The rapid development of Indonesia's pulp and paper industry will put yet more pressure on the country's already severely depleted forests.

In our last issue we described how Indonesia, and especially Kalimantan's gold belt has become a honeypot for Canadian companies.

Garuda Indonesian Airline offices in Europe and Australia, are starting to become targets of protests against the Suharto regime, after the regime's brutal intervention in Megawati Suka

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The long-running dispute between the Bentian people of East Kalimantan and the logging company PT Kahold Utama remains unresolved.

Jakarta – The head of NU Abdurrahman Wahid said yesterday that he is not convinced that a number of Maduran's went to Kalimantan to "provoke the people".

In West Kalimantan too, indigenous people are struggling to defend their customary land against commercial interests.

Max Lane – It's surprising that any observer of Indonesian society and politics could accept the official line that Indonesia's approach to the resolution of issues is "consensual".

Rudy Habibie is arguably Indonesia's most influential citizen, after President Suharto, of course.

This article originally appeared in Links - International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Issue #2, July-September, 1994

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto received a substantial endorsement on Tuesday as the influential figure, Erick Thohir, officially declared his support

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Ananda Ridho Sulistya, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Environment Hanif Faisol has stated that West Java has lost approximately 1.2 million hectares of protected areas since 2010.

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The Financial Services Authority (OJK) announced that outstanding financing distributed by the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending or online lending industry in June 2025