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The West New Guinea dispute (1950–1962), also known as the West Irian dispute, was a diplomatic and political conflict between the Netherlands and Indonesia over the territory of Dutch New Guinea. While the Netherlands had ceded sovereignty over most of the Dutch East Indies to Indonesia on 27 December 1949 following an independence struggle ...
By 1960, other countries in the Asia-Pacific had taken notice of the dispute and began proposing initiatives to end it. During a visit to the Netherlands, the New Zealand Prime Minister Walter Nash suggested the idea of a united New Guinea state, consisting of both Dutch and Australian territories. This idea received little support from both ...
Steamboat connections in Ambon Residence, Dutch East Indies, in 1915. Dutch New Guinea or Netherlands New Guinea (Dutch: Nederlands-Nieuw-Guinea, Indonesian: Nugini Belanda) was the western half of the island of New Guinea that was a part of the Dutch East Indies until 1949, later an overseas territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1949 to 1962.
On behalf of the Dutch government, I apologize for the tragedy that took place." Only 9 relatives are still alive and were awarded 20,000 euros ($27,000) compensation each. [8] The money was paid out by 2013. [9] On 10 July 2012, the massacre received public attention in Netherlands after de Volkskrant, published two photos of an execution ...
Dutch war criminals (1 C, 8 P) I. Dutch war crimes in Indonesia (8 P) Pages in category "Dutch war crimes" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The New Guinea campaign of the Pacific War lasted from January 1942 until the end of the war in August 1945. During the initial phase in early 1942, the Empire of Japan invaded the Territory of New Guinea on 23 January and Territory of Papua on 21 July and overran western New Guinea (part of the Netherlands East Indies) beginning on 29 March.
Throughout Indonesian New Guinea 31–33 Papuan protests throughout western New Guinea, fueled by an incident of racism in Surabaya and the ongoing Papua conflict, resulted in 5–7 civilian deaths in clashes in Deiyai Regency and 26 deaths from looting in Wamena and Jayapura. 2019 Indonesian protests and riots: 23 September – 28 October 2019
Netherlands Netherlands New Guinea; Indonesian government victory Military stalemate [1] Western New Guinea ceded to the United Nations then to Indonesia [2] [3] Cross border attacks in Sabah (1962–present) Malaysia Sabah Philippines (1986‒2016) [4] Indonesia [5] Vietnam [6] Singapore [7] Thailand [8]