Melanie Filler and Tim Barretto are Sydney-based documentary filmmakers who just returned from the tsunami and earthquake ...

Solidarity is not about how much we give but about how sincerely we are present for others.’ This was how Zainal (not his ...

To all appearances May 2008 was a rather reflective month for Indonesia. Newspapers were full of ‘State of the nation’ and ‘How far have we come?’ editorials and opinion pieces. Academics and armed ...

The orang Betawi are the native ethnic group who inhabit the Greater Jakarta metropolitan area, colloquially known as Jabodetabek. The ethnic group derives their name from Batavia, the capital city of ...

The first few months of 2026 marked a new stage in global geopolitics, particularly concerning the escalation of tensions in the Middle East. Amid the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, the United ...

‘Wiha Nasohoa!’ (’This is our homeland!’) Red Cross ceremony at Yare Village, 2024 / author Indigenous Papuans use culture and Christianity to defend the land Indigenous communities of several ...

At almost every major intersection scattered throughout Yogyakarta there are makeshift signs affixed to the back of traffic lights advertising ‘terapi kejantanan’ or men’s virility therapy. These ...

What might Indonesia have achieved if it had not occupied East Timor? As an Indonesian who always sympathised with Timor-Leste’s independence struggle, I once thought its freedom was an impossible ...

The treatment of a keris in a Batik clothing store in Indonesia /author In following the journey of Diponegoro’s keris from a Dutch museum to Indonesia, I encountered the social life of keris as an ...

A student expressing their condolences for Affan Kurniawan/ A.N. This recent tragedy profoundly affected young people in Yogyakarta, and across the country On the morning of 29 August 2025, a student ...

Di China, 80 persen penanggap tahun lalu menjawab Ya ketika ditanya apakah mereka ingin negara mereka mengganti batu bara, minyak, dan gas dengan energi terbarukan, seperti tenaga angin atau matahari.

Thursday, 14 August 2025, was a day of paradoxes. At the State Palace in Jakarta, a full dress rehearsal was underway for the ceremony celebrating 80 years of independence for the Republic of ...