A new history of Indonesia’s fight for independence reveals the cruel means by which the Dutch tried to hold on to their ...

Indonesia is one of Australia's closest neighbouring countries, and yet how much is really known about its intricate past?

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David Van Reybrouck about Revolusi, his new book about how Indonesia gained independence and paved the way for the global decolonization movement.

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The Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo is a source of friction between Japan and its neighbours. Beijing and Seoul see it as a symbol ...

A land crab scurries across the dusty floor, which is littered with ammunition cases, and a “drip pit” for capturing bodily ...

Both countries have terrorist related ongoing insurgencies that they fight. Another commonality between the two is that we ...

Morotai, which is now part of Indonesia, was a key base for Allied operations against Japanese forces in that area ... Source ...

In the heart of West Java’s capital, Bandung, stands a historical structure called Gedung Merdeka, or Merdeka Building. It is ...

There are five major and hundreds of minor religions in the world. But don’t worry - yours is the right one. Anon ...

More than a dozen times, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida uses the word ... For both countries it is a symbol of Japan's ...

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