1. Djakarta was a collection of sweltering huts and hovels.

2. One night in September 1965, while we were serving in the capital, Djakarta, Communist rebels killed many military leaders, set Djakarta afire, and began a nationwide struggle that eventually toppled the nation’s president, Sukarno.

3. One hundred sixty people died today in the explosion of a jet on takeoff from Djakarta.

4. From Blossoms By Li-Young Lee About this Poet Li-Young Lee was born in Djakarta, Indonesia in 1957 to Chinese political exiles