Edition 58: Apr Jun 1999 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

Women on the move

After three decades of patriarchal conformity under the New Order, women are once more a force for change

Tomorrow, in Timor Lorosae

Freedom in East Timor is no longer a dream. But the transition to freedom is full of danger.

Habibie's fling

Just before an election, Habibie finds the temptation to buy himself a TV network too hard to resist

Blood in the streets

The anger and the bullets are real. So why do student demonstrations reek of melodrama?

New Order old school

The struggle for democracy has slowed because ‘opposition’ leaders, all of them schooled under Suharto, are afraid of the people

Parliament on 28 January approved the legal foundation that will govern the new political party system and the ‘99 election. A complete draft of the law had not yet emerged by mid-February. Here we note some points crucial for the outcome and credibility of the election.

Off to the polls

Indonesians will vote in June. Can they escape from the dead hand of past elections?

Women's Congress

Women on the move

Tomorrow, in Timor Lorosae

Habibie's fling

A hero passes on

Not reformasi, transformasi!

Blood in the streets

New Order old school

The electoral reforms

Off to the polls

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