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Indonesia Riot
16:33

Terrorist Pirates of Southeast Asia

Indonesian fishermen, lured by higher paychecks and steady work, are leaving poorer fishing villages for Malaysia, and are sailing right into the jaws of Abu Sayyaf.
Indonesia Riot
16:33

Kidnapped By ISIS-Linked Pirates In the Philippines: Terror at Sea

Indonesian fishermen are leaving their poorer villages for Malaysia for higher pay and steady work, sailing right into the jaws of Abu Sayyaf, a feared terrorist group.
Indonesia Riot
6:55

Grave Diggers

VICE heads to Bandung to meet Atung and his crew of gravediggers to learn what men who deal with death every day can tell us about life.
VICE Raps
13:59

Bangkok's Slum Rappers Making Waves | 19Tyger x Elevenfinger | VICE Raps

VICE visits the Klong Toey slum in Bangkok to see what local rap sensations, 19Tyger and ElevenFinger have been up to since their first taste of fame.
Indonesia Riot
19:34

The Wild Tastes of Indonesia’s Bushmeat Markets

In North Sulawesi’s Minahasa heartlands, bushmeat like rats, bats, and monkey are a vital part of local cuisine, but is also pushing some animals closer to extinction.
Indonesia Riot
6:00

How To Get Drunk Off Palm Trees

VICE’s Indonesia team travelled out to North Sulawesi, a deeply Catholic region, to figure out how farmers were turning palm tree sap into a potent, and fiery, liquor called Cap Tikus.
Indonesia Riot
14:03

Indonesia's First All-Trans Girlband: AMUBA

VICE meets with AMUBA, Indonesia's first all-trans girlband, and learns about their struggle to build a music career in a country where the LGBTQ community is so maligned.
Indonesia Riot
15:58

Pride and Prejudice: LGBTQ Rights in Asia's Newest Nation Timor-Leste

VICE travels to Asia's youngest nation of Timor-Leste to march at its annual Pride parade and learn about the LGBTQ community's Pride—and fight—to come out in a deeply religious place. ©Clementino Amaral.
Indonesia Riot
11:05

Madame X Memories: The Rise and Fall of Indonesia's Queer Cinema

VICE talks to experts to trace the rise and fall of Indonesia's queer cinema since the start of the Reformasi era and imagines what the future looks like for LGBTQ representation on screen.
Broadly Specials
8:26

How Tattoos Saved These Women from Sexual Slavery

During Japanese occupation, thousands of Southeast Asian women were forced to serve as sex workers. But on one tiny island in Indonesia, local women resisted by heavily tattooing themselves. Broadly traveled to meet the last tattooed women of Timor.
Indonesia Riot
10:51

Growing Up In Bali Bites: Fangsters

VICE mengikuti remaja Bali menjelang ritual mengikir gigi taring. Perjalanan ini membuka mata kita pada cara pandang generasi muda Pulau Dewata terhadap akar budaya kedewasaan di sana.
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