National

Ulema Interference in Broadcasting Content

The ban to broadcast LGBT content is considered to be discriminative. The big hand of the Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) is involved.

National

Long Holiday Blues

The government extends public activity restrictions (PPKM). Business owners lobby for the PPKM not to be extended.

Cover Story

Food for the City’s Poor

Activists established soup kitchens to provide food for those impacted by Covid-19. The food solidarity movement is meant to assist the urban poor.

Religion

Transvestite Interpretations In Islam

Islam recognizes a category of sex other than male and female. In classical fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), waria, or transvestites, are grouped into mukhannast.

Fine Arts

Political Works in the Biennale

POSTERS of Marsinah surround the main verandah of the Jogja National Museum. Newspaper clippings about the bloody murder of the factory worker and her picure are stuck on the corrugated fence around the hall-sized verandah.

Arts

Biennale Yogyakarta 2019 Biennale and Arts from the Villages

The Yogyakarta Biennale is focusing on social, political, economic and environmental issues in Southeast Asia. Works of politics and struggle from the periphery.

Economy

Exporting Pottery from a Backyard

Kaloka Pottery has gone international. It is also a favorite hangout place for fans of photography and coffee drinkers.

Outreach

Lasiyo’s Organic Bananas

A former rice and peanut farmer in Bantul, Yogyakarta, cultivates dozens of local banana varieties organically. He has shared his knowledge at several universities and even in Italy.

Economy

Reaping Organic Rice

A young farmer is taking advantage of transplanters to grow rice, saving time and money.

Outreach

An Online Sanctuary for Rare Sounds

Palmer Keen’s interest in Indonesia’s culture and traditions has taken him to the country’s various corners, to record unique sounds. He archives the histories of these musical instruments.

Law

Disgrace in the Pancasila Campus

UGM rectorate opted for a settlement in the case of sexual harassment against a female college student. The police presses on with the case’s investigation.