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The waste emergency

Government, producers and the public must all cooperate to tackle Indonesia’s waste problems

Mudik forms a bogus redemption for many precarious workers amid a lack of decent jobs in both rural and urban areas

An excellent reminder of the strength and importance of relationships between people of different cultures

Tati (Tatik) Soepijarniwati, 86 years, seems too small, too slight and too old to agitate / Author

A lifelong activist and retired midwife is teaching her peers to stay engaged… and not burden their children

Consort seated at spinning wheel, c.1910. Reproduced in CM Pleyte, De Inlandsche nijverheid in West-Java als social-ethnologisch verschijnsel. Vol. 2, 1911. Batavia: Javasche Boekhandel en Drukkerij.

Textiles from Java

On a recent study trip, journalism student Lisa Favazzo met two people giving back to their communities in extraordinary ways

Muslim devotees attend Sukarno's graveside / Ian Chalmers

Sukarno’s gravesite is very popular but there is much irony in the way his memory is celebrated

Elite politics and Freeport Indonesia’s non-compliance continue to deny Timotius Kambu his owed wages

Landscape of the Soul III (WWII) 2016. Frances Larder.

An exhibition of wall-hangings and mixed-media depicts the experiences of European Dutch and Eurasian people in Indonesia during the Japanese Occupation, the Revolution and after

The waste emergency

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Aging remarkably

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Passing it on

A temple to populist nationalism

Timotius and Freeport

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