Gaming is one of the few industries that grew last year despite the pandemic-induced economic slowdown, yet business reps say they need Indonesian government support to unlock the industry’s full potential.
Culture
Former teacher Bibi Ahmed introduced Indonesian language to Scotts Head, NSW. Her own journey with Indonesian began in Year 7, when she was introduced to four language tasters including Indonesian.
Government support, fanatical fans and world-beating players have made it the country’s favourite sport.
Danastri Rizky Nabilah, a filmmaker from Yogyakarta – a city in Indonesia known for its education and art – has no choice but to sell snacks after losing up to 40% of her income during the pandemic.
This report explores the impact of COVID-19 by focusing on a place considered to be Indonesia’s cultural hub, a place where tradition, modernity, arts and history overlap.
“Every bar or beach around the world used to ring with the sound of an Australian accent,” writes ReelOzInd 2021 Jury member and journalist Brigid Delaney.
Jakarta-based director Edwin on Saturday won the Golden Leopard for the best picture at the Locarno Film Festival with “Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash”, a homage to 1980s Asian all-action movies.
When Danilla, Marion Jola and rapper Ramengvrl announced their team-up and dropped their song “Don’t Touch Me”, many of their fans were shocked by the song’s curse-filled lyrics and unusual production.
The issue of plastic waste is a key topic of concern in the artist’s practice, as well as in works of art produced by—and with— the artist’s frequent collaborator, Irwan Ahmett.
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“This series is taken from my time with people from the Baduy, Mentawai, and Sasak tribes on the islands of Java, Siberut, and Lombok in Indonesia,” writes Matt Jacob.
Indonesia’s Greysia Polii wanted to quit badminton five years ago, but a fresh-faced partner has given her a new lease of life and taken them to an Olympic final.
The island of Bali, beautiful in so many ways, forms the backdrop for this sweet romance from the Indonesian film industry. The story is set among the locals and has virtually nothing to do with the foreign visitors that have been descending on the tropical paradise for as long as anyone can remember.
In his exhaustively researched and magnificently written biography of Suharto’s early life, Australian journalist David Jenkins reveals his lifelong fascination with a man characterized in an earlier biography written by a German journalist in the 1970s as “The Smiling General.”
Apex Legends Mobile will soon be launching in a closed beta later this year with Indonesia as their testing market for devices and population.
While the Northern Territory sites are well-documented, the Kimberley fishing camps have not been studied since the 1960s. That’s set to change.