In the Indonesian online sphere, illustrators who are invested in railway history have begun reimagining train stations ...

Before BTS made K-pop mainstream globally, there was me: a teenager from the United States who fell in love with Indonesian music and became a Sahabat NOAH, the equivalent of BTS’s Army.

In 2024, Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) quietly disbanded. This news drew far less public attention than when the terrorist organisation was in the international spotlight following the 2002 Bali bombings.

A movement seeking justice, healing, and freedom for Black people has become a powerful rallying call for Indigenous West Papuans Resonating with the Black Lives Matter protests in the US and ...

When in 2019 the Indonesian government wanted to curtail the powers of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), students took to the streets. Many Indonesians were angry about this seemingly ...

Indonesians' present-day notions of beauty are embedded in a long and complex relationship between skin colour and race Go to any mall in Indonesia and you will find images of light-skinned, if not ...

When Indonesian parliamentarians wanted to curtail the powers of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), social media was suddenly awash with messages suggesting that the KPK was full of ...

In the past two years race and racism has come to the forefront of political and social debate in many countries, including Indonesia. America’s #BlackLivesMatter movement resonated globally and ...

Technicians of state utility PLN take part in an exercise to learn what do in case of emergencies in Depok / Antara Photo/Teresia May The government’s approach to this mega power infrastructure ...

In his introduction to Talking North, Paul Thomas suggests that the study of Indonesian language and culture in Australia might be described as a ‘national project’, a pathway to a deeper ...

According to local resident Om Nono Muma, most of residents in the small West Sumatran town of Sawahlunto are descendants from migrants who came from other parts of Indonesia, particularly Java, to ...