Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Jakarta's then vice governor, talks to residents affected by floods during his visit to Jakarta January 19, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer By Kanupriya Kapoor and Anastasia Arvirianty ...

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 — Aileen remains traumatized by the men who broke into her room July 2 and raped and mutilated her. They singled her out, she is convinced, because she is Chinese. Scores of Chinese ...

Researcher, Department of Politics and International Relations, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as Ahok, will be the first ethnic Chinese ...

SEMARANG,Indonesia: The busy port city of Semarang has the highest number of ethnic Chinese in Central Java. Having lived there for many generations, they proudly call themselves Indonesians. “I have ...

Reporting from Jakarta, Indonesia — Ruminah winces as she recalls the afternoon a mob ransacked her tiny hair salon, smashing windows and destroying both the business and her faith in justice in her ...

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Reports that ethnic Chinese women were raped during riots in Jakarta in mid-May have generated an outpouring of rage from around the world and a furious debate inside Indonesia. Legislators in Taiwan ...

The moment Jenny Ramli heard the screams, she tossed a few random items into a duffel bag, grabbed her passport and headed in the family sedan to the international airport. Her neighbors in the ...

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 ...