This week, Prabowo honoured Suharto as a “national hero”, citing the ex-leader’s contribution to Indonesia’s independence struggle, while overlooking allegations of corruption, nepotism and human ...

His departure marked the start of the current, generally happier, era in Indonesia: reformasi, or the country’s transition to ...

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 killed, ...

Political backsliding has been part of history and not just in our times. But what might have made the difference in the ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia – 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 ...

Suharto suffered multi-organ failure and was placed on a ventilator Friday, doctors said, as family members rushed to the former Indonesian dictator's bedside. Physicians called his deteriorating ...

Indonesia’s former dictator Suharto was responding well to dialysis treatment Sunday but remains in critical condition, his doctor said. Suharto, 86, was admitted Friday to Pertamina Hospital with ...

Jose Ramos-Horta believes Indonesia’s invasion and annexation of East Timor on December 7, 1975 – 50 years ago this week – ...

Suharto, the general who emerged from obscurity to rule Indonesia with an iron fist after brutally suppressing a 1965 communist uprising, died Sunday in Jakarta at age 86. The former president, who ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Former President Suharto, who was accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars during his 32-year reign, will not face prosecution because of his ill health, Atty. Gen.

The modern-day visitor to the thousand-year-old temple complex of Prambanan in central Java may be surprised by sculptures with a familiar face or, rather, a familiar smile. And suddenly comes the ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Former dictator Suharto, an army general who crushed Indonesia's communist movement and pushed aside the country's founding father to usher in 32 years of tough rule that saw up ...