Top Indonesian ‘Anticorruption’ Judge Is Arrested for Graft
Top court official who once said that those convicted of corruption should have their fingers amputated has himself been arrested and charged with corruption
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The World’s Most Expensive Coffee Is a Cruel Cynical Scam
For the most part, civet coffee is not harvested in the wild in limited quantities but mass produced by animals kept in appalling conditions — it’s high time we stopped drinking it
‘Virginity Tests’ Throw Spotlight on Indonesia’s Conflicted Sexual Morality
A small-town education chief in Indonesia made headlines last week after he reportedly planned to impose mandatory virginity tests on female students entering high school. He cited concerns over premarital sex and teen …
Q&A: Indonesia’s Terrorism Expert on the Country’s Homegrown Jihadis
Indonesia has endured terrorist attacks targeting churches, embassies, nightclubs and luxury hotels for over a decade. While much focus has been on the link between Indonesian terrorist groups and al-Qaeda, terrorism expert and …
Shocking Arrest Underscores Endemic Corruption in Indonesia’s Energy Sector
Rudi Rubiandini was considered a clean man in a corrupt industry, until authorities arrested him and accused him of taking $700,000 in bribes
Jakarta Bomb a Warning That Burma’s Muslim-Buddhist Conflict May Spread
The fear now is that the plight of Burma’s Muslim minority has become a battle cry for Islamist militants in Indonesia
The Southeast Asian Haze Is Back and Worse May Follow
15 Years After the Fall of Suharto, a Mixed Picture of Indonesia’s Minorities
Indonesians are rightly proud of their country’s democratic transformation. But the relative openness that Indonesians have enjoyed since 1998 has given rise not only to civic freedom but also hard-line religious groups that …
Movie, Books Push Indonesia to Confront Its Bloody Past
Three new works ask Indonesians to take another look at the killings of 1965-66.