By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, August 1, 2010 JAKARTA, Indonesia – The beautiful young socialite slipped the businessman a note scrawled in eyeliner on a crumpled napkin. “Help…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, August 1, 2010 JAKARTA, Indonesia – The beautiful young socialite slipped the businessman a note scrawled in eyeliner on a crumpled napkin. “Help…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, July 26, 2010 KAMPUNG BUNDAR, Indonesia — Inside a dimly lighted living room in the heart of the Javanese forest, Dede Koswara blankly…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, July 19, 2010 JAKARTA, Indonesia — For years, James Castle has been Mr. Indonesia, a well-known Western face here promoting the world’s most…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, July 10, 2010 SIDOARJO, Indonesia — For four long years, Reni Sualeha has lived in the shadow of a monster, a menacing chemical…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, July 4, 2010 JAKARTA, Indonesia — Ruminah winces as she recalls the afternoon a mob ransacked her tiny hair salon, smashing windows and…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, July 1, 2010 DENPASAR, Indonesia — Amit Virmani was vacationing at Bali’s famous Kuta Beach when he met a 12-year-old boy who told…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, March 17, 2010 PHOTOGRAPH by the Irish Mirror JAKARTA, Indonesia — Striding purposefully, his smile lighting up a rainy afternoon, Barack Obama appears…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, December 2, 2009 TESSO NILO NATIONAL PARK, Indonesia — The wild bull elephant stood menacingly in the clearing, trumpeting in annoyance and anger,…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, November 8, 2009 BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — The young couple are totally busted. They huddle at a beach-side park, near signs forbidding teens…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, November 2, 2009 JAKARTA, Indonesia — Irma Hermawati, who works for a nonprofit, seeks to stem a lucrative trade in rare animals, including…