About cooking, studying Java, and other serious pleasures
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Ong Hok Ham, 1933-2007
Intellectual, Chinese, atheist, gay - and wholly Indonesian
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Sex and tea in Semarang
The peculiar relationship between sex and jasmine tea in downtown Semarang keeps both police and prostitutes in a game of cat and mouse.
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We refuse to become victims
Indonesian, Australian and Timor Leste artists collaborate
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Starting early
New programs of compulsory religious education for Muslim children in West Sumatra have received little publicity outside that province. Is this a new phase in the Islamisation of Indonesia?
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Shifting faultlines
In the aftermath of religious conflict, ethnic difference is becoming more prominent in Ambon
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Fight for survival
Ring deaths leave Indonesian boxing on the ropes.
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An unlikely unionist
Inspired by television and Muchtar Pakpahan, a traditional fisherman decides it’s time to act.
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Behind the jamboree
Direct local elections give Jakartans a say in their city’s future
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Clash of interests
Tension within Cabinet has once again become public. But while many see it as a religious clash, the more serious conflict, writes GERRY VAN KLINKEN, is over the protection of special business interests.
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More than six decades after being inspired as an undergraduate in Sydney, Ron Witton retraces his Indonesian language teacher's journey back to Suriname