What appeared as a distant fantasy in the ballroom soon reappeared in institutional form. In the months that followed, the ...

Poulgrain's Blood and Silence adds to this growing body of work. His thesis is that Suharto knew of the coup in advance. For evidence he draws on his previous work in the US and CIA archives, and ...

The collapse of the New Order during the Asian financial crisis paved the way for many political and economic reforms in Indonesia. In exchange for development aid, multilateral donor agencies such as ...

When Indonesian parliamentarians wanted to curtail the powers of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), social media was suddenly awash with messages suggesting that the KPK was full of ...

Pada musim semi 2019, ketika tengah menyelesaikan program residensi Asia Culture Center- Rijksakademie di Amsterdam, saya bertemu dengan Harm Stevens. Harm merupakan seorang sejarawan sekaligus ...

A vendor sells counterfeit shoes based on designs from Nike and Adidas. Counterfeit footwear is among the most popular items amongst Gen Z Shoppers / Alice Sinclair ‘The original price is Rp16 million ...

Pro-reformasi demonstrators in Solo, May 1998 / Sunaryo Haryo Bayu, Solopos, 1998. Hearing about my mother's experiences in May 1998 became a pivotal moment that has shaped my life. ‘Every second, I ...

When in 2019 the Indonesian government wanted to curtail the powers of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), students took to the streets. Many Indonesians were angry about this seemingly ...

For much of its modern history drugs have been legally produced and consumed in Indonesia, largely in response to demand at home. As far back as the 10th century, the use of cannabis (ganja), mostly ...

‘Anti-hoax’ demonstration by civil society group MAFINDO that aims to strengthen Indonesians’ digital literacy and resilience to online manipulation / Mafindo.or.id A favourite pastime of Indonesian ...

According to local resident Om Nono Muma, most of residents in the small West Sumatran town of Sawahlunto are descendants from migrants who came from other parts of Indonesia, particularly Java, to ...

Indonesia faces tremendous challenges in the field of mental health. There is a severe shortage of mental health personnel as well as treatment and care facilities. The stigma against mental illness ...