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

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

Garuda Indonesian Airline offices in Europe and Australia, are starting to become targets of protests against the Suharto regime, after the regime…

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

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

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

Early in 1995 a…

Max Lane – It's surprising that any observer of Indonesian society and politics could accept the official line that Indonesia's approach to the…

Rudy Habibie is arguably Indonesia's most influential citizen, after President Suharto, of course. Although officially he only holds the humble…

This article originally appeared in Links - International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Issue…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto received a substantial endorsement on Tuesday as the influential figure, Erick…

M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – The pros and cons of implementing 12 percent VAT by January 1, 2025, were responded to by the Chair of the National…

Ananda Ridho Sulistya, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Environment Hanif Faisol has stated that West Java has lost approximately 1.2 million…

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The Financial Services Authority (OJK) announced that outstanding financing distributed by the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending…