Forests have been exposed to destruction for a very long time. Efforts to regulate and maintain forests from the VOC era to the present, have failed to curb the rate of deforestation.

The desire to develop science as an instrument of colonial power resulted in two scientific expeditions at the Dutch East Indies Sea.

In between his administrative duties, Raffles paved his way to be a renown naturalist.

Despite his contribution to Australia, he was expelled from the country. He then went to New Caledonia and served France.

Javanese in Suriname believed this man was sent by God from Java to free them from oppression. The man, Anton De Kom, was galvanized by the Indonesian independence movement.

Irawan Soejono was fighting alongside his comrades against Nazi Germany in the Netherlands. He was shot dead while smuggling a stencil printing machine. His name was later immortalized as a street name in Amsterdam.

Raden Adipati Ario Soejono became a minister in the cabinet of Queen Wilhelmina, while his children fought against the Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. All voiced for the independence of Indonesia.

The national hero was executed in the middle of a muddy night. He firmly held his faith in freedom up until his last breath.

Sukarno's love story with a Filipina actress became the talk of the town, even inspiring a novel by an illustrious Filipino writer.

Is it true that the Kembang Jepun area in Surabaya is related to the history of karayuki-san or Japanese prostitutes?