Background: The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hostilities, and UN mediation before the Netherlands agreed to relinquish its colony. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state. Current issues include: alleviating widespread poverty, preventing terrorism, continuing the transition to popularly-elected governments after four decades of authoritarianism, implementing reforms of the banking sector, addressing charges of cronyism and corruption, and holding the military and police accountable for human rights violations. Indonesia has been dealing with armed separatist movements in Aceh and in Papua.
March 22nd 2008Asia » Indonesia » Batam Jakartasta tulimme Batamin saarelle 5 tuntia myöhässä olleella AirAsia-lennolla. Matkatavarat olivat kyllä ehtineet perille ennen meitä! Kun tavarat olivat löytyneet lentoyhtiön toimiston takahuoneest ... [full story]
February 19th 2008Asia » Indonesia » Batam Great time too with Paula and Arthur such a lovely size, views and lots going on, its the start of the festival there soon & look to be some good stuff on, including Black Watch which we saw in Sydne ... 3 photos[full story]
January 27th 2008Asia » Indonesia » Batam "Batam, is a very holey city", we were told on arrival into Indonesia with our good friend Tony. "Every road is covered in holes! hahaha" Tony exclaimed right afterwards.
We took the ferry from Sing ... 32 photos[full story]
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