Indonesia is witnessing the rise of a fatherly philosopher king. On 27 November 2024, Dedi Mulyadi was elected governor of ...

Currently, there is only one Indonesian-born male player and now one Indonesian-born female playing in the NCAA Division I ...

Empires, grand in ambition and hard-hearted in expansion, have fought wars throughout history, whether Rome and Carthage, the Ottomans and the Habsburgs or the Mughals and the Marathas. Their ...

Dea is a 23-year-old student living independently in Pamulang sub-district in South Tangerang, Banten. She has visual impairments and has been struggling to replace her expired debit card at a bank ...

Image appeared on a social media post for an event celebrating 100 years of Pram in Bandung. Illustration is by Bawana 2025 Pramoedya’s centenary was celebrated widely in Indonesia, rarely by ...

In Yogyakarta, days during Ramadan days begin with sahur, a simple predawn meal, and close with a more elaborate one with iftar (Arabic), buka puasa (Indonesian) or takjil (Javanese) shortly after ...

L-R: Siti Hediati Hariyadi (Titiek), Sara Djojohadikusumo and Budi Djiwandono are all Gerindra representatives in the DPR 2024-2029/IG @rahayusaraswati Dressed in celebratory batik, the family ...

Campaign messages flooded Indonesian public spaces, on social media and on the streets / Remco van Loenen. Indonesia’s election year – with legislative and presidential elections held on 14 February ...

At Indonesia Bertutur 2024, a biannual festival exploring Indonesia’s cultural heritage through contemporary art, the historic gardens of Bali’s Museum Puri Lukisan became the stage for Amrta, a ...

In August 2020, amid COVID-19 and not even a year behind schedule, a new airport to serve the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) Province officially began operations. Yogyakarta International Airport ...

After almost 40 years of living in the Minangkabau region, I have come to realise how little the environment here has changed. Rice fields continue to produce. Fruit trees like durian and mangosteen, ...

Pro-reformasi demonstrators in Solo, May 1998 / Sunaryo Haryo Bayu, Solopos, 1998. ‘Every second, I feel the bitterness’, my mum said. She tried to remember clearly what happened 26 years ago in May ...