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What women want

In Indonesia, patriarchal media representations restricts coverage of quality female candidates, writes Evi Eliyanah.

Polls apart

Did the Internet predict the Indonesian election results, asks Ross Tapsell.

Karpal Singh: Tiger and King

A view from the Ipoh main street on the Tiger of Jelutong.

Wishful thinking in the polling age

Dirk Tomsa wonders if hope triumphed political sense in his reading of Indonesia's 2014 election polls.

The government still thinks it knows best

Can the Malaysian government implement the much needed economic reforms?

3R: race, religion and royalty in Malaysia

The curse or elixir of Malaysia politics?

Boom times and boom gates

Olivia Cable reports on human trafficking on the China-Myanmar border.

On the death of Karpal Singh, MP

The Tiger of Jelutong is dead. Long live the Tiger of Jelutong.

How Papua voted

In Papua, pseudo-traditional voting practices are a pretext for blatant violations of electoral integrity.

Photo essay: voting in Jakarta

Some snapshots of typically cheerful voting in Jakarta on the day of Indonesia's 2014 legislative elections.

The simple statistics of Indonesian election polling

Tom Pepinsky on some polling fundamentals, and how they should inform our analysis of Indonesia's legislative elections.

Hope, cynicism and Jokowi in a Jakarta slum

Was PDI-P's poor showing in the legislative elections voter ignorance or a weak party machine? From the slippery banks of the Ciliwung river, Jakarta's slum dwellers have a surprising voting strategy.