Edition 56: Oct-Dec 1998

15th Anniversary

ED COLIJN

Published: 29 September 2007

GERRY VAN KLINKEN

Published: 29 September 2007

WILLIE SMITS

Published: 22 September 2007

Disasters and greed threaten the orangutan in Kalimantan. But WILLIE SMITS and his team of Indonesian carers are giving hundreds a new start.

CATHERINE REYNOLDS

Published: 22 September 2007

The tobacco industry keeps the government afloat, but at a huge cost in ordinary lives

CHARLENE DARMADI

Published: 22 September 2007

The economic crisis affects women badly. They are laid off first, yet have more responsibilities at home.

IAN CHALMERS

Published: 22 September 2007

Suharto loved his son Tommy so much he helped him build an automobile industry. Blatant nepotism, that led to his own downfall. Is it now a thing of the past?

SRITUA ARIEF

Published: 22 September 2007

Not currency speculators but Indonesian and especially foreign investors with a chronic craving for US dollars destroyed the national economy

DWI MARIANTO

Published: 22 September 2007

The biggest demonstration in May took place not in Jakarta, but hundreds of kilometres away in Yogyakarta. It was almost a rebirth.

SANDYAWAN SUMARDI

Published: 22 September 2007

A new movement resists the terror and expresses solidarity with the Chinese Indonesian women who were raped in Jakarta in May

LOREN RYTER

Published: 22 September 2007

Students toppled Suharto. Why could they not agree to topple Habibie as well? A foreign observer reveals his field notes for the day after Suharto resigned.