Marcel Thee – Bombers are decorating Jakarta. Not with explosives, but with cans of spray paint. And lots of it.
Literature & The Arts
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February 17, 2010
January 27, 2010
Bernard Lane – Max Lane is multiplying. There was a young Australian diplomat by that name, posted to Jakarta in 1980.
December 27, 2009
Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – The Reform Era that began in 1998 not only resulted in the changing face of government and society, but also swept in fresh air and fresh voices in literature.
September 1, 2009
Max Lane – On August 6, Wahyu Sulaiman Rendra, Indonesia's greatest dramatist and most influential poet, died in Jakarta, aged 74.
July 1, 2009
Max Lane – Rallies and other public shows of support have remained weak for the three candidates and their running mates in the weeks leading up to the July 8 Indonesian presidential el
November 22, 2008
Angie Bexley - "Gembel" is an Indonesian word meaning homeless person, bum or vagrant.
November 10, 2008
Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Trouble appears to be brewing in East Timor again as security forces step up roadblocks and increase security around government buildings.
August 12, 2007
Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – After being performed in eight cities in Java, Kalimantan and Sumatra, a play titled Nyai Ontosoroh will be staged for Jakartans at the Taman Ismail Marzuki ar
July 2, 2007
"Literary history must be won back. Culture as a priority for the people must be won back.
April 13, 2007
Bandarlampung – Teater Satu, a leading theater group in Lampung, will stage from April 13-14 Nyai Ontosoroh by the late senior writer and novelist, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, at the Taman B
March 25, 2007
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October 1, 2006
Kadek Krishna Adidharma, Ubud – Despite the lateness of the hour for the sleepy artisan town of Ubud, a star-studded cast began to gather at 8:30 p.m.
February 12, 2006
A. Junaidi – The 81st birthday of internationally acclaimed writer and multiple Nobel Prize nominee Pramoedya Ananta Toer was celebrated with zest and spirit on Feb. 6.
December 18, 2005
A. Junaidi – Acehnese writer Riati M.K.
September 30, 2005
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April 21, 2005
I Wayan Juniartha, Denpasar – The All-Bali Theater Festival at the island's arts center in late April promises to provoke thought on the roles that women play in a traditionally patriar
March 25, 2005
On March 24-28, Sydney will host one of the most significant gatherings of left-wing leaders from Asia and the Pacific in some years.
May 27, 2004
Jakarta – Revered Indonesian author Pramoedya Ananta Toer, 79, won the Norwegian Authors' Union award for his contribution to world literature and his continuous struggle for the right
March 17, 2004
Dean Yates, Bojong Gede – Indonesia's most famous novelist, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, nearly totters over from age and illness.
March 10, 2004
Indonesia's most celebrated literary figure Pramoedya Ananta Toer, now suffering declining health, is pessimistic about Indonesia's future due to the country's "lack of good leaders".
May 15, 2003
Jakarta – More than a thousand people staged a rally on Tuesday at television stations SCTV and Trans TV on Jl.
May 10, 2003
Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – Some of the most contentious issues across Indonesia involve ngebor, drilling.
May 1, 2003
Becky Lipscombe, Jakarta – Indonesians have a new idol – a hip-swinging singer who's gyrated her way into fame, fortune, and a whole lot of trouble.
April 22, 2003
Indonesian music sensation Inul Daratista is getting complaints from muslim clerics.
May 21, 2002
Tangerang – Some 75 artists from the Tangerang Arts Council staged a rally at the municipal administration office on Monday to demand the administration provide them a space to put on e
May 7, 2001
Tim Dodd, Jakarta – For more than 30 years until Soeharto's fall in 1998, the writings of Indonesia's pre-eminent novelist and political prisoner, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, were banned in
August 7, 2000
Well-known Toko Buku Wali Songo, a bookstore on Jalan Kwitang in central Jakarta, is piled to the ceiling with religious books.
May 25, 2000
Jakarta – Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesia's best-known author, is to be honoured by France for his services to literature.
May 24, 2000
Revitriyoso Husodo and Sri Wahyuningsih of the People's Cultural Network (JAKER) in Indonesia spoke to Green Left Weekly's Julia Perkins during her recent visit there.
May 2, 2000
Jakarta – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid on Tuesday visited Pramoedya Ananta Toer, the country's greatest modern writer whose works remain officially banned here.
March 13, 2000
Jakarta – The complete works of Indonesia's best known author, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, banned in his own country for four decades, are to be published in their entirety for the first tim
June 27, 1999
With The Mute's Soliloquy, an account of suffering under Suharto's oppression, Pramoedya Ananta Toer has been hailed as Indonesia's Solzhenitsyn. Zuraidah Ibrahim reports
April 30, 1999
Elizabeth Bukowski – Pramoedya Ananta Toer may have lost more than a decade of his life to the forced labor camp on Indonesia's Buru Island.
March 15, 1999
Jakarta – Leftist author Pramudya Ananta Toer hailed by international critics as Indonesia's leading modern novelist but gagged here until the fall of Suharto, is travel abroad for the
April 20, 1998
Terry Mccarthy, Jakarta – Pramoedya Ananta Toer was perhaps the only writer in Indonesia who got the joke.