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A INDONESIAN WEB SERIES JUST TRENDED IN 34 COUNTRIES AND THE RECORD BOOKS HAD T ...
Love & 10 Million Dollars breaks the MURI record trending in 34 countries here's what it means for ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 4 hours ago
SOLO'S MOST VIRAL DISH IS SERVED INSIDE A FIREBALL
Ta'Ala Indonesia in Laweyan is the only restaurant in Solo serving lamb inside a flaming clay dome ...
CULINARY | 3 days ago
TENUN TIDORE IS ALIVE AGAIN. BUT NOT WHERE YOU'D EXPECT.
Tenun Tidore, a traditional woven cloth from North Maluku that disappeared for a century, and debute ...
ART + CULTURE | 4 days ago
35 INDONESIAN FILMS MADE IT TO NETFLIX'S GLOBAL TOP 10
35 Indonesian films cracked Netflix's Global Top 10 Non-English chart by January 2026. Here's what t ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 4 days ago
THE BOOKSTORE THAT MADE TIKTOK FALL IN LOVE WITH KATHMANDU
Pilgrims Book House in Kathmandu went viral on Indonesian TikTok. Here's why 328K people liked it an ...
TRENDING NOW | 5 days ago
INDONESIA’S NUSANTARA EXPLORER IS THE LUXURY TRAIN JAVA
KAI's Nusantara Explorer launches July 1, 2026 a luxury train service inspired by the Orient Expres ...
TRAVEL + LEISURE | 6 days ago
55 FREE EUROPEAN FILMS ARE COMING TO 8 INDONESIAN CITIES
Europe on Screen 2026 brings 55 free European films to 8 Indonesian cities, 4–14 June. Here's ever ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 6 days ago
BACKROOMS FILM SALAM BAHASA INDONESIA NASA GOLDEN RECORD
A NASA Golden Record greeting in Bahasa Indonesia went viral after appearing in A24's horror film Ba ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a week ago
THE BANDUNG DJ WHO TOOK TRADITIONAL ANGKLUNG TO EUROPEAN FESTIVAL STAGES
Manshur Praditya fused bamboo instrument angklung with EDM — and landed in Copenhagen, Bulgaria, a ...
ART + CULTURE | a week ago
THE DEPOK DESIGN TEAM BEHIND ARIANA GRANDE'S LATEST SINGLE
Rising67 Studio, a Depok-based illustration team, designed the titles and poster for Ariana Grande's ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a week ago
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 | a week 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 | a week 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 week 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 weeks ago
RUNNING TRAIN NOVATETSU GAMES SOLO DEVELOPER INDONESIA
A Solo Developer From Indonesia Built a Japanese Train Game — and Japan Loved It
TECHNOLOGY | 2 weeks 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 | 2 weeks 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 | 2 weeks 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 | 2 weeks 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 | 2 weeks 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 | 2 weeks 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 | 2 weeks 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 | 2 weeks 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 | 3 weeks 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 | 3 weeks 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 | 3 weeks 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 | 3 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 | 3 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 | 4 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 | 4 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 | 4 weeks ago
