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Editorial 9 months ago

Questioning historical revision

Critics suspect the project aims to glorify the incumbent government and will serve as "official history" in textbooks across all educational levels, at least for Prabowo's five-year term.

Academia 10 months ago

PREMIUM
Revising history to legitimize ruling regime

The new, government-commissioned reference on national history presents several problematic issues in its arrangement and content, lending it the appearance of a revisionist exercise that aims to legitimize the current regime.

SE Asia 5 years ago

Myanmar attitudes to sex undressed in textbook row

Unchaperoned teens, gay partners and sex workers - fictional characters in a new curriculum for Myanmar schools are causing a real-world tussle over morality in a deeply conservative nation.

National 7 years ago

Was NU radical in its fight against colonialism? Maybe not, NU says

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) — the largest Islamic group in the country which is now leading the war against religious extremism — was once considered a “radical” organization for its nonconformist attitude toward colonialism.

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