What does 1st December really Means for West Papua
1st December 1961 was not the independence day of West Papua. It is only the event of raising the flag of West Papua insurgent movement facilitated by Dutch to encourage…
1st December 1961 was not the independence day of West Papua. It is only the event of raising the flag of West Papua insurgent movement facilitated by Dutch to encourage…
History of foreign exploration and colonialism in Indonesia is inseparable from what happened in West Papua. This province has been a curious subject of many foreign traders, explorers, and colonial…
West Papua (Papua Barat) is one of Indonesia’s provinces. It is located on the western part of the New Guinea island. With Manokrawi as its capital city, this province was…
In respect to the negotiations undertaken by Indonesia and Dutch in 1945-1949, West Papua (then West Irian Jaya) should be handed to Indonesia as late as 1950. Even according to…
After more than 300 years of colonization, Indonesians declared their independence in August 1945. The path which was taken by the then-new nation was not easy since the people had…
After being colonized by the Dutch colonists for over three-hundred years, Indonesia finally declared its independence on August 17th, 1945. However, the big step which results in the new sovereignty…
Brief Information about the Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference In 11 days from 23 August to 2 November 1949, the Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference was held in Den Haag, the…
The Cambridge Dictionary defines “Independence” as freedom from being governed or ruled by another country. However, even after Indonesia declared its Independence on 17 August 1945, the country has not…