These measurements tell us little about what disappears with particular trees, whose lives have become entangled with humans ...

Ten years have passed since then without an execution in Indonesia. Based on the United Nations’ standard, countries that ...

Nonetheless, this collective effort is never proportionate to the number and severity of gender-based violence cases they ...

'Orang-Orang Adelaide' book discussion in Yogyakarta, August 2026 / IG @priyambudi_s When I first arrived in Adelaide, Priyambudi Sulistiyanto was one of the people who welcomed me to the city. We ...

What would our public sphere look like if women had the time and energy to be part of it? Whenever Balinese Hindu holidays ...

Earlier this year, a massive landslip in West Java killed almost 100 people. Two months earlier, eleven were buried alive when another hamlet disappeared. Warnings have been shouted across the decades ...

The first time I met Bu Nurbani was not at a funeral. We met at the office of the residents’ association or RW (rukun warga) in Penjaringan, North Jakarta. Like many neighbourhood offices across ...

With one of the highest smoking prevalence rates in the world, the challenge issued to Indonesia on World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is becoming increasingly urgent. Observed on 31 May, WNTD offers a ...

A mini-series of essays will feature stories of urban life reimagined through the eyes of young people Indonesian cities are often imagined through their most visible features: traffic, shopping malls ...

For the generation of Indonesian language and studies educators who, like myself, began their teaching careers in the 1960s and 70s, this lively collection of informative essays and personal ...

No single voice can speak for the Seko people. That is exactly the point. The night I arrived in Seko in South Sulawesi’s North Luwu regency, most of the hillside was dark. A few houses glowed faintly ...

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 ...