Indonesia
Dragons and human skulls: Exploring a side of Indonesia few get to see
Most of what we’re seeing on this trip would be visited only by the most dogged travellers, but we’re doing it in comfort.
- Mark Daffey
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What to expect around the world in 2025
One name keeps popping up as our correspondents note the major issues they will be watching on their patch. It promises to be a wild ride.
- Lisa Visentin, Zach Hope, Farrah Tomazin, Rob Harris and Lia Timson
The rise and fall of strongmen, and justice for a woman unbowed
It was a year of wars, election surprises, royal health scares and the reign of new queens. Within this maelstrom, one woman’s quiet courage shone through.
- Lisa Visentin, Zach Hope, Farrah Tomazin, Rob Harris, Matthew Knott, Matt Wade and Lia Timson
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Twenty years after photographing the aftermath of a tsunami, I still check for high ground at the beach
Chief Herald photographer Nick Moir flew into Banda Aceh the day after the Boxing Day tsunami. He found a city turned upside down, bodies lying in the streets – and a sense of vigilance that remains with him still.
- Nick Moir
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The 2004 tsunami was one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history. It also carried peace
The waves that shattered thousands and thousands of Indonesian families also led to peace in a province that had been racked by almost 30 years of war.
- Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Bali Nine members arrive home having paid ‘heavy price’
After nearly two decades jailed in Indonesia on drug trafficking convictions, the five men touched down in cities across the east coast this morning.
- Angus Delaney
Jail, death and politics: Why we can’t know much about the Bali five
Australia’s clandestine extraction of five former drug smugglers from Indonesia looked like a victory. So what’s with all the secrecy?
- Michael Bachelard
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My advice on drinking cheap spirits in Bali? Just don’t
Recent incidents in Laos and Fiji have stirred fears about alcohol safety in Bali, which has its own history of bar poisonings.
- Jenny Hewett
The former quarantine facility housing the remaining Bali Nine
Authorities have not yet detailed what support will be offered to the men, who have not been able to see their families since they arrived back in Australia.
- Marta Pascual Juanola
‘No legal basis’: Indonesian MP criticises decision to send remaining Bali Nine home
A senior member of an Indonesian parliamentary committee says the transfer of five Bali Nine members was unlawful.
- Zach Hope, Karuni Rompies and Amilia Rosa
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