Things are starting to look the way they used to in Pangkalan Bun, superficially at least. People do not worry about going out on the streets, the markets are operating and workers are drifting back to their jobs.

But the calm is only skin deep. The schools are still closed. Residents know the capital of West Kotawaringin regency could erupt again at any time.

Pangkalan Bun recently became the latest battlefield in a bloody Dayak campaign to ou