Indonesia’s modern democracy attracts no shortage of superlatives. The sprawling country of nearly 300 million people and more than 17,000 islands has made huge strides since the end of the Suharto ...

At the same time, the book places the country’s modern history within the broader sweep of centuries of intellectual, economic, and military change. Indonesia’s trajectory to statehood was ...

The Indonesian government believes that a retail establishment, such as a mall or department store cannot solely rely on ...

Also known as The City of Heroes, Surabaya was the birthplace of modern Indonesia. It was here in 1945 where revolutionaries first proclaimed independence, challenging the Dutch rulers who had held ...

Indonesia has placed a high bet on the manufacturing sector's revival by enacting the Omnibus Law on Job Creation, but the country might miss out on the economic opportunities in emerging modern ...

Whereas his predecessor had called himself the "father of modern Indonesia", Suharto considered himself the "father of development", using Indonesia's vast natural resources to create a modern ...

Few have played a greater role in building modern Indonesia than Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati. Reappointed for a second term, the world is waiting to see if she maintains her reputation as a ...

There is a somewhat careworn characterisation of modern Indonesia as a country that keeps on changing in order to remain the same, with the rider that the more it changes the more it becomes familiar.