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Under President Suharto, Indonesia attempted to deconstruct organisations and groups that might represent an internal security threat. As a part of the policy to limit the influence of the Chinese Communists and to encourage the ethnic Chinese to assimilate, the state strongly encouraged Chinese Indonesian individuals to change their names.
Indonesia is the common and official name to refer to the Republic of Indonesia or Indonesian archipelago; however, other names, such as Nusantara and East Indies are also known. Some names are considered obsolete and confined to certain periods of history, while some might be more geographically specific or general.
Elvy Sukaesih — Dangdut female diva and known as Queen of Dangdut Indonesia; Elwin Hendrijanto — Composer, producer, and pianist; Emilia Contessa — Dangdut/Indo pop/keroncong female singer; Eros Djarot — Pop male singer/songwriter; Erwin Gutawa — Indonesian composer, songwriter, and bassist; Eva Celia - Pop singer; Evie Tamala ...
AZ: 2019–2023: AFC: 2023–2024: NEC: ... Born in the Netherlands, Zijlstra is eligible to represent Indonesia through his grandmother who comes from Bandung. [4 ...
Despite the Indonesianization, the Hokkien surnames are still used today by the Chinese-Indonesian diaspora overseas (mostly in the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States)—usually by Chinese-Indonesians courageous enough during Suharto's regime to keep their Chinese names (e.g. Kwik Kian Gie; 郭建義)—or by those who couldn't afford ...
Benteng people (Indonesian: Orang Cina Benteng or Orang Tionghoa Benteng) are a Chinese Indonesian community of 'Peranakan' or mixed descent, native to the historic Tangerang area in the modern-day Indonesian provinces of Jakarta, Banten and West Java.
According to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, there were about 120,000 people of Indian origin as well as 9,000 Indian nationals living and working in Indonesia as of January 2012. [3] Most of them were concentrated in the province of North Sumatra and urban areas such as Banda Aceh, Surabaya, Medan, and Jakarta. However, it is quite ...
Palembang people (Indonesian: Orang Palembang; Palembang language: Uwong Pelémbang), also called Palembang Malay (Malay: Melayu Palembang; Jawi: ملايو ڤلامبڠ ) [2] are an ethnic group native to the city of Palembang and its surrounding areas in the South Sumatra province of Indonesia.