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1998 Fall of Suharto & Reformasi

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August 7, 2023

Jakarta Post Editorial - August 7, 2023

Jakarta – If you can, make time to see the photo exhibition organized for the 40th anniversary of The Jakarta Post, which will run through the second week of August.

May 26, 2023

Al Jazeera - May 26, 2023

Medan, Indonesia – On the morning of May 21, 1998, Indonesia's then-leader Soeharto stood in the Presidential Palace and addressed the nation.

May 24, 2023

Al Jazeera - May 24, 2023

Randy Mulyanto and Charlenne Kayla Roeslie, Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia's strongman Soeharto stepped down 25 years ago this week after protests and unrest across the archipelago, som

May 22, 2023

Tempo - May 22, 2023

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The democracy and human rights aspects in the country has allegedly worsened as Indonesia celebrates 25 years after the fall of a dictatorship and started the r

Jakarta Post Editorial - May 22, 2023

Jakarta – If history does repeat itself, 25 years after the downfall of the New Order we would certainly have a strongman presiding over our political lives and reigning over society un

May 21, 2023

Red Ant - May 21, 2023

It is twenty-five years since mass "Reformasi" (reform) protests brought down the "New Order" Indonesian military dictatorship, marked by the resignation of General Suharto on May 21, 1

May 14, 2023

Antara News - May 14, 2023

Sean Filo M, Fadhli Ruhman, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) held an event at Pondok Ranggon Public Cemetery on Saturday to mark 25 years o

May 13, 2023

Kompas.com - May 13, 2023

Xena Olivia, Jakarta – The National Association of 1998 Activists (Pena 98) is holding a photo and memorabilia exhibition to commemorate 25 years of reformasi – the political reform mov

South China Morning Post - May 13, 2023

Resty Woro Yuniar – Maria Catarina Sumarsih's world crumbled on November 13, 1998, when she received news that Indonesian soldiers had killed her son on his university campus, nearly si

May 24, 2022

Pembebasan - May 24, 2022

Laili – The People Movement Alliance (ARB) held a protest action to commemorate May Day, National Education Day and 24 years since reformasi in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on Ma

May 12, 2022

Kompas.com - May 12, 2022

Reza Agustian, Jakarta – Trisakti University students held a commemoration of 24 years since the Trisakti tragedy on May 12, 1998, which was held near the Arjuna Wijaya or Horse Statue

January 2, 2022

Agence France-Presse - January 2, 2022

Mulyadi, Jakarta, Indonesia – The Indonesian Navy rescued more than 100 Rohingya migrants traveling in a wooden boat, bringing them to safety early Friday morning following pressure fro

May 21, 2021

CNN Indonesia - May 21, 2021

Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia says that the protection of civil freedoms in Indonesia has gone backwards even though reformasi has been proceeding for 23 years.

CNN Indonesia - May 21, 2021

Makassar – Students from the Total Reformasi Struggle Front (FPRT) held a protest action on Jalan AP Pettarani in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar on Friday May 21.

May 21, 2020

Jakarta Post - May 21, 2020

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Twenty-two years ago, on May 21, history recorded the fall of an authoritarian leader in Indonesia.

October 17, 2019

The Conversation - October 17, 2019

Tim Lindsey – It's deeply ironic that Indonesia's third president, BJ Habibie, died on September 11 – less than a week before the national legislature passed a law that gutted the high

October 9, 2019

South China Morning Post - October 9, 2019

Johannes Nugroho – Tens of thousands of Indonesian students have taken to the streets in recent weeks to demonstrate against what they see as a weakening of democracy, just as Indonesi

September 23, 2019

Tempo - September 23, 2019

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – President of Trisakti University's students' union Dinno Ardiansyah argues that the government together with members of the House of Representatives (DPR) have

September 22, 2019

Detik News - September 22, 2019

Rahel Narda Chaterine, Jakarta – Indonesia Madani Circle (LIMA) founder and director Ray Rangkuti has said that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo doesn't deserve to receive the "Son of Re

September 15, 2019

Arah Juang - September 15, 2019

Leon Kastayudha – Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie died on September 12 at the age of 83.

July 1, 2019

Arah Juang - July 2019

As the 2014-2019 term was coming to an end, the House of Representatives (DPR) were persistently trying to pass through a variety of draft legal revisions.

March 5, 2019

Akurat.co - March 5, 2019

Oktaviani – The "sumpah pocong" challenge thrown up by Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Wiranto to former Army Strategic Reserves Command (Green Berets) c

February 27, 2019

CNN Indonesia - February 27, 2019

Jakarta – Former Army Strategic Reserves Command (Green Berets, Kostrad) chief of staff retired Major General Kivlan Zen has spoken out about a request for money from Wiranto in 1998.

December 10, 2018

Tempo - December 10, 2018

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla has said the increasingly rife corruption in the country is the direct effect of reformation.

