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Batam and Bintan are hoping travel bubble will bring back visitors after collapse of tourism during the pandemic. | Read article.

After the collapse of tourism, young people on Indonesia's famous tourism destination island are looking for new sustainable ways to make ends meet. | Read article.

Although alcohol is heavily taxed in the country and frowned upon in Islam, alcoholic drinks have long been a part of Indonesia’s many cultures. From arak to sopi to tuak, we take a look at the island nation’s indigenous tipples | Read article.

Chinese Indonesians in Jakarta and other regions often face persecution and discrimination, but those living on the Hindu majority island of Bali say they have never even felt like they were a minority. We look at a history of cultural integration | Read article.

It’s not illegal in Indonesia for a Muslim to have more than one wife, but it’s frowned upon; that hasn’t deterred pro-polygamy activists, whose activities a critic says are a sign of ‘moral panic’ about extramarital sex in the country | Read article.

With few friends and little connection to locals, people like Zhang Haitao are expressing their feelings through poetry and writing, captured in Singaporean filmmaker Upneet Kaur-Nagpal’s documentary Poets on Permits. | Read article.

In an exclusive interview, Asria Nur Hasan, the father of Indonesian Siti Aisyah who is charged with the murder of North Korea's Kim Jong Nam, finally speaks out about her daughter's predicament. | Read article.

For Southeast Asia’s Muslim population, it’s a useful, even necessary, service. | Read article.

While men represent around 55 percent of all haj pilgrims every year, Indonesia has created a way to consistently send more of its women to the pilgrimage. | Read article.

From hijab-wearing female metal band Voice of Baceprot to the Hammersonic music festival that includes prayer breaks, Indonesia’s metalheads show that ‘the devil’s music’ doesn’t have to clash with their Islamic identity. | Read article.

Some Indonesians have no qualms showing respect for the strong image projected by Nazi Germany, saying it does not make them neo-Nazis. Are they just unable to fathom the horror of the time, or does the problem run deeper? | Read article.