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Discusses the World Day of Prayer, coordinated by Church Women United, and offers some principles that will help people as they pray for Indonesia in its time of economic and political stress.

Editorial. Contends that the international community can not just sit back and allow the economies of countries like Russia and Indonesia to fall in the wake of the financial crises affecting Asia in 1998. The role that foreign investors play in the economies of Russia and Indonesia; The crucial role that the International Monetary fund can play; Why the world needs to see Russia and Indonesia as the pillars of a new democratic world order.

Editorial. Comments on the Indonesian economy and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Effectiveness of the IMF on forcing government reforms; Impact that the IMF will have on Indonesia; Recklessness of attacks on the IMF; Role IMF plays in avoiding international financial panics; Claim that US Congress should provide the fund with the extra money that United States President Bill Clinton suggested.

Reports on President Suharto's return from Egypt to Jakarta, Indonesia because of the violent riots in his country. Killings of six students by police at Jakarta's Trisakti University; Street riots; Sudden and dramatic price hikes that sparked the violence; Questions of Suharto's losing his legitimacy after 32 years in power.

Reports that Indonesia and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have renewed their commitments to rebuild the Indonesian economy in April of 1998. Why it is important for economic rebuilding that foreign confidence be restored; Progress in Indonesia toward meeting the standards imposed by the IMF; Why leadership changes in Indonesia are viewed as potential obstacles to the economic rebuilding.

Comments on the relationship between economic hardship and social unrest in Indonesia in 1998. The continued degradation of the Indonesian economy; Conflict between President Suharto and the International Monetary Fund (IMF); What the IMF wants to change about how Suharto runs the government; The growing feeling among citizens that Suharto may not be the best choice as leader.

Discusses the role that Indonesian President Suharto is playing in the economic future of the country in March of 1998. His relationship with the International Monetary Fund; Why many analysts feel that Suharto will eventually yield to the IMF; Why Suharto is contemplating tying the rupiah to the United States dollar through a currency board; What many Indonesians feel is Suharto's primary motivation.

Remarks on the growing discontent in Indonesia with how the government is handling the financial crisis it is facing in early 1998. Why analysts feel a so-called people power revolution is possible but not likely; How more people are beginning to see the removal of President Suharto as a viable and necessary option; The search for reformation instead of revolution; How long analysts feel Suharto has to affect changes.

Opinion. Discusses how Indonesia must decide whether to adopt an economy of austerity or liquidity. How the case for austerity rests on the belief that capitalism has badly misallocated credit, crippling the ability of markets to get prices right; Proponents of austerity; How the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would reward austerity for now with liquidity later by making injections of funds from abroad.

Discusses how Chinese in Indonesia are concerned over becoming scapegoats for the economic turndown in February 1998. How the last crisis that was brought to the country was blamed on the Communist party and its ethnic Chinese members; The rise in the cost of rice, cooking oil, and kerosene as sparking a series of attacks on Chinese shops, homes, and churches; The concerns that mass riots could spark an exodus of the Chinese and their funds, leaving the economy in ruins. INSETS: Chinese who don't live Chinese;Suharto's army prepares to deal with the hungry.

Opinion. Comments on the second chance for true independence and freedom in Indonesia in 1998. Details of how President Suharto came to power in the 1960s; How the economy has performed under Suharto; The improper distribution of wealth which has divided the country into poor and wealthy sections; Proposed austerity reforms from the International Monetary Fund in 1998; How the people of Indonesia deserve better than what they got from Suharto.

Discusses the economic conditions in Indonesia in January of 1998. Population and religion; Financial crisis in Indonesia; Efforts of officials in the International Monetary Fund; Austerity guidelines; Impact of economic reform.

Focuses on Indonesia in late 1997. How the weather is expected to impact the economy; Economic problems the country is facing; How the crash of the Indonesian stock market and currency will impact the average citizen; Political implications; The importance of a healthy Indonesia for a healthy Southeast Asia; Support for President Suharto from the United States; Outlook. INSET: A quiet struggle begins for President Suharto's mantle..

Questions the decision by the Clinton administration to contribute $3 billion on top of an International Monetary Fund package of $23 billion to bail out Indonesia. Concerns that the package will backfire and not accomplish its purpose of stabilizing the country; How Congress feels about the aid package; Moral issues to the bailout; The contention from the administration that global financial stability is critical to national security.

Discusses economic conditions in Indonesia in October of 1997. Efforts by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to protect Indonesia from currency failure; What the IMF has asked Indonesia to do before it will release its funds; How Indonesia has responded; The behind the scenes trading that Indonesian President Suharto has accomplished to secure investments from neighboring countries; Outlook.