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JAKARTA: The Indonesian government's plans to issue new history books have sparked fears that mention of deadly riots in 1998 ...
Indonesian government's new history books may omit 1998 riots targeting ethnic Chinese, sparking fears of historical ...
The Pertamina scandal exposes gaps in Indonesia’s fight against corruption and casts doubts on the Prabowo administration’s ...
SYDNEY, July 26 -- Indonesia's attorney general announced corruption charges against former president Suharto today, accusing him of skimming $157 million from seven charitable foundations he ...
NPR's Michael Sullivan reports that the trial of former Indonesian President Suharto opened today in Jakarta, but Suharto failed to appear. A team of 24 doctors attending the former president told ...
Suharto ruled Indonesia with an iron fist for more than three decades after grabbing power in the wake of a 1965-6 massacre ...
The Indonesian government plans to revise the country’s official historical narrative by launching a new 10-volume series of ...
Absolving Suharto's sins Human rights activists quickly denounced the decision, with Amnesty Indonesia calling it a "bad precedent".
The ‘ghost’ of Suharto Suharto’s 32-year dictatorship is considered by international rights organizations to be one of the most corrupt and brutal periods in Indonesia’s history.
Until he was ousted in 1998, ex-President Suharto of Indonesia ruled his country with a rod of iron for more than three decades.
Indonesia's democratic development, however, is in its infancy, and given the nation's myriad problems - from an ailing economy to separatist pressures across the archipelago - trying Suharto for ...
2000-09-01 04:00:00 PDT Jakarta-- Indonesia's former strongman, Suharto, called in sick yesterday on the first day of his corruption trial, putting up another hurdle to this country's tortuous ...