Jun 17, 2019 Last Updated 1:23 AM, Jun 14, 2019

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Ten years of hoping and waiting

Ten years of hoping and waiting

A photo essay about families of the disappeared

Global fashion, remixed

Global fashion, remixed

Indie designers rework commercial iconography – and the business of clothing production

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

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

An evening with Abu Bakar Baâasyir

An evening with Abu Bakar Baâasyir

Firebrand preacher’s audience doesn’t burn with enthusiasm

A world of reading

A world of reading

Local writers help combat illiteracy in rural Banten

Teaching and remembering

Teaching and remembering

The legacy of the Suharto era lingers in school history books

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

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