Aug 04, 2020 Last Updated 3:52 AM, Jul 28, 2020

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Sympathy for the Devil

Sympathy for the Devil

Pining for the certainty of the Suharto era

Religious Bandung

Religious Bandung

Bandung’s government opts for a religious program that matches the city’s character

Eager to work

Eager to work

The value of children’s paid work on Lombok’s tobacco plantations presents a challenge to emotive arguments for the wholesale banning of child labour

A storm in a bank vault

A storm in a bank vault

The much publicised ‘Bank Century’ case is unlikely to do any lasting damage to SBY

Learning to lead

Learning to lead

Against the odds, Indonesian domestic workers have achieved real change in Hong Kong

Leaving Indonesia

Leaving Indonesia

As this edition shows, the choices faced by those who leave Indonesia for work are anything but simple

Organising for migrant worker rights

Organising for migrant worker rights

Non-governmental organisations continue to fill the gap in the absence of viable alternatives

Oppressed and they know it

Oppressed and they know it

Indonesian fishers in Taiwan are beginning to fight back

Token gestures

Token gestures

Despite recent government negotiations, Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia remain disempowered

American dreams

American dreams

Undocumented Indonesian migrant labourers - known locally as kuli dollar - work long hours in difficult conditions in search of prosperity in Philadelphia

A matter of luck

A matter of luck

Migrant domestic workers aspire to more than their home communities can offer and are willing to take risks to change their lives

Passports optional

Passports optional

Indonesian migrant workers without visas - or sometimes even passports - rely on the help of middlemen to get past immigration checkpoints into East Malaysia

Costly inducements

Costly inducements

Pocket money given to intending migrant domestic workers comes at a price

Supporting mothers-to-be

Supporting mothers-to-be

Community facilitators improve maternal and child health in Lombok

Expectant fathers

Expectant fathers

Men should be more involved in maternal and newborn health care

Doctors in training

Doctors in training

Better assessment could provide the answer to problems caused by the rapid expansion of places available in Indonesian public medical schools

Charting Indonesia's health

Charting Indonesia's health

Systematic research paves the way for better strategies to improve health outcomes

Driving under the New Order

Driving under the New Order

The tumultuous events of 1965 thwarted Liong Tjie Tjong’s writing aspirations

Celebrating community

Celebrating community

A temple procession brings Chinese culture to life in Jakarta’s streets

Marketing the Chinese face of Islam

Marketing the Chinese face of Islam

Chinese Muslim preachers are popular, but they don’t always promote greater pluralism

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