In this photo released by Indonesian Presidential Palace, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, dressed in traditional dress and wearing a face mask as a precaution against the new coronavirus outbreak, ...

A bullet-torn shirt and photos of freedom fighters are among the exhibits documenting Indonesia's struggle for independence from the Dutch in a groundbreaking show at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum.

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After the bloody repression of the Indonesian left in the 1960s, Suharto’s regime wrote it out of the history books. Indonesian communists played a crucial role in developing national consciousness ...

MANILA, Philippines — Hundreds of priceless, cultural artifacts looted during the Dutch colonization of Indonesia and Sri Lanka are finally on their way home. In a ceremony Monday at the Museum ...

A new book by a Dutch historian has revealed that Christian pastors and priests not only justified the colonial war with Indonesia, but also remained silent about war crimes. Koos-Jan de Jager’s ...

It is quite an interesting choice for the largest film festival in the Netherlands to close with a film that explicitly denounces the violence of Dutch colonialism in Indonesia, but one can always ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has agreed to return thousands of fossils to Indonesia from a world-renowned collection, after a commission ruled that they were removed in the ...

Writer-director Ena Sendijarević’s movie, about a Dutch family whose small colonial empire crumbles, premiered in competition at the Locarno Film Festival. By Jordan Mintzer Writer-director Ena ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. MANILA, Philippines — Hundreds of ...