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Boat arrivals cause frictions in coastal communities amid signs of a policy shift towards deterrence

Personal connections to the president dating back to his mayorship of Solo have proven a career asset to senior military officers.

A system of aged care focused on filial responsibility unduly burdens women. The social protection system needs a bigger role.

Artists at the Makassar Biennale grapple with the social and environmental consequences of land reclamation.

The president has put all his chips on Prabowo in the hopes of securing influence beyond 2024. Will it work?

On the sidelines of Changi Prison lies a fissure in an environment engineered to “invisibilise” Singapore’s social divides.

At a graveyard beside the Indian Ocean lies insight into Australia’s ongoing multicultural history and heritage

Indonesia’s encounter with the “plasticene” has led to a naïve and hasty government effort to rebrand waste as an asset.

The realities of intra-NU politics defy Muhaimin Iskandar’s claim of bringing NU communities in behind Anies Baswedan.

Retired police and military officers find easy paths into politics thanks to parties' perceptions of them as vote magnets.