Indonesia - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/indonesia/?source=rss&aim=indonesia en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT Exit the dragon By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/06/25/asian_film/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/06/25/asian_film/index.html?source=rss Nine years after the "Crouching Tiger" breakthrough, Asian cinema has virtually disappeared from American screens It's all Geithner's fault By Andrew Leonard Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/09/its_all_geithners_fault/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/09/its_all_geithners_fault/index.html?source=rss Everything. The Treasury secretary isn't just failing to fix the crisis, says one critic. He helped cause it. "It looks like the end of the world here" By Jürgen Kremb Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/07/burma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/07/burma/index.html?source=rss In Burma, hundreds of thousands are without food, water or shelter in the wake of the cyclone, but the military junta prioritizes its grip on power. The chastity belt: It's ba-ack! By Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/04/30/chastity_belts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/04/30/chastity_belts/index.html?source=rss Indonesian massage parlors are "protecting" female workers by forcing them to padlock their pants. The Julia Child of Malaysian food By Tracie McMillan Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2006/12/12/james_oseland/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2006/12/12/james_oseland/index.html?source=rss James Oseland, editor in chief of Saveur magazine, talks about culinary colonialism, his love of home cooking and why Malaysian cuisine may be the next big thing. Biopiracy and bird flu Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/21/biopiracy_and_bird_flu/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/21/biopiracy_and_bird_flu/index.html?source=rss A U.S. government patent application raises a knotty question: Should a country own property rights to the diseases that afflict its citizens? W.H.O. are you? By Andrew Leonard Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/02/08/thailand_and_indonesia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/02/08/thailand_and_indonesia/index.html?source=rss Bird flu, AIDS, heart disease: Thailand and Indonesia have lots of problems, but does the World Health Organization have the right answers? Indonesia's great pageant debate By Page Rockwell Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/07/27/miss_universe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/07/27/miss_universe/index.html?source=rss A militant group wants Miss Indonesia prosecuted for parading in a swimsuit competition. Hair uncovered? Makeup? You're a prostitute By Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/27/shariah/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/27/shariah/index.html?source=rss Some say the effort to push Indonesia toward Islamic law unfairly restricts women. Where the chick lit is political By Page Rockwell Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/05/25/chick_lit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/05/25/chick_lit/index.html?source=rss An Indonesian author talks about the political significance of the much-maligned genre. Playboy publishers fear retribution in Indonesia By Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/04/21/playboy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/04/21/playboy/index.html?source=rss Violent protests cause publishers to weigh risks. "Playboy go to hell" By Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/02/10/playboy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/02/10/playboy/index.html?source=rss The magazine's plans for a local edition in Indonesia anger antiporn activists. Saving the rain forests of the ocean By Jeff Greenwald Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/12/06/coral/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/12/06/coral/index.html?source=rss How greens and villagers, and a bunch of big ceramic snowflakes, are reviving the devastated coral reefs of Indonesia. Saving the world by mutual back-scratching By Jeff Greenwald Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/11/25/seacology/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/11/25/seacology/index.html?source=rss Activists have hit on a new way to save Indonesia's endangered tropics: Pay for local projects in exchange for conservation. Wolfowitz's new agenda By Daphne Eviatar Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/26/wolfowitz_at_world_bank/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/26/wolfowitz_at_world_bank/index.html?source=rss Experts say the war hawk's fealty to the oil industry could derail the World Bank's mission to reduce poverty. Lost heroine By Jacqueline M. Koch Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/01/31/indonesian_activist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/01/31/indonesian_activist/index.html?source=rss An activist who drowned in her prison cell during last month's tsunami represented Aceh's struggle for independence. An unchanged landscape in Washington By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/01/06/bush_tsunami_response/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/01/06/bush_tsunami_response/index.html?source=rss The administration's confused and negligent policy toward human rights abuses in Indonesia is not likely to change in the wake of the tsunami. Make wanderlust, not war By Jeff Greenwald Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/03/26/travel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/03/26/travel/index.html?source=rss Americans should stop listening to the fear-mongers and travel overseas. It's the best way to start bringing the U.S. back into the world community. Indonesia at the crossroads By Eric Boehlert Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/16/indonesia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/16/indonesia/index.html?source=rss The terror attack in the world's most populous Muslim nation could stir up rage against Islamic extremists, says an expert. But if the U.S. invades Iraq, all bets are off. A reprimand for Reebok By Leslie Dwyer Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/25/dita_sari/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/25/dita_sari/index.html?source=rss The running shoes company wanted to give a big cash prize to an Indonesian labor activist. But Dita Sari said no. Hangin' with the 'tans in Borneo By Jennifer Hile Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/03/06/orangutans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/03/06/orangutans/index.html?source=rss Deep in the Indonesian rain forest, our reporter braves tribal war to discover why orangutans may be driven to extinction by America's love for pool cues. "Jihad jive" in Jakarta -- or the real thing? By Joseph Kirschke Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/10/13/indonesia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/10/13/indonesia/index.html?source=rss As Islamic militants protest the American attacks, Indonesia's new president must decide how hard to crack down on the latest threat to her complex, fragile, far-flung nation. In search of the real Bali By Jack Goldfarb Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/04/19/bali/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/04/19/bali/index.html?source=rss A little-visited village illuminates the fabled island's mundane treasures. Climbing the coconut tree By Kathryn J. Abajian Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/2000/04/07/coconut/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/2000/04/07/coconut/index.html?source=rss These foreign men are beautiful, brazen and as young as my son. I want something they have, but it's not what they think. Bali's day of silence By Donald D. Groff Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/advisor/2000/03/23/bali/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/advisor/2000/03/23/bali/index.html?source=rss Our travel expert offers tips on a Balinese holiday, flying with hamsters and car-rental insurance.