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Jul 27, 2024 Last Updated 4:51 AM, Jul 27, 2024

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Society

Speaking of sex

Ignoring teen sexuality only increases health risks

Youth Indonesian

Much more than just Indonesian without the grammar

Homicide and hip-hop

Bandung’s outspoken rap group

Girl culture on the big screen

No longer misfits, but far from gender warriors

Distro

Independent fashion moves from margins to mainstream

Illegal drags

Thrills and spills of Jakarta’s street races

Youth heroin use

How effective is the war on drugs?

Unfinished Business

Labour on the net

Corporate social responsibility?

Just a public relations exercise that undermines workers’ rights

Justice on the net

Little written about justice in cyberspace

Coming of age

Indonesia’s environment network faces dilemmas as it turns 25.

Alleyway revelry

The ‘Gang’ approach to cross-cultural collaboration.

Tortured legacy

Legal reform must overcome a history of authoritarian development

Debating democracy

School debaters struggle against social norms to promote change.

Strong women

Female autonomy became a prominent theme in Pramoedya’s writing.

Fighting words

In his last interview, Pramoedya kept up his attack on elitism and corruption.

He wept for Indonesia

Pramoedya the writer was also an historian who loved his country.

Ubud writers festival

New Indonesian writers receive international exposure.

No longer a choice

Veiling has become a highly politicised practice in Indonesia. Eve Warburton

Two Muslim Women

Would the real Indonesian Islam please stand up?

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