Melanie Filler and Tim Barretto are Sydney-based documentary filmmakers who just returned from the tsunami and earthquake ...

Students fundraising for victims of the Aceh and Sumatra floods demonstrate that offering assistance transcends sociocultural boundaries ‘This assistance (money and clothes) may be small, but within ...

The orang Betawi are the native ethnic group who inhabit the Greater Jakarta metropolitan area, colloquially known as Jabodetabek. The ethnic group derives their name from Batavia, the capital city of ...

At almost every major intersection scattered throughout Yogyakarta there are makeshift signs affixed to the back of traffic lights advertising ‘terapi kejantanan’ or men’s virility therapy. These ...

Did Indonesia's autocratic second president Suharto have blood on his hands from seizing power six decades ago? Greg Poulgrain joins a growing chorus of scholarship arguing precisely this. Blood and ...

The Hare Krishna minority performs and accepts tolerance in pluralistic Yogyakarta The Special Region of Yogyakarta offers compelling, grounded stories rich in messages of tolerance. This photo essay ...

What might Indonesia have achieved if it had not occupied East Timor? As an Indonesian who always sympathised with Timor-Leste’s independence struggle, I once thought its freedom was an impossible ...

Di Remexio, sebuah sub-distrik di selatan ibu kota Dili, berbagai peninggalan mengingatkan pengunjung tentang arus sejarah yang tetap mempengaruhi Timor-Leste hingga saat ini. Berkendara kurang lebih ...

The treatment of a keris in a Batik clothing store in Indonesia /author In following the journey of Diponegoro’s keris from a Dutch museum to Indonesia, I encountered the social life of keris as an ...

A student expressing their condolences for Affan Kurniawan/ A.N. This recent tragedy profoundly affected young people in Yogyakarta, and across the country On the morning of 29 August 2025, a student ...

Maxine Sutisna is not yet a household name in Indonesia, but she soon could be. In 2024 18-year-old Jakarta native, Maxine Sutisna made history by becoming the first female basketballer from Indonesia ...

Dea is a 23-year-old student living independently in Pamulang sub-district in South Tangerang, Banten. She has visual impairments and has been struggling to replace her expired debit card at a bank ...