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Indonesia

Archipelago 2 days ago

Floods in Bali kill at least six

Torrential rain since late Tuesday triggered flooding across four districts of Bali, forcing the eva...

Editorial 3 days ago

Farewell Bu Ani

After seeing online videos showing the interior of her home being vandalized with her hand-drawn pai...

Archipelago 3 days ago

Two British men arrested in Bali for alleged cocaine smuggling

Indonesia commonly sentences drug traffickers to death, although the country has not carried out suc...

Academia 4 days ago

Why the House struggles to maintain independence and trust

Pent-up frustrations due to House’s failure to represent citizen interests erupted into large ...

Economy 4 days ago

Indonesia presses businesses to find a million cows

The centerpiece of a program to provide free meals to 83 million children and expectant mothers...

Politics 4 days ago

Hundreds still detained after deadly protests against perks for lawmakers

Thousands of people across Indonesia held rallies from late August against economic inequality ...

Entertainment 5 days ago

PREMIUM
Ade Govinda, the hitmaker of euphonic, everlasting pop

With emotionally charged lyrics and haunting melodies, the songwriter-producer has established his u...

Academia 5 days ago

State response to protests echoes darker times

Though the recent protests evoked a darker chapter in the nation’s history, they also mark a d...

Editorial 5 days ago

People need dreams

It would be tempting to interpret the excessive increase in lawmakers’ housing allowance as th...

Archipelago 6 days ago

PREMIUM
Planned new capital Nusantara risks 'white elephant' status

The legacy project of former president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is battling a slashed budget, ...