Society

Biogas reduces the burden of fossil fuel subsidies

Almost twenty years after reformasi, journalist and novelist Leila S. Chudori ponders on the successes and failures of this historic period for Indonesia

Has this phenomenally successful app-based transport service improved the lives of the motorcycle workers it employs?

Indonesian literature is increasingly open to LGBT stories but the struggle to be heard remains

Farmers and would-be farmers in Lombok are fighting a land-rights battle against the tourism industry

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. 

A look into Indonesian migrant women, identity, and cultural performances. 

Benedict Anderson’s memoir showcases a broad-minded approach to the world and Indonesia

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

Yogyakartan Salafi youth are turning to social media to promote their faith 

Standing up in the name of truth and justice

Indonesia’s struggle to create a culture of reading

What next for Indonesia’s underwater cultural heritage?