Football may be Indonesia’s most popular sport, but it is also riven with corruption – and the Indonesian media is looking the other way
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Review: Surabaya-style football fandom
Junaedi gives a rare insight into Indonesia's football culture
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Freedom of information
The Freedom of Information Act has largely failed to make government institutions more transparent and accountable
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Jokowi for President? No!
Riverbank settlers love Jokowi, but they don’t want him to become president
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Review: Money, power and ideology in Indonesia’s political party system
Marcus Mietzner argues that when seen in the context of other new democracies, Indonesia’s political parties are not so bad
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Mining paradise
Local communities resist mining development on Sulawesi’s Bangka Island
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Revolutionising retail
In Jakarta, 7-Eleven found a loophole that allowed it to break into small-format retailing, transforming itself and contributing to a revolution in Indonesian retail in the process
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Bird’s nest boom
Indonesia’s efforts to supply delicacies to China are evolving in surprising directions
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Wasted talent
Returned migrant workers have much to offer, but have trouble achieving recognition for the skills they’ve developed abroad
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Dancing against violence
Not even Mount Kelud erupting could stop Yogyakarta's activists from standing up against violence to women as part of One Billion Rising
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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