Asia Sentinel

{mosimage}A veteran band looks for love in all the bad places

{mosimage}The archipelago nation falls down on attracting visitors

{mosimage}A tycoon's close relationship to government rescues his conglomerate

{mosimage}Yudhoyono continues to cruise towards a second term

{mosimage}The ADB and Islamic Development Bank seek to create a support structure

{mosimage}Lurid tales of sexual abuse, torture, kidnapping

{mosimage}The press conflates a Facebook crisis in Indonesia

{mosimage}Indonesia's biggest corporate group takes the investors off on another wild ride

{mosimage}Reformasi rears its unlikely head

{mosimage}A high-profile murder case focuses attention on a benighted judicial system

{mosimage}Indonesia's anti-corruption czar is suspected of ordering a love triangle slaying

{mosimage}Don't count them out despite their overall falling numbers

{mosimage}Is the island nation's laid-back Islam being undermined from the Middle East?

{mosimage}As it prepares for elections, the country outshines its neighbors

{mosimage}Jakarta doesn't much want back its terrorist, lately with a Guantanamo address

{mosimage}The country greets the new anti-pornography law pretty much with a yawn

{mosimage}Indonesia's macro performance doesn't look that bad – but keep protectionism at bay

{mosimage}The world's biggest producer of palm oil can't get it together to make biofuels

{mosimage}Indonesia's conservative Muslim party abandons Valentines to woo voters

{mosimage}Jakarta fumbles a major program

{mosimage}Indonesia's ill-starred conglomerate gets a Hong Kong good governance award

{mosimage}Sometimes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is observed in the breach

{mosimage}In the latest drama, somehow US$130 million of government money ends up in Bakrie pockets

{mosimage}A state-owned airline leaves 13 new planes on a ramp in China

{mosimage}Slow going to get rid of the tag ends of a once-rich military empire

{mosimage}Individual governors, Brazil and Indonesia seek to protect the rainforest

{mosimage}Despite endorsement by a tame certifier, Southeast Asia’s miracle oil faces trouble

{mosimage}Bakrie boss says he’ll leave the cabinet at the end of his current term

{mosimage}The House of Representatives pushes through an overly broad bill that could energize Islamic fundamentalists even more

{mosimage}The archipelago nation seems to be doing some things right

{mosimage}A defining struggle breaks out between a reformer and the king of the country’s old guard

{mosimage}It's an economic cliché, but as the rich get richer, this country's poor keep getting poorer

The flag carrier restarts a budget airline that could divert fliers from another government-owned carrier

Villagers are still neck-deep in never-ending mud while the company blamed for the disaster evades responsibility

An interview with Indonesian scholar Anis Baswedan

Politicians to the left of him, politicians to the right of him, Indonesian President Yudhoyono sounds an uncertain charge

Jakarta hopes to gain revenue and investment by cutting tax brackets, increasing collections

The OECD says Indonesia has to try harder despite 5.5 percent growth

Jakarta leads the region in desperation over power shortages

The post-Suharto era sees the rise of unhealthy religious righteousness

Traces of the murder of a human rights activist climb higher into Jakarta’s power structure

A movie and book about Islamic lovers is a vehicle for marketing fundamentalism

The curtain finally falls on Suharto, with the actors still performing their roles

Ten years after the Asian financial crisis, the archipelago looks well-placed to weather trouble

Indonesia joins discussions on compensating countries for not cutting down their rainforests

Jakarta’s governor, ordering up a green day, says do as I say, not as I do

Politics, connections and denials make an environmental disaster worse

A massive judgment against a leading US newsmagazine raises concerns about Indonesian court independence, but journalists are not sure about the story

Indonesia’s lawmakers say Jakarta gave away too much on defense to get its prized extradition treaty

A UN Security Council vote against Iran’s nuclear ambitions puts Indonesia’s president on the spot with other Islamic countries and his own voters

A satirical television show ruffles a minor cabinet minister’s feathers and sets up a confrontation over free speech

Indonesia, seeking legal recourse to nab fleeing financiers, uses the world’s cheapest commodity as a weapon

Bloody jihad-fueled conflict could reignite as Jakarta dithers

Can Indonesia’s devastated fishing grounds be saved?