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An Indonesian history project has sparked worries among scholars and activists due to released drafts that downplay government atrocities such as kidnapping, killing and mass rape.
The Indonesian government plans to revise the country’s official historical narrative by launching a new 10-volume series of ...
NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Jakarta, Indonesia, that former President Suharto is set to go on trial on charges of corruption. The 79-year-old Suharto is accused of amassing a fortune, along ...
Indonesia's president ordered the arrest of ex-dictator Suharto's son on Friday, two days after a deadly explosion at the Jakarta Stock Exchange that many speculated was carried out by Suharto's ...
The Indonesian government's plans to issue new history books have sparked fears that mention of deadly riots in 1998 ...
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 ...
Responsible for shaping modern Indonesia, Haji Muhammad Suharto was known as the "smiling general," but his legacy as one of the great Cold War era strongmen was built on corruption and a reign of ...
Disgraced former Indonesian dictator Suharto amassed vast wealth for himself and his family during 32 years in power. President Abdurrahman Wahid estimated the fortune at $45bn - enough to repay ...
From Jakarta, NPR's Michael Sullivan reports on the attempts of the Indonesian government to bring former President Suharto to trial. The corruption case against him was dismissed last week, after ...
In the weeks leading up to Suharto's death on 27th January, a parade of Indonesian leaders, including President Susilo Yudhoyono, visited his bedside, showing that the man who ruled Indonesia for 32 ...
NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from Jakarta on the latest developments in the case against former Indonesian President Suharto. Today an Indonesian court ruled that the ex-dictator is unfit to ...