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 ...

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 ...

A vendor sells counterfeit shoes based on designs from Nike and Adidas. Counterfeit footwear is among the most popular items amongst Gen Z Shoppers / Alice Sinclair ‘The original price is Rp16 million ...

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 ...

In 1778 the Bataviaasch Genootschap voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen or Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences was established in Batavia, now Jakarta. The exclusively male Board of Directors, was ...

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 ...

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 ...