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Indonesia history
![Dancing into Power: The Successful Rehabilitation of Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto Dancing into Power: The Successful Rehabilitation of Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-03-12-005744.jpg)
Dancing into Power: The Successful Rehabilitation of Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto
By Teuku Harza Mauludi and Pius Fozan
How did an ex-general with such a controversial past manage to scale the pinnacle of Indonesian politics?
![Extensive Damage Feared After Fire at Major Indonesian Museum Extensive Damage Feared After Fire at Major Indonesian Museum](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-09-18-004752.jpg)
Extensive Damage Feared After Fire at Major Indonesian Museum
By Sebastian Strangio
The National Museum of Indonesia houses the country's most extensive collection of historical and archaeological artifacts.
![The Unresolved Legacy of the May 1998 Riots in Indonesia The Unresolved Legacy of the May 1998 Riots in Indonesia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-05-26-055158.jpeg)
The Unresolved Legacy of the May 1998 Riots in Indonesia
By Virdika Rizky Utama
Next year's presidential election is a good time to press for accountability for the violence that accompanied the end of Suharto's New Order.
![Indonesia’s Jokowi Restores Citizenship to Political Exiles Indonesia’s Jokowi Restores Citizenship to Political Exiles](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-01-12-004229.jpg)
Indonesia’s Jokowi Restores Citizenship to Political Exiles
By Sebastian Strangio
The policy is part of a recent government push to recognize past episodes of human rights abuses committed by the state.
![Indonesia Confronts the Past, While Sidestepping the Present Indonesia Confronts the Past, While Sidestepping the Present](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-02-07-042202.jpg)
Indonesia Confronts the Past, While Sidestepping the Present
By Rory James
What motivated President Joko Widodo's recent acknowledgement of gross past human rights abuses?
![Indonesia’s Jokowi Admits to Serious Past Human Rights Abuses Indonesia’s Jokowi Admits to Serious Past Human Rights Abuses](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-01-12-004229.jpg)
Indonesia’s Jokowi Admits to Serious Past Human Rights Abuses
By Sebastian Strangio
The leader acknowledged 12 episodes of gross human rights violations that occurred between the 1960s and the early 2000s.
![Suharto’s Shadow Still Lingers in Indonesian Museums Suharto’s Shadow Still Lingers in Indonesian Museums](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_651030013.jpg)
Suharto’s Shadow Still Lingers in Indonesian Museums
By Michael G. Vann
“New Order” history is a sensitive topic as Indonesia’s presidential election approaches.
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