The aviator’s publicity-mad husband, George Palmer Putnam, kept pushing her to risk her life for the sake of fame.

Rowena Hawkins recounts her childhood in 1960s colonial Singapore in My Father is Police, Lah!, tracing family life, class, ...

In Japan, bobtail cats are considered good luck, and Nagasaki is the place to find them. They are known as “omagari neko ...

In 1938, Indonesia, then known as the Dutch East Indies, made history as the first Asian team to feature in the FIFA World Cup™ finals. With a squad made up of players of Dutch heritage ...

Bullish (Video) Indonesia: Daily Life in the Dutch East Indies - A Historical Documentary Posted: March 9, 2025 | Last updated: March 9, 2025 The film presents a narrative from Salim, a teacher in ...

SINGAPORE -- In January 2019, the global surge in anti-racist sentiment sparked by the U.S. Black Lives Matter movement washed up on the shores of Britain's former colonies in Southeast Asia.

The Garuda, who haven't played at the global finals since France 1938 as Dutch East Indies, currently sit third in Group C of AFC FIFA World Cup™ 26 qualifying, one point behind Australia in the ...

an official who served as commandeur of Jaffnapatnam at the end of the 17th century and rose to the position of governor-general of the Dutch East Indies. From 1694 to 1696, Zwaardecroon noted ...

The Dutch presence in what was then the Dutch East Indies started in 1800 and ended when Indonesia proclaimed independence in 1945. Among the objects are four statues of Hindu and Buddhist deities ...

The Netherlands didn’t fare all that well during the Second World War, as it was quickly overrun in Europe by Nazi Germany while the Dutch East Indies fell to the Japanese. Since 1949 ...

A Tasmanian detectorist has found a Dutch East Indies 1 duit coin that pre-dates colonisation in the state. While the coin itself is not rare, it's an uncommon find in Tasmania. While the coin won ...