Indonesia Essays

Sukarno, the most admired president in Indonesia, conveys his nationalist perspectives by articulating all the different manners of colonialism (Britannica). The Dutch once colonized Indonesia for 150 years (weloveindonesia). In that long period, Indonesia was reshaped in different aspects. Dutch Colonialism impacted modern Indonesia in. The Dutch impacted Indonesia in politics primarily in legal system. Another influence that the Dutch brought to Indonesia is Christianity. Last but not least, the

Indonesia was controlled under an imperial power for a very long time. Before the government of Holland took over, Indonesia was held under control by the Dutch East India company for several years (1680-1800). They essentially used them as slave labor and exercised strict control over production on the island (mainly spices). The Dutch had control over most of Indonesia, but not control over Java. In the 1700s, there was a series of wars called the Javanese wars. Specifically, there were three.

1.1 Background Indonesia is one of the developing countries that have high levels of consumption and production of cigarette. Variation product and price cigarettes cause Indonesia has become one of the producers and consumers cigarette the largest in the world (Anies, 2006). According to the Director of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, Frans Rupang, permitting the establishment of a cigarette production is relatively easy. Now we have at least 3,800 cigarette factories, including home-based

Indonesia is a unique and diverse country in Southeast Asia and has a truly remarkable history, in which former Dutch imperialism stands out among other significant events. Imperialism is the practice of extending rule and power to regions outside of the country which holds it by creating colonies. In 1602, the Netherlands founded the East India Trading Company, abbreviated VOC for Dutch “Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie”, to trade spices in Southeast Asia, mainly Indonesia. (van Dam 1) As they

Indonesia from 1850 to 1915 Basics about Present Day Indonesia Indonesia is located in Southeast Asia, and has a population estimated at around 255 million people. Their main religion is Islam at 87%, their mixed economy is 16th largest in the world, and the official language spoken in Indonesia is Indonesian. Main events in Indonesia’s history include: European colonization, specifically the Portuguese, the Dutch East India Company, the Netherlands East Indies, and the national awakening.

ruled over Indonesia for over 300 years, 350 to be exact. The Dutch ruling over Indonesia lead their country to be taken by the Dutch. In many of the time, the Dutch taught them education to improve their understanding about their jobs and the Dutch. The Dutch took and changed a lot of their property, the economy in Indonesia changed, same as their politics and their art, which lead the Indonesians to have an advantage of taking back what’s theirs. The Dutch was a strong country but, Indonesia were still

Palm Oil Controversy in Indonesia In the land of disappearing trees, Indonesia is wasting no time in expanding the palm oil market in light of high global demand. Not only can it be used in food, cosmetics and even biofuel, but it also has a longer shelf life than most vegetable oils, and is also the most productive seed; one hectare of palm oil plantations can reap a whopping 5000kg worth of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) (Butler, 2006). As a result, Indonesia, drawn in by the booming palm oil market, aims

I.2 Problem Identification As explained previously, since Indonesia is one of important bilateral relations for Australia and vice versa, both countries committed to have strategic partnership in development cooperation in which Australia is the second largest bilateral donor to Indonesia. Meanwhile, the most challenge of development faced by Indonesia is about poverty. By the increasing number of poverty in Indonesia that happened due to some causes, it will affect Australia with the decline in

located close, yet have much different characteristics, Australia and Indonesia are well known have close enough relationships with its dynamics. Australia - Indonesia relationship also has been described as a rollercoaster, means that the relationship is enjoying smooth sailing for the time being, yet there are likely to be issues in the future. The other words, in one side, bilateral relations between Australia and Indonesia promising great chance to cooperation, but somehow there are a lot of

Katie Commodities of Indonesia “The Java War cost the lives of over 15,000 Dutch Soldiers and 200,000 Javanese.”( In the 15th and 16th century commodities in Indonesia was a big deal as there are spices which grow there like nutmeg, turmeric, cloves and many more which does not grow in other places as there are not a lot of tropical countries discovered yet during the 15th and 16th century making the spices really expensive and rare and also making whichever country holds Indonesia monopolies on the

