Jakarta will always sit at the centre of how we imagine Indonesian urban life. But many of the country’s most consequential urban stories are unfolding elsewhere – in Solo, Denpasar, Pekalongan, ...

Another youth initiative, Nurturang, echoes the reclaiming of public spaces, but this time the public space is Bali’s history ...

Through these depictions, Surabaya’s identity as an advanced colonial port city or battlefield of resistance is reimagined as ...

Three decades after Suharto fell, the army is back. On the night of 8 May 2026, a screening of the documentary film Pesta ...

For the generation of Indonesian language and studies educators who, like myself, began their teaching careers in the 1960s and 70s, this lively collection of informative essays and personal ...

Are we building a golden future or a burnt-out generation? On a quiet night, a student in Indonesia scrolls through her phone before going to sleep. One video shows someone her age receiving a ...

No single voice can speak for the Seko people. That is exactly the point. The night I arrived in Seko in South Sulawesi’s North Luwu regency, most of the hillside was dark. A few houses glowed faintly ...

The Tasi Diak (Good Sea) was spotted from the air only after a tip-off from Aussie and Timorese activists plotting its progress. Although the boat had no communications equipment, its Darwin-based ...

Bali is a dream holiday destination for many of us. For a growing number of visitors, it's a line item in an investments and global arbitrage lifestyle that location-independent workers have turned ...

Twenty years on, in Sidorajo the mud continues to flow and survivors feel neglected, diminished and unheard Toxic mud continues to inundate former homes, factories and agricultural plots in Sidoarjo, ...

When the school day ends, the classroom empties. Chalk dust settles. Children sprint to the gate as if freedom is a competitive sport. But the teacher does not rest. She checks her phone. There is ...

This is a story about Easter in Kupang, where the celebration takes shape through two processions across sea and streets. I did not witness the first directly. I reconstruct it from conversations with ...