Rendy Wicaksana

Cryptocurrency is booming in Indonesia, with millions of Indonesians looking to crypto investments as a way of making quick money after two years of pandemic-fueled economic decline. But in the world’s most populous Muslim country, religious authorities have spoken out against the risks of cryptocurrency, and declared crypto transactions against the rules of Islam.

In this episode of Transnational, Rana Thamrin embarks on a spiritual journey to Indonesia’s only Islamic school in Yogyakarta where transgender Muslim women are finding ways to reconcile their faith and trans identity.

Villages in Demak on the northern coast of Indonesia's Central Java have slowly but surely been disappearing under water, as erosion and groundwater extraction have caused the land to sink below sea level. Seven villages have been submerged so far, with most residents having to relocate. But a few still choose to live in their homes that are flooded on a daily basis.

Volunteering in your community is not a new idea. But for one Indonesian scuba diver his volunteer work is dangerous and sometimes terrifying.

New York Fashion Week is generally known as a showcase for fashion designers, and the celebrities that wear their clothes. But several shows held on the sidelines are trying to call attention not only to fashion but to serious and difficult issues like sexual assault. VOA’s Rendy Wicaksana reports from New York

When an Indonesian American, a recent college graduate, collected a $10,000 peace prize she spent the money as soon as she could to realize her winning plan – providing aging trans women in Jakarta with a steady income from a laundry business, freeing them from sex work and begging.