Indonesia 80 Years of Independence

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It is perhaps the most important date in Indonesian history: August 17, 1945. Nationalist leaders Sukarno and Hatta declared independence. Exactly eighty years later, Rob Trip presents a program from the Hortus Botanicus in Leiden about this "Proklamasi," the turbulent years that followed, and the grand, current celebration of this national holiday in Indonesia. NOS correspondent Mustafa Marghadi reports on the festivities from the capital, Jaka…