11 AUGUST 2018
How Bill Clinton hastened Suharto’s demise
The iconic photograph of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Michel Camdessus standing over then-President Suharto with his arms folded like a disapproving schoolteacher came to symbolize the eventual downfall of the long-serving Indonesian leader
http://www.atimes.com/article/how-bill-clinton-hastened-suhartos-demise/
20 APRIL 2018
Indonesians hate the Chinese, because they are Jewish
How Dutch colonial officials used anti-Semitism to fuel anti-Chinese hate. A Jew explanation
http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/257183/indonesians-hate-the-chinese-because-they-are-jewish?utm_source=tabletmagazinelist&utm_campaign=1130516d99-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c308bf8edb-1130516d99-207191017
27 FEBRUARY 2018
Work has begun to excavate a cemetery in Indonesia where officials believe the remains of British and Dutch sailors were dumped
Work has begun to excavate a cemetery in Indonesia where officials believe the remains of British and Dutch sailors were dumped by scrap metal merchants who have raised sections of warships sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/27/indonesia-cemetery-dug-search-bones-british-dutch-sailors/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/27/indonesia-cemetery-search-bones-british-dutch-sailors-wrecks-warships
20 OCTOBER 2017
Origins of Indonesia’s national language
The development of the Indonesian language spanned hundreds of years, and was influenced by foreign traders from various parts of the world. Cultural factors, however, have hindered critical thinking and the establishment of a proper literacy tradition
http://www.asiaone.com/asia/origins-indonesias-national-language
17 OCTOBER 2017
Declassified US files reveal new details of Indonesia’s mid-60s mass killings
Declassified files have revealed new details of US government knowledge of and support for an Indonesian army extermination campaign that killed several hundred thousand civilians during anti-communist hysteria in the mid-1960s
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/17/indonesia-anti-communist-killings-us-declassified-files