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Minor-thesis, major-headache: How Kompas, Tempo, and the Jakarta Post reported Prabowo's Free Meals program
It was titled "Development Journalism in Indonesia: A Critical Discourse Analysis on the reporting of the Free Meals Program by Kompas, Tempo, and the…
 • Kristian Oka
#5 | Arrested and exiled: a Burmese journalist's struggle to return to journalism
Four years after fleeing the military regime, Nay Thwin, an exiled journalists in Melbourne, is paving his way back to Thailand to resume his…
 • Kristian Oka
An "Efficient" Eid Celebration in Melbourne
Who would've thought far-reaching budget cuts at home could affect how Indonesians celebrate Lebaran abroad?
 • Kristian Oka and The Indo Newsletter
We Indonesians take journalism for granted
New Order's narratives of the ideal press have returned, and the regime is going to use them to strongarm journalists. Now that our journalism is under…
 • Kristian Oka
Back to the New(est) Order: All you need to know about Indonesia's revised Armed Forces Law
Military officers are now allowed to hold civilian posts in the government without resigning from the TNI, bringing back the spectre of the Suharto-era…
 • The Indo Newsletter and Kristian Oka
A tip-off from Down Under led to the downfall of child predator police chief as Indonesia's record of police violence grows
It took two months for the police to name Fajar a suspect for alleged sexual abuses of three children and a woman. His name is now in the long list of…
 • Kristian Oka and The Indo Newsletter
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