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Ubud bans put the spotlight back on Indonesia’s killing fields

Fifty years on, many Indonesians involved in the massacres of communists following an attempted coup have no regrets about their role in the killings. NICHOLAS HERRIMAN and MONIKA WINARNITA explain.

Missing links in Japan’s studies of Inner Mongolia Muslims

As part of its efforts to woo minority populations before and during the Second World War, Japan took a keen interest in Inner Mongolia’s Muslim population, writes JAMES BOYD

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