Next year's presidential election is a good time to press for accountability for the violence that accompanied the end of Suharto's New Order. The policy is part of a recent government push to ...

The events of May 1998 form an indelible chapter in Indonesia’s history, marked by profound struggle and heart-wrenching grief, which continues to resonate in Indonesians’ hearts and collective ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Minister of Culture, Fadli Zon, stated that the ongoing project to rewrite the national history under his ministry has a budget of Rp9 billion. He opined that this ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Minister of Culture Fadli Zon officially launched the government’s comprehensive new edition of Indonesian history, titled ‘Sejarah Indonesia: Dinamika Kebangsaan dalam Arus Global ...

During the height of the Asian Financial Crisis in 1998, Indonesia plunged into turmoil as food shortages and mass unemployment led to widespread protests and riots. And, as they had been many times ...

Australian troops participated in the post-war occupation of Indonesian territories and is yet to formally apologise. EPA/Abror Riziki Indonesia emerged as a modern nation in the wake of World War Two ...

Civil society groups in Indonesia have criticized the government over the release of a new national history book, accusing it of omitting accounts of atrocities committed during the rule of former ...