15 Years After the Fall of Suharto, a Mixed Picture of Indones...

Suharto, the army leader turned president, resigned 15 years ago on Monday, and his legacy stirs conflicting emotions

A- A A+ The government has begun considering the nomination of several national figures, including former presidents Soeharto and Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, as national heroes. The government had received at least nine names, including the two ...

Five years ago, property agent Daisul Akhyar took 20 minutes to drive to work in Pekanbaru, capital of Indonesia's Riau province. Now, he can spend two hours in traffic after a surge in wealth transformed the city. "If you live in Riau now, it's ...

Although the dossiers for Ari Sigit, the grandson of former President Suharto who is accused of embezzlement and fraud worth Rp 2.5 billion ($270,000), is complete, investigators have not handed over the case to the Jakarta's Prosecutor Office. Ari, ...

Category Featured, Jakarta, News Tags: education, Jakarta, Jakarta protest, New Order era, protest, Suharto, Trisakti Tragedy, Trisakti University Hundreds of Trisakti University students staged a protest at the State Palace in Jakarta on May 12, 15 ...

GENERAL SANTOS CITY, May 15 (PNA) — Incumbent Sultan Kudarat Gov. Suharto Mangudadatu is off to a third straight term at the provincial capitol as he maintained a big lead on Wednesday over the administration's bet. Mangudadatu, who ran as an ...

Human Rights Defenders Program In 1998, Indonesia's President Suharto fell from power, ushering in an unprecedented period of reformasi, or political reform. But progress in democratization has been met with resistance from many of those accustomed ...

Additional documents detail U.S. perceptions of Suharto from the earliest years of his rule, including the 1969 annexation of West Papua, the 1975 invasion of East Timor, and the so-called "Mysterious Killings" of 1983-1984. "In death Suharto has ...

Since the days of President Suharto's New Order, the Army's special forces unit, Kopassus, has been feared and a law unto itself. It operated outside the law and was never asked to justify its actions. None of its members or officers were ever held ...