In 2013, Dutch govt apologised for mass killings by its army in the 1940s war of independence. FMTNews
President Joko Widodo with King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands at the presidential palace.
Indonesia declared its independence on August 17, 1945 following a brief wartime occupation by the Japanese and several hundred years as a Dutch colony. “I do so in the full realisation that the pain and sorrow of the families affected continue to be felt today.”
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