Indonesia

The new Indonesian defense minister is a threat to the president—and democracy.

Coalitions are forming in the face of threats to democracy and pluralism.

In the largest student uprising in decades, former supporters of the president are now questioning his commitment to reform.

Chronic poverty may be on the decline, but too many families still face cyclical poverty.

Big plans to relocate from Jakarta keep disappearing into nothing. Will this time be different?

In the new age of lies, law, not tech, is the answer.

In recent days, Washington raced to decipher the Mueller report and Indonesian voters cast ballots at more than 800,000 polling stations.

Politics has turned religious in the world's biggest Muslim nation — but that's part of democracy too.

Millions of Indonesians lack basic protections. The presidential contenders don’t seem to care.

The world’s third-largest democracy goes to the polls.

It's an act of protest—but the government calls it terrorism.

Cheap flights are pushing the limits of regulation .

China's internment camps for Muslims have become a political talking point.

Much of the world has turned a blind eye to Beijing’s abuses. Washington cannot remain silent in the face of an elaborate campaign of repression and religious discrimination.

When the world’s newest country broke away from Khartoum, it discarded Sudan’s main official language, too. But casting aside the oppressor’s tongue did not heal the country’s divisions.

Introducing hard-learned local wisdom into warning efforts could save thousands of lives.

The latest earthquake and tsunami could be a major setback for the country’s democracy.