Politics

How Indonesia’s democratic transition transformed Aceh

Democracy is feasible, but only if Indonesia’s democrats take on the elite

A photo gallery

Our new edition shows how far Indonesia has come, and how much remains to be done

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

Living with the Lapindo disaster

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

Jatropha biofuel production in Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara

30 September 1919 – 27 January 2008

Newspaper obituaries, from Sabang to Merauke

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

Arief Budiman reflects on Suharto and his legacy.

Jakarta’s disabled are striving for a better deal.

The passing of the technocrats

Unionists express their disgust at local government’s failure to look after the interests of workers

Tourism campaigns in East Kalimantan fall short of provincial middle class aspirations

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

Strategic planning for disaster remains a low priority for the central government, despite the lessons learned in the aftermath of the Bali bombings

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.