The relationship between Australia and Indonesia over the years has changed for many reasons. These reasons are seen throughout time frames that I have chosen. In 1940’s Australia became allies with Indonesia as Indonesia goes through the battle for independence. The second reason of change was when Menzies increased the relationship with Indonesia, making it stronger, this increased trade. The third reason of change was when Paul Keating was the former prime minister, and made the relationship between

Hanging coffins in Indonesia Hanging coffins can be found at the Tana Toraja in Indonesia. The Tana Toraja is a regency of South Sulawesi province of Indonesia. It is a mountainous region where an indigenous ethnic group known as the Torajans lives. According to April Holloway, (2014), For Toraja people, life revolves around death, but not in a melancholic sense. Torajan tribes have a strong belief in the afterlife. There have several burial practices around Tana Toraja and one of them is hanging

the UN. An estimated 1000-5000 orangutang are killed each year for this development. The orangutan is a keystone species and plays a vital role in maintaining the health of the ecosystem. An example of this being the spread of rainforest seeds in Indonesia, many of which can only germinate once passed through the gut of an orangutan, hence this primate is essential for the existence of the forest. But the orangutan is not the only species affected by palm oil development; their situation represents

and paramedics could not come in. In the later years, foreign embassies saw East Timorese fleeing to countries like Jakarta to seek political asylum. In 1999, Indonesia decided to consider independence if the East Timorese rejected the idea of a special autonomy for them within the Unitary Republic of Indonesia. Later that year, both Indonesia and Portugal signed an agreement to let the East Timorese vote on their future. After the result of the referendum showed that 78% favoured independence, the

INTRODUCTION The first generation of Indonesian comic, komikita , began in 1930 and ended in 1954. Its genres range from social lives, martial arts, superheroes, to wayang . As Indonesia was still colonised by the Dutch, komikita was heavily influenced by western comic strips in Dutch newspapers. In the 1960s, the second generation of komikita introduced the romance genre. Unfortunately, this genre often displayed eroticisms unsuitable for Indonesia’s conservative society. The eroticisms sparked

Borneo, located in Southeast Asia, is a vast island divided amongst Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. It is the third largest island in the world, with a population of approximately 16 million. Borneo is home to the oldest tropical rainforests in the world, which are approximately 130 million years old. These extravagant rainforests have up until recently entirely covered the island. Amidst the world’s most biologically varied ecosystems, the tropical rainforests in Borneo are home to many animal and

General information: Most of the Dani tribe lives in the area of the Baliem Valley, which is located in the central highlands of New Guinea (Indonesia) and is one of the world's most isolated tribes. Despite that their tribe is isolated they are more popular than other tribes in the area because of the tourists that visit Baliem Valley. The tourists like to visit this tribe, because they are very welcoming with them. Baliem Valley is located 1,500 meters above the sea with 50,000 people, half of

palm oil means that the places in Southeast Asia and other countries that grow palm oil will lose their rainforests. If the production of palm oil doesn't change the environment will be greatly impacted. The probable future for the environment in Indonesia and Malaysia - the top palm oil producing countries - is that it will be destroyed. With the amount of deforestation that is happening there will be no more rainforests because they would have been burned down or logged. When trees are burned and

2.1. History: The first notorious recognition of the Newcastle disease (ND) is Java, Indonesia (Kraneveld, 1926). It was followed by an occurrence in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England (Doyle, 1927) thus coining the term for the disease. There are also some previous reports of similar illness in Central Europe as well (Hallas, 1912). Specifically, McPherson (1956), attributed the cause of mortality of all chickens in the West Islands of Scotland to be Newcastle disease in 1896. The ND might be such that

The first recognized occurrence of the Newcastle disease (ND) is Java, Indonesia (Kraneveld, 1926): generated in poultry in 1926 followed by Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England (Doyle, 1927) and then to be called in. However, there are some previous reports of similar illness in Central Europe before this date. (Hallas, 1912). Specifically, (1956) McPherson, attributed the death of all the chickens in the West Islands of Scotland due to Newcastle disease in 1896. This, ND might be that it did not occur