Indonesia must be the biggest country in the world that you know almost nothing about. With 250 million people it is the fourth most populous, after China, India and the USA – but could you name the president? Or any city other than Jakarta? Or just one famous Indonesian? Maybe one of the above, but certainly not all three. One of Indonesia’s smaller islands, Bali, is probably better known than the country itself. And how many people know Bali is in Indonesia?

Jun 2014

A Country in Limbo

Model Island?

Killer in Manila

United by a Common Language?

Votes of No Consequence

Selfish Capital

Better Dead Than Red

Rohingya on the Edge

King of Kowloon

Ditching Democracy

Press Gang

War without End

Where Will It End?

The Other Refugee Crisis

Paradise Postponed

No Farewell to Arms

Another Fine Mess

How Bad Can It Get?

Many Hills to Climb

The Last Days of the Tamil Tigers

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