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The people of Rengat, the Dutch archives and Dutch authorities have always known about the massacre of January 1949. Why then is the Dutch public not aware?  

Pasukan payung Belanda membunuhratusan, bahkan mungkin ribuan orang di Rengat, sebuah kota Sumatra, pada masa Revolusi Nasional Indonesia, tapi kelihatannya orang-orang di luar Rengat tidak tahu itu. 

Dutch paratroopers massacred hundreds, perhaps thousands, in a Sumatran town during the Indonesian Revolution, yet nobody outside Rengat seems to know.

Benedict Anderson’s memoir showcases a broad-minded approach to the world and Indonesia

The slaughter of Indonesians by young nationalists has been hidden by romantic narratives of the independence struggle

Yogyakartan Salafi youth are turning to social media to promote their faith 

Book Review: Imam Samudra’s Revenge, by Angus McIntyre

Standing up in the name of truth and justice

The Indonesian way of confronting the past underestimates the importance of truth and justice

Indonesia’s struggle to create a culture of reading

How UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage program transformed the batik neighbourhood of Laweyan

When visitors take pictures of Indonesia, they tend to photograph Indonesia’s cultural heritage. They also often exclude people or represent them as bound by history and relics of a past era.

The end of the boom has not meant an end to the perilous impact of coal mining in East Kalimantan

LGBT rights and recognition have been under attack in the Indonesian media, for various reasons

Bandung’s civic improvement program continues after its patron is imprisoned 

An Indonesian transsexual movement faces challenges from within, as well as from without

An environmental movement is generating new forms of resistance by fusing traditional and contemporary Balinese art with social media

Aceh Singkil’s recent church burning may reflect common ways Indonesians have linked religion and region

Pohlman’s study provides sensitive and powerful testimony of the impact of this violence on women and girls