Indonesia News News Indonesia » History: Indonesia’s textbook rewrite delayed to November as critics double down on call to scrap project
JAKARTA: The Indonesian government has postponed the launch of its controversial national history book project by about three months, though critics still call for it to be scrapped entirely.
News Indonesia » History: Indonesia Launches Five Volumes of National History Book Series
The first five volumes of the national history book discuss the journey of the archipelago from its civilization roots to the colonial era.
News Indonesia » History: Explaining the geological history of Indonesia using beetle evolution
A new study on weevils led by biologists Harald Letsch from the University of Vienna and Alexander Riedel from the State Natural History Museum in Karlsruhe brings new cross-disciplinary findings.
News Indonesia » History: Indonesian government's push to write official history slammed as 'authoritarian'
The government of Prabowo Subianto is preparing an official account of Indonesian history that critics say leaves out key events, including human rights abuses. Historians and activists have compared ...
News Indonesia » History: Indonesia history
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 ...
News Indonesia » History: Indonesia History Rewrite: The Long, Debated Journey
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 ...
News Indonesia » History: In Indonesia, fears grow that dark past may be rewritten with government's new history books
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 ...
News Indonesia » History: Australian espionage and the history of foreign intervention in Indonesia
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 ...