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Jakarta is having a vinyl renaissance

In Indonesia, where record-pressing plants went out of business decades ago, vinyl is enjoying a renaissance. Here’s how a new generation of collectors is finding their treasures.

Jakarta is having a vinyl renaissance

Jakarta Vinyl

Jakarta Vinyl
Feri Yadi, a resident of Muara Baru in North Jakarta, stands atop the seawall recently built to protect his neighborhood. He has little confidence that the wall will work as expected. "Like in the past, this will be broken somehow" he says.

Need the latest news on flooding? In Jakarta, there's an app for that.

Need the latest news on flooding? In Jakarta, there's an app for that.
Indonesian fires create a haze throughout Southeast Asia

To slow climate change, you have to start here

To slow climate change, you have to start here
Echa wears the hijab because it's the law for women in Aceh. Echa is transgender, and when she wears the headscarf, she says no one calls her names.

A transgender woman in Aceh, Indonesia gathers strength as new anti-gay sex laws roll out

A transgender woman in Aceh, Indonesia gathers strength as new anti-gay sex laws roll out
Puteri Hasannah Karunia is a popular fashion blogger, one of Indonesia's generation of young Muslim fashionistas known as "hijabers."

Hijab fashion is so popular in Indonesia non-Muslim designers are getting in on it

There's a thriving hijab fashion scene in Indonesia. But as more and more women there are wearing the hijab, some women who don't say they're feeling the pressure.

Hijab fashion is so popular in Indonesia non-Muslim designers are getting in on it
Benny Handoko discusses his Twitter defamation case with Susy Rizky, one of his supporters, after a defense hearing.

It was just a tweet, but this former construction worker might go to jail for it

Indonesia has some of the world's most active Twitter users. Now one of them stands accused of defaming a politician in a tweet.

It was just a tweet, but this former construction worker might go to jail for it
Rose and Alfrits Monintja outside of their home in the New York City borough of Queens. The Monintjas are originally from the village of Sonder in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, and are among an estimated 100,000 people who speak the disappearing language Ton

When New Yorker Rose Monintja speaks her native tongue, the memories flood back

If you want to revive vanishing languages, don't just document them. Get people to speak them on stage-- and then videotape it.

When New Yorker Rose Monintja speaks her native tongue, the memories flood back