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After having finished the battle in the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India, 28 July-9 August alongside the Indonesian national chess team, Irene Kharisma Sukandar did not go straight back home to Indonesia. She went to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, instead – to battle in the 28th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival, 17-25 August 2022. 

Celebrity Raffi Ahmad, owner of the “RANSPIK” debutante basketball club, marked with recent success in the Indonesian Basketball League playoffs, has been selected as the FIBA World Cup 2023 Local Ambassador. 

Prominent Indonesian jazz musician Indra Lesmana will commence his series of concerts at JIE Expo, Jakarta, on Tuesday, 27 August. Indra was forced to postpone the concert which was originally scheduled for August 12 because caught Covid-19. 

For the past three decades, I Gusti Agung Rai “Ade Rai” Kusuma Yudha devoted himself to campaigning for people to live more healthily. “You know that most people aren’t interested in health when they’re still healthy, but only find it interesting when they’ve sacrificed their health,” he commented feelingly, in a recent interview. 

Indonesian badminton single men’s athlete Shesar Hiren “Vito” Rhustavito officially resigns his bachelor status by marrying lovely Miss Mitha Hardiyanti. 

Jakarta, IO - Ni Nengah Widiasih broke the ASEAN Para Games record in the women’s 45 kg class powerlifting sport, Monday (1/8). 

Data can indeed be a new treasure or new currency, but all will be meaningless if it is not processed and analyzed properly. “Data must give insight. City government need data to ensure how to serve their citizens,” said Jennifer Robinson, Global Government Strategic Advisor, SAS, DKI Jakarta government partner, in a special interview with the Independent Observer and Investor Daily, Friday 22 July, in the Kuningan area of Jakarta. 

Indonesian pop singer Bunga Citra “BCL” Lestari will be enjoying her international debut in Singapore. Titled “Blossom Intimate”, the planned concert will be held on 19-20 August 2022, at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore. 

Not many athletes can be great in both sports and their studies. One of these is Taiwanese female single badminton athlete Tai Tzu-ying, who was crowned champion of the Indonesia Open 2022 in Gelora Bung Karno Sports Hall, Senayan, Jakarta, on 19 June: she just earned her Doctorate in Sport Science from Taiwan University on 9 June, having earned her Master’s from the same university four years ago. 

Liliyana “Butet” Natsir is one of those athletes worthy of being called a “legend” in Indonesia: she won four world titles and the gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Only the best and toughest can do something like that. Therefore, it is no surprise to us all that the Badminton World Federation (“BWF”) granted her the Hall of Fame Award on Saturday, 18 June at the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Hall, Senayan, Jakarta right before the 2022 East Ventures Indonesia Open semifinals – even though it’s the awardee herself who claimed to be surprised! 

Sad news today: badminton lovers worldwide can no longer enjoy Greysia Polii’s action on the court. The Indonesian Women’s Doubles athlete has confirmed her intention to retire.