Feb 21, 2025 Last Updated 12:16 AM, Feb 21, 2025

Economy

Too precious to mine

Central Java farmers refuse to get stuck in cement

Land, ethnicity and politics

Direct local elections have led to new developments in the struggle for land rights in East Kalimantan

Not just a piece of paper

The state’s requirements for marriage registration disadvantage poor rural women

Water woes

Private sector participation in Jakarta’s water supply has left many citizens high and dry

Down by the riverside - Kali Ciliwung

Photo-essay: some of Jakarta’s poorest inhabitants find both suffering and happiness on the banks of its main river

Papua road map

Conflict resolution should move from a security to a justice approach

Freedom of expression

Whether Papuans support autonomy or independence, they should be allowed to speak freely

Beyond the Museum

Asmat bisj-poles gain new meaning in a Papuan refugee protest in Melbourne

Rulers in their own country?

Special autonomy and Papuan aspirations have been thwarted by Jakarta and hampered by the administrative fragmentation sponsored by local politicians

Tangguh goes onstream

BP’s massive LNG project is due to begin operations in late 2008, despite social and environmental costs

Brothers in arms

Papuan footballers score goals against HIV.

West Papua: Inside Indonesia?

This edition of Inside Indonesia marks an important anniversary, and explores the multiple faces of Indonesian Papua today

Buffalo-induced malaria

An Indonesian medical doctor reflects on rural health practices

Inventing Papua

Migrants from South Sulawesi have played an important role in manufacturing a Papuan identity

Grassroots rehabilitation

The people of Poso are rebuilding their lives.

Back to the drawing board

NGOs are having to come to terms with the demands of the governance agenda

Inside Yudhoyono'€™s anti-corruption machine

Despite attempts to re-engineer Indonesia’s governance mechanisms, corruption remains a chronic problem

The rise and fall of a gangster

Ethics and politics don’t mix in the world of Jakarta’s preman

Crime and criminality

This edition of Inside Indonesia explores the complex politics of illegality

Prison cum hostel?

A political economy of drugs thrives inside one of Indonesia’s most notorious prisons

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