Teaching Children to Cope With COVID-19
In the age of COVID-19, family dynamics have understandably shifted. As a result, we’ve seen more parents openly talk on social media about their st…
Tag: Indonesia
Stretched Thin: Inside Jakarta’s Ambulance Service
As COVID-19 has spread across Indonesia, with Jakarta at the centre of viral transmission, the capital’s under-resourced Emergency Ambulance Service…
About Happiness
While cock-fighting is frowned upon by the local authorities in Indonesia, residents of Toraja in Sulawesi still enjoy this centuries-old form of ente…
NN Explains: What Is Voter Secrecy?
Voter secrecy ensures that individuals can cast their votes without fear or favour—key to ensuring free, fair and competitive elections in democraci…
The Last Wrongs: A Woman’s Burial in Medan’s Mass Graves
The way people are dying in Indonesia has changed. And under the country’s draconian COVID-19 protocols, even those who have tested negative for cor…
Indonesia’s Bastardised Covid-19 Jargon Points to Deeper Problems
As Indonesia has been slow to handle the COVID-19 pandemic, its instance of using foreign terms as part of its public messaging has laid bare widespre…
Denials and Demagogues: Indonesia’s Communication Crisis Amidst a Pandemic
As the Indonesian government stumbles with public communication, journalists are putting their lives at risk trying to convey the gravity of the COVID…
Fighting Fowl in Sulawesi
Chickens hold prestigious positions in Toraja, South Sulawesi. Their presence is embedded in local mythology and history, and cockfighting is an activ…
An Interview with Effendy Aritonang from Yayasan Fondasi Hidup
On this episode of Southeast Asia Dispatches: our Editor-in-Chief Aisyah Llewellyn talks to Effendy Aritonang, the National Director of Yayasan Fondas…
Artists Respond: Life in the Time of COVID-19
Five artists reflect on how COVID-19 has changed life in Southeast Asia.
