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STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 11, 2016 • 7 min read

Safe Flight Eyes on the skies: Indonesia and aviation safety

By Jennifer Meszaros • Jan 11, 2016
Following a succession of deadly crashes, and with the country set to emerge as one of the world’s largest air travel markets by 2020, the pressure is on for Indonesia to focus on aviation safety

STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 30, 2015 • 9 min read

Timor Leste The battle for the past

By David Hutt • Dec 30, 2015
In 1975, Indonesian forces invaded Timor-Leste, heralding an occupation that lasted 24 years and claimed the lives of up to a third of the population. Forty years later, another clash is underway: an internal “history war” over the official narrative of the country’s turbulent past

STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 30, 2015 • 11 min read

Suharto and Indonesia A bloody legacy

By Nithin Coca • Dec 30, 2015
Fifty years ago, one of the most violent episodes in recent history took place across the Indonesian archipelago. Under General Suharto, an estimated 500,000 people were murdered in just two years, and the effects of the dictator’s rule are still reverberating through society

STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 04, 2015 • 6 min read

Can Indonesia tackle its toxic haze?

By Daniel Besant & Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata • Dec 04, 2015
A record amount of poisonous smoke is billowing into the region’s atmosphere as a result of fires in Indonesia. The hazardous haze is likely to keep returning year after year, unless Jakarta finds the political will to deal with the causes

Nov 20, 2015 • 3 min read
Culture

Bring out your dead

In Indonesia, the remarkable ma’nene ritual reveals the Toraja ethnic group’s deep devotion to their deceased relatives
By Agung Parameswara • Nov 20, 2015

Nov 13, 2015 • 7 min read
Plastic pollution

Can Southeast Asia stop dumping waste in our oceans?

New research shows that plastic waste in our oceans is far worse than previously thought, and Southeast Asian nations are among the worst offenders
By Logan Connor • Nov 13, 2015

Aug 28, 2015 • 3 min read
Sumbawa Horse Racing

Taking the fall

The child jockeys of Sumbawa island risk injury, even death, for cash and glory in traditional horse races
By Putu Sayoga • Aug 28, 2015

Jul 13, 2015 • 8 min read
Ridwan Kamil

Because I’m happy

Ridwan Kamil is the self-proclaimed “caretaker of loveable Bandung”, Indonesia’s third-largest city. Already famed for his work as an architect, Kamil’s dedication to the art of happiness and community collaboration is winning him praise and loyal followers in a political system plagued by corruption
By Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata • Jul 13, 2015

Mar 24, 2015 • 3 min read

Rites of our ancestors

The animist beliefs of Marapu are a basis for guidance, cultural identity and social values on the Indonesian isle of Sumba
By Agung Parameswara • Mar 24, 2015

Mar 17, 2015 • 8 min read
Indonesian Politics

One nation, worlds apart

Indonesia’s 17,500 islands are home to one of the most diverse populations on earth. Is shifting power from Jakarta to other urban centres the best way to unite the archipelago?
By Nithin Coca • Mar 17, 2015

Feb 20, 2015 • 4 min read
Indonesia

On a wind and a prayer

As part of his modern re-telling of Sindbad the Sailor, photographer Beat Presser boarded traditional pinisi cargo boats
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Feb 20, 2015