If colonial batik once spoke of colonial refinement and order, contemporary batik narrates raw, honest resistance from the ...

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

The intensive program of Indonesian language and culture courses (PIBBI) at Salatiga’s Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana (UKSW ...

In Aceh, tensions boil over between locals and the Rohingya refugees they once generously took in On 26 March 2026 in the ...

Gestapu An abbreviation invented by army propagandists in early October 1965 to refer to the 30 September Movement (Gerakan Tiga Puluh September). Although it did not accurately abbreviate the ...

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 ...

Early on Sunday morning, Jalan Jenderal Sudirman in Jakarta is full of runners, cyclists, and families enjoying the city’s weekly car free day. Along the roadside, dozens of photographers with ...

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 ...

Can vertical housing solve the problems of the urban poor? On that sunny day, life in Kampung Bayam went on as it always had. Children chased each other and played around while mothers cooked some ...