Edition 56: Oct-Dec 1998 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

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

Worshipping cancer sticks

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

Women do it tough

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

Tommy's toys trashed

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?

Who murdered the rupiah?

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

Orphans no more

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

Rape is rape

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

The morning after...

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.

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'They just want love...'

Worshipping cancer sticks

Women do it tough

Tommy's toys trashed

Who murdered the rupiah?

Orphans no more

Rape is rape

The morning after...

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