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 ...

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 — 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 ...

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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 ...

Anjeli works in a sari shop selling dresses for Indian weddings. Credit: Teguh Harahap Subscribe for ads-free reading Anjeli Kaur, 21, was born in the North Sumatran city of Medan in Indonesia and ...

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) – 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 ...