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Nov 27, 2024 Last Updated 2:20 AM, Oct 31, 2024

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Review: Jokowi: From Solo to Jakarta and beyond?

Review: Jokowi: From Solo to Jakarta and beyond?

Bob Lowry reviews the memoir of the current Jakarta governor and likely frontrunner for the 2014 presidential elections

Platitudes of Papua

Sobaham Anderson 1

It’s easy to blame the central government for all of Papua’s problems, but it’s also inaccurate

Dying for nothing

Puskesmas Bokondini Anderson 1

Special Autonomy has crippled health services in the Papuan Highlands

Sex, lies and politicians

Sex, lies and politicians

Indonesian politicians quite often star inadvertently in porn films, but it doesn’t seem to hurt them much

Syria as Armageddon

Syria as Armageddon

Indonesian jihadis believe that the Syrian conflict signals the end of the world

Café culture

Café culture

The changing socio-economic status of Yogyakarta’s students threatens the survival of one of the city’s icons

Seeking identity, seeking Indonesia

Seeking identity, seeking Indonesia

Pulang's author reflects on writing the stories of those unseen and unheard

Review: Voices from the unheard

Review: Voices from the unheard

Leila S. Chudori’s novel Pulang is an important addition to a growing literature examining the events of 1965-66 and its aftermath

A nation of dunces?

A nation of dunces?

Bureaucrats and politicians have created an education system that is shockingly bad

Review: Julia’s jihad

Review: Julia’s jihad

The provocative Julia Suryakusuma on the rampage

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