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WHY EUROPEANS FLY 13,000 KM TO A BORNEO RAINFOREST AND WHAT INDONESIANS KEEP FOR ...
Tanjung Harapan in Kalimantan is where Europeans fly thousands of miles to see wild orangutans. Here ...
TRAVEL + LEISURE | 11 hours ago
INDONESIA'S ANIMATED FILM GARUDA DI DADAKU JUST MADE IT TO SHANGHAI
Garuda di Dadaku enters the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival's Golden Goblet Animation Comp ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 19 hours ago
A SKY FULL OF LIGHT: HOW BOROBUDUR LIT UP THE NIGHT FOR WAISAK 2570
Thousands of lanterns lit the night sky above Candi Borobudur on May 31. Here's everything that happ ...
ART + CULTURE | a day ago
THE METEOR GARDEN BOYS ARE BACK. JUST NOT ALL FOUR OF THEM.
The Meteor Garden boys are back. Just not all four of them. Ken Chu won't be at F4's Jakarta reunion ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 days ago
RUNNING TRAIN NOVATETSU GAMES SOLO DEVELOPER INDONESIA
A Solo Developer From Indonesia Built a Japanese Train Game — and Japan Loved It
TECHNOLOGY | 3 days ago
INDONESIA JUST LANDED ON FORBES 30 UNDER 30 ASIA 2026 FOUR TIMES OVER
Forbes named four Indonesians on its 30 Under 30 Asia 2026 list: No Na, Tiara Andini, Erika Richardo ...
TRENDING NOW | 3 days ago
FASHION DESIGNER HARRY HALIM STEPS INTO ACTING PLAYING MAX HUANG'S FATHER IN A N ...
Indonesian fashion designer Harry Halim makes his acting debut, playing Max Huang's father in a new ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 4 days ago
THESE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS FROM BINTARO JUST BEAT 58 COUNTRIES WITH A TRADITIONAL AC ...
Bintaro's Tim Ratoh Jaroe SMP Auliya wins gold at World Dance Festival 2026 in Bali, beating 58 coun ...
ART + CULTURE | 5 days ago
INDONESIA JUST CREATED A PASSPORT FOR MUSEUM LOVERS
Indonesia's Ministry of Culture launches Museum Passport on June 16, 2026 — a stamp-book letting v ...
TRAVEL + LEISURE | 6 days ago
THE LUGGAGE THAT EARNS ITS KEEP IN YOGYAKARTA
Victorinox launches the Spectra 3.0 luggage in Indonesia. See why this polycarbonate hardcase with s ...
TRENDING NOW | 7 days ago
THREE CONTINENTS, ONE SONG: LISA, ANITTA, AND REMA JUST DROPPED THE FIFA WORLD C ...
Lisa, Anitta, and Rema dropped "Goals" on May 21 — the new FIFA World Cup 2026 anthem blending K-p ...
TRENDING NOW | a week ago
FROM A VILLAGE IN WONOGIRI TO UC BERKELEY: KI MIDIYANTO IS TEACHING AMERICA TO L ...
Ki Midiyanto has taught Javanese gamelan at UC Berkeley since 1988. Meet the man bringing Indonesia' ...
ART + CULTURE | a week ago
INDONESIA WANTS YOU TO TRAVEL SMARTER — NOT JUST FARTHER
"Indonesia's #DiIndonesiaAja campaign uses photo editing tips and Borobudur to make domestic travel ...
TRAVEL + LEISURE | a week ago
BTS IS COMING BACK TO JAKARTA , IT'S CALLED 'ARIRANG'
BTS just announced their World Tour — and Jakarta is on the list. Two nights at GBK. General sale ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a week ago
NO NA JUST MADE HISTORY ON SOUTH KOREA'S BIGGEST MUSIC CHART — AND IT'S ONLY T ...
no na's "Shoot" hit 714K streams on MelOn, making them the #1 most-streamed Southeast Asian girl gro ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a week ago
AN INDONESIAN SHORT FILM BEAT 2,400 OTHERS TO COMPETE AT CANNES 2026
Indonesian-German short film VATERLAND or A Bule Named Yanto beat 2,400+ entries to compete at Canne ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 weeks ago
AFTER 12 YEARS AND 9 TRIES, INDONESIA FINALLY WON THE CHEERLEADING WORLD CHAMPIO ...
Indonesia's national cheerleading squad did something no Indonesian team had ever done before — an ...
SPORTS | 2 weeks ago
FOUR INDONESIAN FILMS JUST MADE IT TO CANNES CRITICS' WEEK — AND NOBODY'S TALK ...
Holy Crowd, Original Wound, Annisa, and Mothers Are Mothering are at one of cinema's most prestigiou ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 weeks ago
A SONG FROM EAST INDONESIA JUST EARNED A SPOT AGAINST K-POP GIANTS IN TOKYO
"Tabola Bale" by Silet Open Up is nominated for Best Asia Song at Music Awards Japan 2026. Here's wh ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 weeks ago
INDONESIA FLIPS THE SCRIPT AT VENICE BIENNALE 2026 WITH "PRINTING THE UNPRINTED" ...
Indonesia's Venice Biennale 2026 pavilion "Printing the Unprinted" imagines Batak sailors who discov ...
ART + CULTURE | 3 weeks ago
THREE DAYS, THIRTY ARTISTS, ONE UNESCO TEMPLE: PRAMBANAN JAZZ 2026 IS BACK
The festival that turns an 8th-century Hindu temple into Southeast Asia's most dramatic concert stag ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 3 weeks ago
YE SAID "COMING SOON 2026" — AND JAKARTA WENT ABSOLUTELY INSANE
A cryptic message on a videotron screen. A crowd erupting at midnight. And suddenly, Jakarta is on K ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 3 weeks ago
INDONESIA'S TEMPEH IS GOING TO UNESCO — AND IT'S BEEN 500 YEARS IN THE MAKING
From banana-leaf stalls in Central Java to the world's most prestigious cultural heritage list, temp ...
CULINARY | 4 weeks ago
WHY AYAM GEPUK CONQUERED THE MALAYSIAN FOOD SCENE
A West Java smashed chicken dish arrived in Malaysia with one outlet in 2017. Today it's a halal-cer ...
CULINARY | 4 weeks ago
INDONESIA'S CHILDREN ARE QUIETLY DROWNING — AND THE NUMBERS PROVE IT
Nearly 700,000 Indonesian children show signs of depression. Here's what the data says — and what ...
TRENDING NOW | 4 weeks ago
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2: FILM, FASHION, AND THE BRAND UNIVERSE BEHIND THE MOST A ...
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is more than a movie — it's a full brand universe. Here's everything: film ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 4 weeks ago
INDONESIA WALKS MORE THAN YOU THINK — AND THE WORLD AGREES
A global survey of 23,722 people just put Indonesia in the top 13 countries for walking and cycling. ...
WELLNESS | a month ago
THE LIVING STAGE: WHY INDONESIAN FOLK THEATER IS THE CULTURAL EXPERIENCE YOU'VE ...
From Ludruk in East Java to Randai in West Sumatra, the living stage isn't just a show — it's a w ...
ART + CULTURE | a month ago
4 INDONESIAN SINGERS THE WORLD FORGOT WERE LOCAL
Rich Brian, NIKI, Stephanie Poetri, and Agnez Mo are Indonesian — but the world never guessed. Her ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a month ago
CHINAMAXXING: GEN Z'S NEW ANSWER TO HUSTLE CULTURE
Chinamaxxing is the TikTok trend where Gen Z adopts Chinese daily habits to escape hustle culture †...
TRENDING NOW | a month ago
