Question

What happened in the Indonesian Revolution of 1998? I have to write a summary on it but i do not understand the articles that i find online.

Answer 1

General Suharto, the dictator/president of Indonesia was an unpopular leader because of his brutal treatment of his enemies and his economic mismanagement. For those reasons plus the country's economic crisis, many people rose up and overthrew Suharto.

Check these sites for more details.

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Indonesia#History

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Suharto