Edition 56: Oct-Dec 1998 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

Nov 26, 2024 Last Updated 2:20 AM, Oct 31, 2024

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Jakarta's May Revolution

How did Jakarta in May compare with people movements against dictatorships elsewhere in world history?

Cleansing the earth

In the weeks leading up to 21 May, Indonesia experienced a cultural explosion of new life.

Day of no laws

Amid the arson and looting last May, one Australian makes a strange discovery. Jakarta is still worth calling home.

Raising the West Papua flag

An eyewitness watches the Irian Jaya independence movement grow

Ballot ballet

In May 1999 Indonesians take part in the first democratic elections in over forty years. How will they be run?

Learning to talk

Unlike Suharto, Habibie is too weak to ignore the people

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