PROFILE

Actress Asri Welas shares with us her bad experience with her banking debit card. This is a cautionary tale, yes. We cannot emphasize enough just how dangerous digital transactions can be when you are not paying attention. Quoting the infamous Bang Napi from the defunct TV show Sergap, “Crime happens not because of intention, but because there is opportunity. Beware! Beware!” 

Satria Muda Pertamina and Coach Youbel Sondakh had to give in to Pelita Jaya Bakrie in the semifinal match, losing by a score of 0-2. The club failed to win three consecutive Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) championships in 2023.

When Marketa Vondrousova faced the global media, almost exactly 120 minutes after lunging for the winning shot that sealed her Wimbledon crown, her face bore two expressions: joy, of course, in the smile she could not dislodge, but also the look of a person who knows something to be true, and yet cannot believe it. 

Despite being 180cm tall, Yolla Yuliana admitted to having never played basketball in her school years – simply because she was never interested in basketball. “Volleyball has always been my favorite sport,” admitted Yolla, who joined the junior national volleyball team at the age of 15.

The Head of the Indigenous Peoples Initiative (IMA), Nukila Evanty, is deeply involved in advocacy campaigns to protect the rights of indigenous peoples. According to Nukila, who recently represented Indonesia's indigenous peoples at the United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum on Indigenous People's Initiative at UN New York in April 2023, the greatest concerns confronting humanity today are development, climate change, deforestation, and biodiversity loss from massive forest clearing and extractive industries such as mining.

PT Krakatau Sarana Properti (KSP), a subsidiary of PT Krakatau Steel Group, celebrated its second anniversary on July 1, 2023. PT KSP, already in its second year, is eager to become a champion both within Cilegon and in other regions. 

Cinta Laura Kiehl is honored to have been selected as the local ambassador for the 2023 FIBA World Cup which Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines will co-host. Cinta was appointed ambassador on Tuesday, July 11, at the Indonesia Gelora Bung Karno Jakarta Arena, where the two preliminary round groups will take place. Cinta is the country’s second ambassador, following Raffi Ahmad. 

The 2023 FIBA World Cup, a world-class basketball competition, will take place in Indonesia, one of the hosting countries, along with The Philippines and Japan. The Indonesia Arena at the Gelora Bung Karno complex in Senayan, Jakarta, will host two preliminary round championship groups, G and H, while four other groups will meet in Manila, Philippines, and two more will meet in Okinawa, Japan. The preliminary rounds of the FIBA World Cup 2023 are scheduled from August 23 to September 3; the following rounds will take place in the Philippines, with the final round on September 10. 

Zahra Muzdalifah, an Indonesian female footballer, was finally recruited by the Japanese club Cerezo Osaka and signed a one-year deal with Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies after three and a half months of trials. 

The world of politics and the Indonesian parliament is grieving. Desmond J. Mahesa, Deputy Chairman of the Gerindra Party’s Board of Trustees and Deputy Chair of Commission III of the Indonesian People’s Representative Council, passed away on Saturday, June 24th. 

The name is Araf Anbiya. For more than two decades, he has advanced his career in the telecommunications business. Since 2022, