For more than a decade, Indonesia has had a reputation for being afflicted by serious ethnic and other forms of communal conflict. In the early years of the transition to democracy after President ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Mounting street protests against the governor here are reviving painful memories for many of Indonesia’s ethnic Chinese minority, a group that has long faced discrimination and ...

Singkawang in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province – which has a sizeable Chinese population – was the most tolerant place in the nation in 2021, a Jakarta-based research and advocacy non-governmental ...

Ahok may be the first Chinese Indonesian politician to break the shackles of identity politics in Indonesia. Steven Fitzgerald Sipahutar/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s presidential race isn’t until July. But there’s already one winner. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known by his nickname “Ahok”, has taken over as acting governor of ...

Fri, September 2, 2022 Published on Sep. 1, 2022 Published on 2022-09-01T11:14:48+07:00 n a country with strong religious underpinnings, Indonesian ethnic artists face unique challenges in pursuing ...

Medan, Indonesia – Meliana, a woman from Indonesia‘s ethnic Chinese minority sentenced last year to 18 months in prison for blasphemy, has been released on parole. The 44-year-old, a Buddhist, ...

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