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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Jakarta) – Political changes in post-Suharto Indonesia have triggered ethnic and religious violence across the country, says a book by Andreas Harsono, a veteran Indonesia researcher for Human Rights ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — When mob violence swept across the Indonesian capital in May 1998, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, an ethnic Chinese geologist and businessman, joined terrified neighbors in the heavily ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes 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 ...