Plaque at entrance to SDN Menteng 01, Obama's former elementary school in Jakarta

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January 2nd 2010
After Bali, I came to the neighboring island of Java, to see how most Indonesians live. Indonesia is a vast country made up of over 17,000 islands. One of these, Java, makes up only 6% of the country’s land mass, but has 60% of the population. With 140 million people, it is also the most populous island in the world. I landed in the capital, Jakarta, a huge city of over 15 million people. Nobod ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Java

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 hos... ... read more

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