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Scholars worry Prabowo’s government will ‘whitewash’ the 1998 violence, but a minister says the project would go ahead ...
Suharto never mentioned anything about Jokowi or his supposed fake diploma in the 30-minute video. He died in 2008, six years before Jokowi took office as president. Screenshot of the false post ...
Former Indonesian President Suharto, the U.S. Cold War ally who led one of the 20th century's harshest and most corrupt dictatorships over 32 years that saw up to a million political opponents ...
Suharto’s advocates claim he modernised Indonesia and returned the country to the community of nations. Indonesia is now praised as the third-largest democracy on the planet, ...
During his 32-year autocracy, Indonesian President Suharto had a knack for keeping people in doubt about his plans. He was a man of few words. He rarely said "yes" or "no." Rather, he would convey ...
Suharto steered Indonesia through three decades of rapideconomic growth and stability and then watched his work unravelin a matter of months. He was forced to step down on May 21, ...
Former Indonesian dictator Suharto, a U.S. Cold War ally whose military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing opponents, was buried Monday at a state funeral with full military honors ...
Ex-president, often villified for his brutal rule, dies at 86. BALI, Indonesia, Jan. 27, 2008— -- Former Indonesian President Suharto, a U.S. Cold War ally whose controversial three decade ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — For Suharto, once the all-powerful ruler of Indonesia, life today is a tangle of medical tubes, criminal charges and political intrigue. Now 79, the former military dictator ...