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Sleman Regency (Indonesian pronunciation:; ) is an Indonesian regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten) on the island of Java.It is located in the north of the Yogyakarta Special Administrative Region, Indonesia, and has an area of 574.82 square kilometres (221.94 sq mi), [7] with a population of 1,093,110 at the 2010 Census [8] and 1,125,804 at the 2020 Census; [9] the official estimate as at mid 2023 ...
Sleman is a kapanewon (administrative district) and the seat capital of Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is on the road between Yogyakarta and Magelang . Sleman consists of five villages, namely Caturharjo, Pandowoharjo, Tridadi, Triharjo, and Trimulyo.
Dato Maharaja Lela or Lela Pandak Lam (died on 20 January 1877) was a tribal chief from Perak, who is known for his assassination of James W. W. Birch, the British Resident of Perak, on 2 November 1875. [1]
Subagio Sastrowardoyo (1 February 1924 – 18 July 1995) was an Indonesian poet, short-story writer, essayist and literary critic. Born in Madiun, East Java, the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), he studied at Gadjah Mada University, Cornell University and in 1963 graduated with an MA from Yale University. [1]
In Japan, suicide (自殺, jisatsu) is considered a major social issue. [1] [2] In 2017, the country had the seventh highest suicide rate in the OECD, at 14.9 per 100,000 persons, [3] and in 2019 the country had the second highest suicide rate among the G7 developed nations. [4]
The practice of unpaid corvée labor had been common during the colonial period of the Netherlands East Indies.Any wages paid to the rōmusha failed to keep pace with inflation, and they were often forced to work while exposed to hazardous conditions with inadequate food, shelter or medical care.
May 3 - Mikawashima train crash - A freight train and two passenger trains collide near Mikawashima Station in Arakawa, Tokyo, resulting in 160 deaths. May 17 - Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma halts the sale of the drug Thalidomide.