A discussion of Indonesia's finest, according to Indonesia's best travel guide, Lonely Planet.

Latest book bannings from the Attorney General's Office, revisionist history and religious pluralism.

A day in Indonesian soccer, locker room rage, racism, Persipura & Arema slug it out.

Two international reports on police and military brutality and abuses of human rights.

Educating the public about the pornography bill and legal challenges against UU Porno at the Constitutional Court.

The Righteous Dude wonders about travel writers’ priorities when selecting Indonesian tourist attraction highlights.

Another East Timor in Papua, lack of development in the province, and racism by other Indonesians towards Papuans.

Demilitarization in Papua, Aceh, and Maluku, the difficult process of removing military influence in politics.

Purba Negoro sees broad sunlit uplands for East Timor-Indonesia relations, and current Australian nefariousness.

Indomie television commercials and homemade videos, marketing and loving Indonesian instant noodles.

Two religion based political parties deciding to become more diverse and inclusive, or not.

Ross questions the motives of Islamic groups' sensitivity over Papua.

More flag raising deaths and controversy, this time in Papua.

Whether working on Sundays is a sign of Islamization for the pious Papuans.

Immigration to West Papua is said to be creating the conditions for sectarian conflict.

Australia's regional hegemonic aspirations and Indonesian defence procurements.

What if the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) had taken over in 1965.

Cannibalism in Sumatra and Papua.

Ramalan malapetaka untuk Indonesia selagi tingakatan air laut meninggi.

Doomsayers predict disaster for Indonesia as sea levels rise.

Ross asks whether Indonesia needs a federal system, amid the separatist hysteria of late.

The tyranny of the majority, and the minority, in Papua.

Laws based on the bible in Papua.

Whose side are the security forces on? asks Ross.

Traditional native languages are dying out.

The men of the 521 battalion from Kediri are marching off to Papua bringing guns, condoms, seeds, and religious tracts.

Some on the political left in the west continue to take an interest in the Papuan "genocide".

Some fear a coming explosion in the numbers of AIDS sufferers.

A report by the International Crisis Group suggests the situation in Papua is not as dire as some, often Australians, like to believe.

Human rights violations in Papua have increased in recent times, says one observer.

Some of the key events in west Papua's past, leading up to integration with Indonesia.

Guest writer Sarawut Pratoomraj discusses the similarities in the cases of the murders of two human rights activists, Munir Said Thalib in Indonesia and Somchai Neelaphaijit in Thailand.

It's difficult to know what goes on in the province of Papua but some information does get out from time to time. Two recent events shed some light on the situation there.

According to an organisation called the "Fund for Peace" Indonesia ranks 32nd worst in the list of failed states in the world.

Muslims in the town of Manokwari in Papua can't get permission to build mosques, says a member of parliament.

The Papuan Tribal Council has demanded the establishment of an independent fact finding team to investigate human rights abuses that have taken place in Papua.

While carrying out a "hearts and minds" operation in Papua two Indonesian soldiers were killed after an attack, apparently by the Papuan separatist group, Organisasi Papua Merdeka (OPM).

A look at some of the current attitudes towards Australia of prominent Indonesians in the wake of the granting of temporary visas to Papuan refugees and the subsequent cartoon wars.

A soon to be published paper called "Civil Supremacy and Reform of the Military" casts some light on the possible situation in west Papua and on the state of the Indonesian military generally.