The following stories talk about the subject ‘Indonesians’.
Tales of Mr P and Miss V, the frank and explicit sexual advice on news websites.
Blogs and social networks are helping Indonesians to become more vocal and to fight for free speech.
Indonesians are officially the most smiley and pleasant people in the world, in shops.
Indonesians are tops for online time wasting, or are just very virtually sociable and friendly.
More women politicians is what is needed, some say.
Names. How many do Indonesians have?
Indonesia's unique interpretation of human rights in respect of freedom of choice in religion, and secularism.
Intelligence tests for presidential candidates, and how do Indonesians fare in world IQ rankings.
Whether nuclear power is suitable for Indonesia, or are Indonesians too absent minded to manage it.
Another East Timor in Papua, lack of development in the province, and racism by other Indonesians towards Papuans.
A teenage Australian girl from sunny Queensland finds Islam in Lampung and becomes a revert.
Purba on eating habits and foods of Indonesians, prevalence of diabetes and obesity.
Purba on Barry Soetoro aka Barack Obama's Indonesian connection.
Questions about Balinese culture from Rayner.
Timdog on popular stereotypes about Madura and the Madurese, and the rumoured sexual prowess of the women.
Purba Negoro on perceived threats to national unity.
The perfect woman, and...other things, split from How to Get a Bule Man .
Whether westerners and expats in Indonesia are viewed as miserable and unfriendly people.
Ramadan etiquette for unbelievers, by Purba Negoro.
What Indonesia needs is to dump its old feudal ways and culture, says Soetrisno Bachir.
Ross questions the motives of Islamic groups' sensitivity over Papua.
Ross sees sinister motives behind renewed debate over the death penalty.
Hans takes a pictorial look at differences between Indonesians in Jakarta and their western guests.
Maftuh Basyuni on irreligious young Indonesians, and the building of SE Asia's biggest Quran learning centre.
Syamsidik says Indonesia gets upset with Malaysia a lot, but the Malaysians don't pay attention.
Lairedion on the Euro 2008 football championship, and the Indonesian connection.
Rima says religion and religiosity are to blame for much of Indonesia's, and the world's, troubles.
Sadanand Dhume's My Friend the Fanatic - Travels with an Indonesian Islamist.
Therry says overseas educated Indonesian women are faced with prejudice back at home and poor choices on the men front.
Spew looks back on the May 1998 riots and the issues of mass rapes, anti-Chinese sentiment, and how the rioters came to be judged.
Conspiracy theories among opinion leaders in Sumatra, American-Zionist and British conspiracies.
Spew says Indonesians are being denied much of the country's greatest literature, for political reasons.
Fatkhuri says Muslim and Christian civilization have much in common.
Rogue Wan sees sinister forces behind the anti-Jamaah Ahmadiyah witch hunt.
Sylvester sees power-mongering and the profit motive behind the West's hypocrisy over human rights.
A new book giving advice to Indonesian women on how to find an expat man, How to Catch Mr Bule.
The government and ISP's blocking of video sharing and social sites, and the reasons behind it.
Siti Fadilah Supari, struggling for Islam and Indonesia against the hegemonic bules.
The film "Ketika Cinta Bertasbih" and not hurting the feelings of religious minorities.
The hardline stand taken by Indonesian clerics against homosexuality wins applause from Ross.
The battle of the Islam movies, Ayat-Ayat Cinta and Fitna, and which gives a better picture of Islam.
The Islamic romance film "Ayat Ayat Cinta", political Islam, and pesantren prodigies.
The world's billionaires, and which Indonesians are among them.
Lairedion on the gathering storm over Geert Wilders' upcoming anti-Islam film "Fitna".
Foreign efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation.
Yusril Ihza Mahendra, legal theorist, presidential aspirant, and Admiral Cheng Ho film star.
The assimilation of Chinese into Indonesian society, and rules for celebrating Chinese New Year.
The EU airline blacklist and whether President Yudhoyono will visit the Netherlands.
Whether Valentine's Day is a Jewish conspiracy.
Celebrity thugs and murderers in prison and on TV, Enrico Guterres, Theo Toemion, and the "lovely" Lidya Pratiwi.
President Yudhoyono asks the media to not report inappropriate news stories.
Indonesian students in Australia often have a bad time.
The West always tries to destroy Islam in Indonesia.
Patronising neo-colonialist attitudes by westerners in Bali.
What if the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) had taken over in 1965.
The Indonesian way of death is too graphic for some.
Military men in politics and whether the Indonesian people are ready for democracy.
Ranking widgets for blogs in the Top 100.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Indonesia's relationship with Israel.
The nature of the massacres of 1965-66.
The effects of a global recession on Indonesia.
Why there are so many attacks on churches in western Java.
Minimum wage rates for 2008 throughout Indonesia.
Suharto: Let the People Speak, Please Help Indonesia Matters do an informal poll.
Iqhbal Sukokiman takes on the tough issue of Australian pedophiles in Indonesia.
The experts say soft Islam is sweeping the country, not hard Islam.
Does Pancasila mean anything to Indonesians?
Achmad's Christmas Tips on Insulting People.
The morality drive in parts of Indonesia is scaring off foreign tourists.
Some of the pitfalls in owning an Indonesian house.
Achmad worries that Indonesia's U.F.O. technology will be lost to foreigners.
Janma wonders about the spirit of nationalism among young people today.
Achmad says Indonesians have a body odor problem.
Ross on Metro TV's Chinese-language news service, Xin Wen.
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