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Jungle Schools

Jungle Schools

Volunteers bring alternative education to marginalised communities

Political fashions

Political fashions

Timur Angin photo gallery

Stable but unpopular

Stable but unpopular

Indonesians have a love-hate relationship with their political parties.

How far to meaningful democracy? - 1

How far to meaningful democracy? - 1

What you see is what you get.

Go home, tourist!

Go home, tourist!

In Kuta, a local surfer has found that it is worthwhile to share waves with tourists.

Angel sparks controversy

Angel sparks controversy

Journalists strike after West Java’s most famous newspaper ‘withdraws’ poem.

Voices from the muddy void

Voices from the muddy void

Living with the Lapindo disaster

Radio Pikonane

Radio Pikonane

Connecting Papua’s Central Highlands

Classroom culture shock

Classroom culture shock

An Australian teacher trainer learns a lesson (or two) in East Java

Miracle solution or imminent disaster?

Miracle solution or imminent disaster?

Jatropha biofuel production in Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara

Obituary - Mohammad Jusuf Ronodipuro

Obituary - Mohammad Jusuf Ronodipuro

30 September 1919 – 27 January 2008

How will Indonesians remember Suharto?

How will Indonesians remember Suharto?

Newspaper obituaries, from Sabang to Merauke

Deals and denial

Deals and denial

Who is really responsible for Indonesia's drug epidemic?

Modelling syariah in Aceh

Modelling syariah in Aceh

A conference in Banda Aceh reveals divergent opinions about what model of Islamic law Aceh should adopt

Disabled megalopolitan

Disabled megalopolitan

Jakarta’s disabled are striving for a better deal.

Un-natural disaster

Un-natural disaster

An unstoppable flow of mud from an explosion in a gas well in Sidoarjo, East Java, has unleashed a plethora of political issues.

Postcards from a wasteland

Postcards from a wasteland

Despite being a scene of destruction and heartache, there is a strange beauty in the new landscape created in the wake of the Sidoarjo mud disaster.

Tourism in question

Tourism in question

In our new edition, Inside Indonesia explores different perspectives on tourism.

Food for the future

Food for the future

Organic farming takes root in post-bomb Bali

Living like kings

Living like kings

Working-class Singaporeans travel to Indonesia’s Riau Islands in search of a fantasy built around sex.

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