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Driven by a quest for greater resources and the need to maintain profitability, the Dutch Empire expanded its control throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, engaging in often brutal wars of conquest against territories that would later become provinces of Indonesia, but had not yet been integrated into the Dutch East Indies, the name given to colonial Indonesia.

This process led to the first integration of southern Sumatra, Minahasa, and Banten by the early 1800s, then to most of the remainder of Sumatra, southern coast Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo today, North Maluku, and central Java by the mid-19th century.

And finally to Sulawesi, central and northeastern Kalimantan, Bali, which you want to attend.

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Now, both the US and Indonesian government officials had to trace the investigation back to the origin point.

Where in Indonesia did these BMS Foods containers come from, and why were they contaminated? Tracing back the specific containers, BMS Foods found out that the ones that were found to have signs of radioactivity had been passing through an industrial zone called Shikandi Industrial Estate in Banten Province on the island of Java, a little over an hour drive from Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.

The government cordoned off the industrial zone entirely.

In the meantime, online rumors ran rampant, with people debating if the shrimp were contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident of 2011.

Mount Anak Krakatau sits halfway between Java and Sumatra.

The eruption has blanketed Jakarta, West Java, Banten, southern Sumatra in ash.

And the Disaster Mitigation Agency has urged people to wear masks in affected areas to avoid breathing in that ash.

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The volcano is located in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra.

Ash was reported across parts of Jakarta, Banten, West Java, and Lampung, with Indonesia's meteorological agency reporting ash reaching altitudes of up to 50,000 feet.

The disruption has particularly affected international travel, including flights to and from Singapore, as well as routes connecting Indonesia with Doha, Sydney, and Kuala Lumpur.

Indonesia's transport minister urged airlines to accelerate refunds for passengers whose flights were canceled and provide timely information to travelers with upcoming flights to prevent overcrowding at airports.

Flights to and from Indonesia's capital of Jakarta resumed early Tuesday, September 8th, after ash from an eruption by the Anak Krakatau volcano forced a two-day closure that halted nearly 3,000 flights.

Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and Halim Perdanakusuma Airport serving Jakarta, Husein Sastranegara Airport in West Java's Bandung City, and two smaller airports in Banten Province reopened just after midnight, according to Transportation Minister Didi Purwagandi.

The continuous eruption of Anak Krakatau with lava fountains and loud booms ended on Sunday, September 6th, but the volcanic island remained active on Tuesday morning.

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A plume of ash and smoke reached an altitude of 15,000 meters.

Reuters news agency reports schools in the Banten region began online classes Monday due to concerns over the health of students.

Remote learning is also being conducted in Jakarta.

We urge students and teachers to wear masks and pay attention to other health concerns.