Image to advertise a lecture series based on Pramoedya's work sponsored by the Jakarta Arts Council and other organisations, June 2025 / IG @jakartscouncil It was good to see the Teater Kecil so ...

My first encounter - albeit imaginary - with a victim of human rights violations occurred in the seventh grade. The victim's name was Widji Thukul. I got to know him well through devoutly reading his ...

Tourism and quiet dispossession in Sianjur Mula-Mula Dion Pardede Ompung Putri Limbong, an elderly farmer and Raja Bius (Indigenous Chief) of Bius Sipitu Tali tends his crops beside Batu Hobon – a ...

Edisi Bacaan Bumi ini meloncat indah ke dalam kolam yang dalam. Kepada mereka yang ragu lepas papan – air ini memang penuh misteri – ketiga penulisnya mengajak: lompatlah! Sejuk! Memang istilah ...

In Yogyakarta, days during Ramadan days begin with sahur, a simple predawn meal, and close with a more elaborate one with iftar (Arabic), buka puasa (Indonesian) or takjil (Javanese) shortly after ...

One morning in early December 1965, Ross Taylor, an English engineer working and living in Pasuruan, East Java, went for a stroll. What he saw on his walk shocked him. Floating in the stream which ran ...

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Far East Gold (FEG) adalah salah satu dari sedikit perusahaan pertambangan Australia yang masih beroperasi di Indonesia. Perusahaan ini beroperasi di dua lokasi di Australia – keduanya di Queensland – ...

The Republic’s birth was fortified in 1945 by teens with bamboo spears fighting the return of Dutch colonialists backed by British tanks grinding through Surabaya gang (alleys). Now thousands of ...

What is ethnicity? Is it social construction or a part of an ancestral heritage? In what way is ethnicity significant in the Indonesian context? These are the questions Holy Rafika Dhona tries to ...

As the US deploys tariffs as economic weapons — the story of how a 1930s trade policy accidentally abolished penal sanctions in the Dutch East Indies reveals unintended consequences Budiman Minasny On ...

Through decades of shifting political landscapes, Tangerang's Chinese community has preserved their sacred traditions On 21 September 2024, the streets around Pasar Lama, Tangerang came alive as ...