Politics

Not even Mount Kelud erupting could stop Yogyakarta's activists from standing up against violence to women as part of One Billion Rising

Cultural clashes emerge as Bali struggles to eradicate rabies

A marriage of convenience lies behind a campaign to defend Kopassus soldiers on trial for murder in Yogyakarta

Jokowi’s record in public office justifies his strong public image

A new bug for running points toward a new politics of lifestyle

Bob Lowry reviews the memoir of the current Jakarta governor and likely frontrunner for the 2014 presidential elections

Indonesian politicians quite often star inadvertently in porn films, but it doesn’t seem to hurt them much

Cosmopolitanism is a dirty word in rural West Java, where creativity and new words are needed to reopen dialogue

What happens after three police officers are found guilty of manslaughter and torture?

Government must act to halt growing discrimination against minorities

Food self-sufficiency in Indonesia is a valid problem but so far the government has only provided counterproductive solutions

Rahmat Ajiguna talks to Eve Warburton about the need to make farmers the centre of food security in Indonesia

The government’s latest approach is not the most effective or efficient way to promote food security

Hunger remains a problem in many Indonesian households

Insurrectionary anarchists, with international connections, nihilist values and a penchant for arson, are moving to fill the vacuum on the left

How can you be a straight cop when people just give you money?

An unlikely alliance between former rebels and a former New Order tormentor will test the limits of Partai Aceh loyalty

Outsiders see arak consumption as a highly dangerous activity, but arak plays an important role in Balinese society

A new publication tells the story of the first graduates of the joint Indonesian Armed Forces Military Academy