Pigs at the trough? Golkar seeks a 15 billion rupiah allowance for MP's to fund local projects.

Captain Westerling, hero against Javanese imperialism or villain of its Dutch counterpart.

Shock at Jakarta city government's plans to punitively tax nightlife venues and cinemas.

A Christian short stay type complex in Cisarua, Bogor is burned to the ground by the 'Puncak Line'.

An Indian expatriate is arrested for insulting the nation and sparking patriotic amok in Batam.

Calls for disbanding of the Satpol PP after violence at Tanjung Priok harbour in Jakarta.

A review of "Tiran Mati Di Ranjang" starring Dewi Persik and Indra Bruggman.

Indonesian democracy, sinking to new infotainment lows or the popular will in action.

How young can girls be married, NU issues fatwa allowing for marriage below the age of consent.

Ross McKay's latest novel 'Jakarta Suckers!', bule-prostitute romance blossoms on Jl Falatehan.

The luxury tax on alcohol to be abolished, while consumers are not expected to benefit.

Sectarian mapping of cities to prevent conflict, as another church, in Bekasi, is closed.

Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo and the Health Dept to deny smokers and their families health care.

How some Indonesian hospitals treat complaints & the poor, kidnapping & false imprisonment.

A new mysterious political movement led by Surya Paloh, Nasional Demokrat, launches.

Women's hair issues dominate discussions at an East Java clerics' meeting.

A school principal blames a djinn spirit for an alleged sexual assault on a student.

The 'sel mewah' scandal, rich convicts like Artalyta Suryani living in luxury in Jakarta's prisons.

The arrival of the cheap Tune Hotels chain in Kuta and Legian has Bali hoteliers upset.

Travelling about Jakarta by taxi, Bluebird, Express, Trans Taxi, the good, the bad, and the ugly.

President Yudhoyono's attention focus, the Bibit-Chandra case vs electricity crisis in Jakarta.

Whither dangdut mania? Financial woes of TV station TPI puts dangdut music under threat.

The protests and furore over allowing the burial of killed extremists in and around Solo.

Two clouds with silver linings, Tommy Suharto's bid for Golkar, and sharia stoning laws in Aceh.

Other worldly factors in climate change, are Indonesian students right?

Short story competition on the culture wars, Timdog and Ross go head to head.