Akan Datang: A royal coronation in Thailand
Stories to watch this week: Indonesia grapples with flooding, Malaysia has its first woman Chief Justice, Thailand crowns its new king and Singapore i…
Tag: Indonesia
Indonesia’s Rampant Rubbish
Indonesia has long had an issue with problematic landfills. Now, confusion about how to manage these properly is only adding to the frustration felt b…
Akan Datang: It’s a long road to building a Malaysia Baharu
This week, Pakatan Harapan's approval ratings take a nosedive in Malaysia, Aung San Suu Kyi heads to Cambodia, and tough conversations on campus sexua…
“How Do You Interview God?”—Part Two
In August 2018 a Chinese-Indonesian Buddhist was sentenced to 18 months in prison for blasphemy. Now that her final appeal has been rejected by Indone…
Akan Datang: Everyone’s a winner in the Indonesian election (or so they say)
Stories to watch this week: both sides are claiming victory in the Indonesian election (as predicted), major drugs busts are going down in Vietnam, an…
Long Ears, Tattoos, Fading Traditions
The Dayak indigenous group in Kalimantan has a long history of traditional tattooing and elongating of the ear lobes as a sign of beauty and nobility.…
A Day at the Polls in Yogyakarta
As voting gets underway in Indonesia, Nibras ventures out in Yogyakarta to sketch the sights at polling stations.
Indonesia Votes
It's 17 April and Indonesians across the country are heading to the polls. New Naratif's editors in Indonesia are on the ground bringing us the sights…
Akan Datang: A near miss for Sabah and Sarawak to get their equal status back
This week in Southeast Asia: the Malaysian Parliament narrowly misses the threshold needed to amend the Federal Constitution, Cambodians head home to …
Prabowo’s Identity Politics
Indonesian presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto is hoping to sweep to victory when Indonesia goes to the polls in April 2019. But he faces strong com…
