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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 | 18 hours 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 | a day 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 | 3 days 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 | 3 days 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 | 4 days 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 | 4 days 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 | 5 days 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 | 6 days 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 | a week 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 | 2 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 | 2 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 | 2 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 | 3 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 | 3 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 | 3 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 | 3 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 | 4 weeks 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 | 4 weeks 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
SULAWESI CAVE ART IS OLDEST IN THE WORLD
New research confirms Sulawesi cave art is 67,800 years old — the oldest ever found. Here's why In ...
ART + CULTURE | a month ago
THE NEW TRAVEL TREND: PAY TO LIVE LIKE A LOCAL IN INDONESIA
Cultural immersion is 2026's biggest travel shift. Indonesia — home to 1,300+ ethnic groups and th ...
TRAVEL + LEISURE | a month ago
THE PURPLE OJOL THAT'S ONLY FOR WOMEN — MEET SIDASAFE, INDONESIA'S FEMALE-FIRS ...
Female drivers, female passengers, purple scooters. SIDAsafe is rewriting the rules of urban transpo ...
TRENDING NOW | a month ago
CHINA'S GLOW-IN-THE-DARK PLANTS ARE REAL. THEY MIGHT REPLACE YOUR STREET LAMPS
Forget solar panels. Scientists in China are growing living lights by putting firefly DNA inside flo ...
TECHNOLOGY | a month ago
BROADWAY'S JERSEY BOYS IS COMING TO JAKARTA.
Jersey Boys Jakarta 2026 comes to Taman Ismail Marzuki on June 27–28, starring Agatha Pricilla and ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a month ago
WHEN BALI AND SYDNEY SHARED A KITCHEN, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED
Sydney chef Tyson Gee hit Seasalt Bali with smoked bacon XO, dashi jelly, and a Canadian s'more. Thi ...
TRAVEL + LEISURE | a month ago
GRABX 2026 CAME TO JAKARTA — AND INTRODUCED 13 NEW FEATURES
For the first time, Grab held GrabX outside Singapore. Here's what the Jakarta event actually means ...
TECHNOLOGY | a month ago
NAWANA BY ALANA SENTUL CITY: THE HOTEL 45 MINUTES FROM JAKARTA THAT JUST CHANGED ...
Nawana by Alana Sentul City just opened 45 mins from Jakarta — a new 4-star sanctuary hotel with 1 ...
TRAVEL + LEISURE | a month ago
