indonesia



STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 26, 2019 • 8 min read

2004 tsunami The big wave

By Samantha McCabe • Dec 26, 2019
Fifteen years after the devastating tsunami of Boxing Day 2004, Southeast Asia Globe looks back at the tragedy, examining its lasting impact and how the region is addressing the issue of disaster preparedness today.

STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 06, 2019 • 7 min read

Corporal punishment Sticks and stones

By Sebastian Strangio • Dec 06, 2019
Top stories: Public floggings prescribed under strict sharia law were on the rise in Indonesia’s Aceh province in 2015, with a new bylaw set to usher in an era of even harsher corporal punishment.

STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 26, 2019 • 13 min read

Indonesian politics In the blood

By Stania Puspa • Nov 26, 2019
Elected as the archipelago’s first non-dynastic leader, Joko Widodo could be about to launch a political line of his own

STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 14, 2019 • 8 min read

Indonesia’s indigenous peoples Last of their kind

By Andre Barahamin • Nov 14, 2019
A forest community on Halmahera Island, North Maluku, is facing displacement by land-hungry businesses, threatening doomsday for a timeless hunter-gatherer lifestyle

Nov 12, 2019 • 9 min read
Jokowi’s second term

All things to all men

Indonesia’s new cabinet is not only a nod to oligarchy but could undermine prospects for much-needed economic reforms
By Alexander R. Arifianto • Nov 12, 2019

Oct 03, 2019 • 12 min read
Indonesia protests

Back on the streets

Students demonstrators have taken to the streets of Indonesia to protest controversial bills – and remind President Joko Widodo not to abandon his reformist credentials
By Stania Puspa • Oct 03, 2019

Sep 27, 2019 • 13 min read
Indonesia Disasters

Washed away

Last year’s tragedies forced authorities to better prepare for the disasters that are inevitable across the seismically hyperactive, drought and flood-prone archipelago
By Simon Roughneen • Sep 27, 2019

Sep 09, 2019 • 9 min read
Urban planning

A capital idea

With Jakarta steadily sinking, President Joko Widodo has announced that a new capital will be built on the island of Borneo. So how will the new city be different?
By Kate Walton • Sep 09, 2019

Aug 16, 2019 • 15 min read
West Papua

Choosing to act

In 1969, Indonesia took control of resource-rich West Papua through a referendum many Papuans call the ‘Act of No Choice’. A half century on, activists are opening a new front in their struggle for self-determination
By Thomas Brent • Aug 16, 2019

Aug 15, 2019 • 13 min read
West Papua

Whose history?

Fifty years after the western part of New Guinea was incorporated into Indonesia, this event has become a battleground for competing versions of history. As the region’s next generation grows up surrounded by conflict, their struggle to speak their truth continues
By Evie Breese • Aug 15, 2019

Aug 13, 2019 • 7 min read
Analysis

Great expectations

Ahead of Indonesia's Independence Day on August 17, Indonesian political analyst Yohanes Sulaiman looks at the prospect of reform during recently re-elected President Joko Widodo’s second term
By Yohanes Sulaiman • Aug 13, 2019

Aug 09, 2019 • 6 min read
Opinion

Guardians of the forest

The head of Indonesia’s main Indigenous Peoples organisation calls on the country’s government to live up to its promises on land rights
By Rukka Sombolinggi • Aug 09, 2019