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

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

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

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

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

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.

Ross Tapsell speaks to Usman Hamid and Greg Fealy about what happened in the legislative elections, and what comes next.

Tom Power says Indonesia’s Islamic parties remain viable political entities and cannot be written off lightly

Greg Fealy asks whether surprisingly good results for Indonesia's Islamic parties reflect their ideological appeal or strong grassroots campaigns.

References to vote buying abound in discussions of politics in Southeast Asia. But is the term a useful one or does it confuse the distribution of gifts with the purchase of votes?

Despite a smallish turnout, democracy is alive and well in a South Jakarta suburb known for the city's largest cemetery, reports Elisabeth Kramer.

In the morning hours before the Indonesian legislative election, Ward Berenschot goes on the hunt for parties buying votes.