PROFILE

IO - After fighting against lymph node cancer and even being declared healthy in 2014, actor Ria Irawan’s was again diagnosed with cancer in 2019 which then worsened. The actor passed away on Monday, January 6. Ria took...

IO - Singer Wika Salim has donated food for the victims of the recent floods. In addition, Wika also helped entertain victims of the floods by inviting them to sing in the Pengadegan Teen Sports Arena, South...

IO - For her role in the film Nikah Yuk, actor Yuki Kato has been studying hard at how to be a comic creator. Yuki even participated in a workshop on drawing comics in her preparation for the role....

IO - On the 7th of December Aryo Djojohadikusumo and his wife, Sachi Sophia celebrated the ‘tedak siten’ ceremony for their baby Mikaela Gayatri Djojohadikusumo. Aryo is the son of businessman Hashim Djojohadikusumo and his...

IO - For Indonesia’s men’s volleyball team coach Li Qiu Jiang, Indonesia is like a second home. The Chengdu, China-born man first coached Indonesia’s team in the 1997 SEA Games in Jakarta and brought the...

IO - Miss Universe 2019, Zozibini Tunzi, wants people to stop measuring beauty just by looks. “I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me — with my kind of skin...

IO - Roxette vocalist Marie Frederiksson died at 61, Monday 9 December. She passed away after a 17-year-long battle with cancer.  Fredriksson was a successful solo artist in her native Sweden before joining with Per Gessle...

IO - Indonesia’s art world has lost one of its own. Painter Jeihan Sukmantoro passed away on Friday, November 29 in his studio in Padasuka, Bandung. Jeihan died at the age of 81.  Jeihan was brought...

IO, Jakarta - That afternoon, the weather in Jakarta was sunny, Independent Observer promised to meet with Heni Juniarti, Director of Marketing Communications Horison Hotels Group at Brew and Co, Cilandak Town Square, South Jakarta....

IO - Singer Sheryl Sheinafia has released her single Positive (Positive), a cover of the song Posesif (Possessive) by the band Naif. Sheryl rewrote the lyrics to campaign how to better use plastic.  For instance, the...

IO - Agnez Mo’s claim of not having “real” Indonesian blood has caused controversy. Agnez stated that she had a mixture of German, Japanese, and Chinese blood in a BUILD Series interview uploaded November...