‘Coincidence’ has led Jerry Zhang to win not one, but two awards for the highest score in the Indonesian language exam at the high school level. What is his story?
Culture
At the Netherlands’ national museum, describing the events in which Indonesia threw off Dutch colonial rule was never going to be easy.
Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas plans to invite Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayeb to Indonesia.
Indonesian film workers have launched their own #MeToo campaign to eliminate sexual violence across the industry.
The question of what makes Indonesian art Indonesian is by no means a new one. When debates around national identity arose in the wake of the Indonesian National Revolution, the task of defining “ke-Indonesia-an” (“Indonesianness”) became inseparable from developments in the realm of arts and culture.
Matya — a Dreamtime story passed to Bidjara, Kara-Kara and South-Sea Islander woman has been brought to life in a performance at the globally celebrated Women of the World Festival.
With Indonesia’s population exceeding 275million, sports offer Indonesia and Australia an excellent opportunity to promote and develop closer relations post COVID-19.
After watching a recorded Australian Rules football game on television from her home in Indonesia, Siti Nurbaeti became curious about the sport.
When Dorce Gamalama — a prominent transgender entertainer, singer, talk show host, comedienne and celebrity for the greater part of the last four decades — passed away on 16 February 2022, Indonesians’ ubiquitous WhatsApp groups and other social media platforms exploded with expressions of condolence.
People in Bali are expected to go offline (well, sort of) during the upcoming Nyepi or Day of Silence on Thursday, as the local government announced plans to block mobile data services and Internet Protocol television (IPTV) for a total of 24 hours while Balinese Hindus observe the holy day.
Jakarta tightens use of loudspeakers at dawn, limits volume to 100 decibels.
For a minority ethnic group like the Indonesian Chinese, who make up less than two per cent of Indonesia’s population, its history of name-giving has been both colourful and contentious.
The country’s marriage statistics obscure a significant rise in unregistered unions involving children and adolescents.
The 2021 film Penyalin Cahaya (Photocopier), co-written and directed by Wregas Bhanuteja, has recently found itself at the center of the ongoing debate on sexual violence in Indonesia.
Women’s political representation is not only meaningful in terms of fulfilling the quota of 30 percent within the parliament, but also it affects substantive matters such as gender-friendly policies.
The Indonesian government on February 11 allowed functioning of Hindu and Buddhist religious rituals at the Prambanan temple and Borobudur temple as it restored Asia’s most renowned sacred sites for the religious interests of Hindus and Buddhists in Indonesia and the World.
