In November 2023, a unique event occured. Eight gamelan groups – Gamelan DanAnda, Kacapi Suling Melbourne, Mahindra Bali Gamelan, Melbourne Community Gamelan, Mugi Rahayu, Putra Panji Asmara, Talo Balak, Selonding Sapta Nugraha – came together to perform at a small church in Northcote, a suburb in North Melbourne.
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The new city will be the largest legacy of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, who aims to bow out of his second and final term in October 2024 from a brand-spanking new presidential palace.
As business development and interrelation investment in Bali boom, one small business owner in the tourism sector has spoken to reporters about the impact foreigners operating businesses illegally in the country have been having on his company.
Twice a week, Tjong Lan Tjen travels for more than an hour from her home to central Jakarta, where she heads to Indonesia’s largest mosque to study Chinese.
Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi stated that President Joko Widodo and Australian Governor-General David Hurley discussed ways to strengthen language teaching.
A second Pokémon Air Adventures event has been announced for Indonesia! Pikachu’s Indonesia Journey is coming to Yogyakarta, Indonesia from August 24 to 25, 2024.
Dr Anthea Skinner, Prof Lisa Palmer, Prof Marcia Langton, Prof Aaron Corn, Dr Kristen Smith, Prof Brian Djangirrawuy Gumbula-Garawirrtja, Renelle Gandjitjiwuy Gondarra, Prof. Muhlis Hadrawi, James Pilbrow.
Deep in the forests of southern Java, a chilling scene is playing out late into the night.
Indonesia is hosting the inaugural the Indonesian Lion Dance Sports Federation (FOBI) World Championship 2024 for lion dance, a prestigious event scheduled for May 17-19 at the Britama Arena in Mahaka Square, North Jakarta.
The government has announced 27 national holidays for this year alone, mostly related to religious events. By comparison, Vietnam has only 13 national holidays, said Eko Listiyanto from the Jakarta-based Institute for Development of Economics and Finance.
As diplomatic showdowns go, this summit had few parallels. In a grand pavilion in the magnificent grounds of the royal palace of Singasari in eastern Java, an envoy from Kublai Khan, the most powerful man in the world, sat down to pass on a blunt message to King Kertanegera, probably the most powerful ruler in Southeast Asia. The year was 1290.
Indonesia’s most prolific film director is juggling multiple projects as his latest film proves box office gold.
In this episode Dr Marina Welker talks about her new book and deep dive on how multinational tobacco corporations impact the lives of ordinary Indonesians.
Heavy metal music is controversial in some conservative societies but quite popular in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.
The ambitious plan to progressively develop a million hectares of rice fields in Central Kalimantan province with Beijing providing its rice technology in support emerged from high-level bilateral talks last month.
