayak unhappiness to inequities in state development. Read more
Gone fishing AHMAD SOFIAN explores the lives of young people on hundreds of isolated fishing platforms in the Malacca Straits Read more
Lippogate? Not really Allegations of influence peddling by Indonesia's Lippo financial group may be unproven, but opened a bigger trail that led elsewhere. JAY LOSHER reports from America. Read more
What the elite do when their banks are in trouble Many private banks set up by Indonesia's super-wealthy in the 1980s are reeling under the weight of mismanagement. But connections sometimes allow them to evade the laws of financial gravity, as SUARA INDEPENDEN shows in these two reports. Read more
Taking on the timber tycoons It's lonely in the Forestry Minister's office, says GERRY VAN KLINKEN. Read more
Jakarta money stirs Ujungpandang riot VEDI HADIZ sent this eyewitness account from South Sulawesi. Read more
Sun, sand and smoke 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. Read more
Sulawesi on two wheels MICK COOPES drags a bicycle through the wilds of Toraja, South Sulawesi. Read more
No crisis please The currency crisis is making Thailand more democratic, but not Indonesia, says PRIYAMBUDI. Read more
Help us clean up! 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. Read more
Permeable border Indonesian fishermen whose traditional fishing grounds are in Australian waters may have a Mabo-style claim, says CAMPBELL WATSON. Read more
Volunteers rescue reefs HELEN LANDYMORE found herself surveying rare birds and fish in stunning locations when she joined an Operation Wallacea expedition. Read more
The end of the Asian miracle 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. Read more
Markets, morals and leadership after the boom 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. Read more
From go-go to yo-yo GERRY VAN KLINKEN traces the spectacular financial events that paralysed the country's business and political elites. Read more
Rare birds die in West Java Impoverished villagers kill huge numbers of migrating birds resting on Java's foreshores each year. JOHN McCARTHY reports Read more
Whose tourism? Balinese fight back CAROL WARREN reports on developments at Padanggalak, where outside money and graft encounter strong opposition. Read more
Travels in West Timor SIMON ANDREWARTHA discovers a quiet invasion by outsiders, even in the remotest villages. Read more
Mamberamo madness Millions of hectares of pristine tropical forest and thousands of indigenous people are at risk. FRANCES CARR outlines Habibie's 'techno dream' for Irian Jaya. Read more