Feb 28, 2021 Last Updated 4:08 AM, Feb 22, 2021

Inside Indonesia

Politics

Rulers in their own country?

Rulers in their own country?

Special autonomy and Papuan aspirations have been thwarted by Jakarta and hampered by the administrative fragmentation sponsored by local politicians

The name game

The name game

Or, the years of living with no one to blame

Inventing Papua

Inventing Papua

Migrants from South Sulawesi have played an important role in manufacturing a Papuan identity

Writing for God

Writing for God

Piety and consumption in popular Islam

A new artistic order?

A new artistic order?

The arts scene has changed radically since 1998, but some of the old uncertainties remain

Blaming the messenger

Blaming the messenger

Indonesia’s tangled public information laws are keeping the press in check

Grassroots rehabilitation

Grassroots rehabilitation

The people of Poso are rebuilding their lives.

Back to the drawing board

NGOs are having to come to terms with the demands of the governance agenda

A sibling rivalry

A sibling rivalry

Since their institutional separation, the relationship between the police and the military has been troubled

Inside Yudhoyono's anti-corruption machine

Inside Yudhoyono's anti-corruption machine

Despite attempts to re-engineer Indonesia’s governance mechanisms, corruption remains a chronic problem

An unholy alliance

An unholy alliance

Political thugs and political Islam work together in Banten

Crime and criminality

Crime and criminality

This edition of Inside Indonesia explores the complex politics of illegality

Personality cults

Personality cults

Foreign news coverage needs to focus on Indonesia’s people, not just its leaders

A different kind of party

A different kind of party

PKS gets serious about recruitment in Malang

Music for the fight, movements for the soul

Music for the fight, movements for the soul

Fight-choreography in West Java is a source of cultural pride

Seeking Soeparno

Seeking Soeparno

A man who left his home to work in a plantation half-way around the world

When is a public holiday not a holiday?

When is a public holiday not a holiday?

The 100 year anniversary of Indonesia’s ‘National Awakening’ fails to inspire

Trouble in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise

A land conflict on the tourist island of Gili Trawangan dates back decades

Oey Hay Djoen (1929-2008)

Oey Hay Djoen (1929-2008)

Policy drift

Policy drift

Ten years after Suharto, the economy is not recovering fast enough

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