On that sunny day, life in Kampung Bayam went on as it always had. Children chased each other and played around while mothers ...

Casual images taken in public spaces are now searchable data, raising new questions about consent and personal rights. Early ...

Indonesia Emas 2045 remains a vision rather than a fixed outcome. This creates an opportunity not only to invest in ...

The Tasi Diak (Good Sea) was spotted from the air only after a tip-off from Aussie and Timorese activists plotting its progress. Although the boat had no communications equipment, its Darwin-based ...

Lapindo demonstrates that a disaster is not merely a geological event, but a process of ‘disaster-making’ that goes on and on Today’s advanced industrial societies have a voracious appetite for ...

When the school day ends, the classroom empties. Chalk dust settles. Children sprint to the gate as if freedom is a competitive sport. But the teacher does not rest. She checks her phone. There is ...

This is a story about Easter in Kupang, where the celebration takes shape through two processions across sea and streets. I did not witness the first directly. I reconstruct it from conversations with ...

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 ...

Jefri was in the wrong place at the wrong time on 4 August. Walking around a shopping area in Ambon city he and his 21-year old friend Dominggus Hiraka were beaten by unknown men. Jefri later died of ...

‘Wiha Nasohoa!’ (’This is our homeland!’) Red Cross ceremony at Yare Village, 2024 / author Indigenous Papuans use culture and Christianity to defend the land Indigenous communities of several ...

Asia is often described by big numbers related to economic growth, trade, population or strategic importance. In his new book, Melawat ke Asia (Travels to Asia), Priyambudi Sulistiyanto offers a very ...