People & Places
Indonesia
Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world with the total number of 17.508 islands according to the Indonesian Naval Hydro Oceanographic office. The archipelago is spread over on a crossroads between two oceans. The Pacific and the Indian Ocean bridges two continents Asia and Australian, the Asian continent in the north and the Australian continent in the south. This strategic position has always influenced the cultural, social, political and economic life of the country. Read more >>
History & Politics
History and Politics
Fossilized remains of Homo erectus, popularly known as the "Java Man", suggest the Indonesian archipelago was inhabited two million to 500,000 years ago. Austronesian people, who form the majority of the modern population, migrated to South East Asia from Taiwan. They arrived in Indonesia around 2000 BC, Read more >>
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