PROFILE

Re-releasing “Mata Dewa” in vinyl IO - Renowned Indonesian singer Iwan Fals has rereleased his album “Mata Dewa” in vinyl to coincide with National Music Day, Tuesday 9 March. “Hopefully this will be good news for...

IO - Aprilia Santini Manganang became a trending topic this week. The Indonesian women’s volleyball national team player was officially declared a man. Manganang, who is also a second sergeant in the Army Women’s...

IO - Sutan Aulia Masjhoerdin has served the Hotel Aston Group under the banner of PT Archipelago International Indonesia for almost two decades. “I joined in 2002, approximately 19 years ago,” recalled Sutan, in...

IO - Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin is pleased if there are those with a social spirit who want to hold Covid-19 vaccinations for free. He conveyed this when he attended the free...

Young Prime Minister with big ideas IO - Last Friday, March 5, is the birthday of Sutan Sjahrir, Indonesia’s first prime minister. Born in the city of Padang Panjang, West Sumatra in 1909, Sjahrir was...

IO - Painters use brushes to express be uty, sculptors use wood to showcase their work, while bodybuilders use their bodies to reveal esthetic perfection. Those were the opening words of Ade Rai, a...

IO - Rudolf Puspa is proud and touched. Teater Keliling, which he founded with Dery Syrna, Buyung Zasdar, and Paul Pangemanan, reached the age of 47 years on February 13. Buyung and Paul are no...

IO - Celebrity Chef Davina Hermawan is elighted to have been involved in the “Lunar in Ox Wonderland” event organized by Sampoerna Academy virtually through a variety of platforms, last Wednesday, January 10. Devina is...

Willing to slash the budget as long as... IO - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno says he is willing to have his ministry’s budget cut by IDR 350 billion, implemented by the...

Former basketball player, now a Ph.D. IO - Cokorda Rai Adi Pramartha is one of the three Cokorda brothers who will always be remembered by Indonesian basketball lovers. Tata, as he is called, is the...

IO - One great scholar has left us. Syekh Ali Jaber died Thursday, January 14 at Yarsi Hospital, Rawamangun Jakarta. He was interred at the Darul Qur’an Pesantren Tangerang, Banten, owned by Ustad Yusuf...