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Dutch king apologizes for colonial killings in Indonesia

by Associated Press
| March 10, 2020 3:05 AM

BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands apologized Tuesday for his country's aggression during its colonial rule of Indonesia and formally recognized the Southeast Asian country's independence date, in his first state visit to the former Dutch colony.

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