Politics

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.

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

Direct elections in South Sulawesi show that a new breed of political godfathers is coming to power in Indonesia’s regions. Parties are increasingly irrelevant, but electoral competition is real.

Indonesia’s premier historian

Indonesia’s Muslim educators support democracy, but grapple with how to make that commitment consistent with Islamic law.

The rise, fall, and re-branding of a celebrity preacher

Understanding the Indonesian Council of Ulamas

Rich countries should pay big bucks to reduce emissions in the developing world

About cooking, studying Java, and other serious pleasures