July 24, 2018

June 25, 2018

ABC News - June 25, 2018

Olivia Nicole Tasevski – This year marks the 20th anniversary of the resignation of Indonesia's authoritarian president, Suharto, who led Indonesia from 1966 until 1998.

June 4, 2018

Jakarta Post - June 4, 2018

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – It could be love, or it could be nostalgia.

May 23, 2018

Indonesia at Melbourne - May 23, 2018

Soeharto left office in 1998 with a reputation as one of the most corrupt leaders in the world.

May 21, 2018

Ekspresi Online - May 21, 2018

Rofi Ali Majid – The education system has failed to realise the ideals of reformasi – the reform movement that began with the overthrow of former president Suharto in 1998.

ABC News - May 21, 2018

Iffah Nur Arifah – Twenty years ago today, the late Suharto resigned as president of Indonesia after 32 years in power.

May 20, 2018

Sydney Morning Herald - May 20, 2018

Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – I'll never forget what my boss told me on the morning of May 21, 1998. "He'll resign. Today!"

South China Morning Post - May 20, 2018

Resty Woro Yuniar – On a sunny Friday in Denpasar, the capital of Indonesia's Bali, a group of burly men gather at a small, gated, two-house complex across from the city's main cathedra

South China Morning Post - May 20, 2018

Resty Woro Yuniar and Jeffrey Hutton – February 4, 1998, was a day that would change Desmond Junaidi Mahesa's life forever and he never saw it coming.

May 19, 2018

South China Morning Post - May 19, 2018

Jeffrey Hutton – When Francis Xavier Harsono applied for his first passport in 1992 he was brimming with anticipation for his first trip overseas.

South China Morning Post - May 19, 2018

Jeffrey Hutton – Usman Said surveys the stainless steel plaques bearing the names of his fallen classmates at Trisakti University in Jakarta.

March 12, 2018

Jakarta Post - March 12, 2018

Jakarta – Former president Soeharto's daughters, Siti Hediati Hariyadi, or Titiek Soeharto, and Siti Hutami Endang Adiningsih, or Mamiek Soeharto, attended the peak of an event called H

Jakarta Post - March 12, 2018

Jakarta – House of Representatives member Siti Hediati Herijadi, or Titiek Soeharto, the second daughter of late former president Soeharto, has said the reform movement, which began aft

February 5, 2015

Jakarta Post - February 5, 2015

Jakarta – The Foreign Ministry will set up a special desk or working group to handle the Papua issue and to improve the country's engagement with its easternmost province.

July 1, 2013

Inside Indonesia - July 2013

Andy Fuller – Suharto's portrait is commonly seen on the streets of Yogyakarta – It appears on the back of trucks, motorcycles and, less frequently, on private cars.

May 26, 2012

Straits Times - May 26, 2012

Zakir Hussain – As Indonesians over the past week marked the anniversary of the reform movement that toppled strongman Suharto 14 years ago, several major newspapers ran a photograph of

April 13, 2012

Jakarta Globe - April 13, 2012

Dion Bisara & Ulma Haryanto – British Prime Minister David Cameron praised Indonesia's political and economic transformation on a visit to Jakarta on Thursday, citing it as a model

April 12, 2012

The Guardian (UK) - April 12, 2012

John Sidel – Speaking at an Islamic university in Jakarta, David Cameron hailed Indonesia as a model democracy to be celebrated and emulated by countries across the Muslim world.

May 31, 2011

Jakarta Post - May 31, 2011

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Former president Megawati Soekarnoputri on Tuesday expressed her disappointment at the Indonesian media for apparently neglecting to report on her role in the r

May 17, 2011

Jakarta Globe - May 17, 2011

Camelia Pasandaran – The government's failure to deliver on promised reforms has led many people to yearn for the days of former President Suharto, analysts said.

May 16, 2011

Jakarta Globe - May 16, 2011

Arientha Primanita – The common refrain of "things were better under Suharto" has been given credence in a new survey that shows the former strongman's rule is widely preferred to the c

May 22, 2010

Associated Press - May 22, 2010

Stephen Coates – A dozen years after the dawning of Indonesia's Reformasi movement, there are fears the country is on a slippery slope backwards.

May 21, 2010

Political Committee of the Poor-Peoples Democratic Party (KPRM-PRD) Statement - May 21, 2010

Let us unite to overthrow the pro-imperialist government of SBY-Boediono and the rotten political elite. Replace them with a United Government of the Poor!

Okezone - May 21, 2010

Hen Hen, Jakarta – A number of social and student organisations held a protest action in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building on May 21 to commemorated 12 years of refor

KRjogja.com - May 21, 2010

Yogyakarta – Activists from the United People's Movement (GRB) in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta held a protest action by placing flowers on a grave at the zero kilometer point nea

January 4, 2010

Jakarta Post - January 4, 2010

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