The youth in Nepal toppled its government in a span of 48 hours in what can be called one of the world’s fastest regime falls. But there are lessons in rebuilding a nation from youth-led revolutions across Asia. In early September, as a peaceful protest swiftly turned violent in Nepal’s capital city Kathmandu, Koan* knew […]
Warning: This article may be distressing or triggering to some readers. More than 27 years after Soeharto’s downfall, the state has become increasingly blatant in its efforts to whitewash the past by erasing the violent and painful chapters of history involving the Chinese-Indonesian community. May 1998 was the moment when I began to associate the […]
In the shade of bountiful oil palm trees lie untold stories of women whose labor is crucial to keeping the industry running. They work without pay or protection, helping their husbands meet harvest targets while staying invisible in official records. Their unrecognized struggle exposes another face of palm oil’s exploitative machinery. Amid the vast stretches […]
Harita Group’s Indonesian nickel mines feed the supply chains of some of the world’s biggest electric vehicle makers. But the conglomerate’s own internal monitoring showed the operation was polluting local…
In a chaotic world of collectors, deforestation and climate change, the silent threat of butterfly extinction gives a quite literal meaning to the term “butterfly effect”. The reporting for this…
Displacement and ecological disasters continue to unfold as a result of the development of IKN, representing the most extensive exploitation legacy of former Indonesian President Jokowi.
A group of women from an indigenous village on Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara, opposed the location of a dam, one of the National Strategic Projects of then-President Joko “Jokowi”…
