JAKARTA (Reuters) -The Indonesian government's plan to release new history books has sparked concerns that some of the country's darkest chapters could be recast to show President Prabowo Subianto and ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The Communist Party did it. For more than three decades, that was the received wisdom in Indonesian classrooms concerning the night of Sept. 30, 1965, when six generals and a ...

2024 marks the 45th year of UNHCR in Indonesia. As a vast country, Indonesia has experienced several key moments related to displacement in its recent history. UNHCR engaged during these periods to ...

16TH CENTURY: Islam becomes predominant, spreading along maritime trade routes. 17TH CENTURY: The Dutch replace the Portuguese as the most important European trade power in the area known as the Dutch ...

Even the most well-read World War II enthusiast is likely unaware of one major military operation that happened in 1945. It involved Royal Air Force bombers, 24 Sherman tanks, and 36,000 troops—some ...

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to take in the result of Indonesia’s election. INDONESIA HAS been called the biggest invisible country. It is the world’s fourth most populous. With more ...

The 1965-66 massacres were among the darkest days in Indonesian history. Marxism and communism remain banned in the country ...

On a limestone ridge near Indonesia’s tallest peak lies a little-known remnant of climate history. A cluster of ice caps nestled in the rocky terrain around Puncak Jaya are the last tropical glaciers ...