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Where did well-heeled Hongkongers escape the summer heat in the years preceding mass tourism?
The Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia), and more specifically, the island of Java, was the premier interwar summer destination of choice for those Hongkongers able to afford leisure travel.
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Amelia Earhart’s Reckless Final Flights
The aviator’s publicity-mad husband, George Palmer Putnam, kept pushing her to risk her life for the sake of fame.
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Interview with Rowena Hawkins on My Father is Police, Lah!
Rowena Hawkins recounts her childhood in 1960s colonial Singapore in My Father is Police, Lah!, tracing family life, class, ...
The Japanese city where cats with hooked and bent tails are thought to bring good luck
In Japan, bobtail cats are considered good luck, and Nagasaki is the place to find them. They are known as “omagari neko ...
Cats with hooked and bent tails fill Nagasaki, Japan, where they are thought to bring good luck
In Japan, bobtail cats are considered good luck and Nagasaki is the place to find them. They are known as “omagari neko (bent ...
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How a Dutch trading company started the World’s First Stock Exchange
Dutch historian Marteen Prak told Euronews ... noting how the VOC distributed a spice from the nutmeg tree cultivated in the East Indies . “It was a kind of compromise solution,” he added.
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Indonesia's past offers lesson for World Cup 26 objective
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 ...
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Indonesia: Daily Life in the Dutch East Indies - A Historical Documentary
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 ...
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Book review: Stark images reevaluate colonial culture in Dutch East Indies
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.
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Indonesia turn to Kluivert
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 ...
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How Dutch-ruled Jaffna became a major economic hub in South Asia
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 ...
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NL returns Indonesian art “which should never have been here”
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 ...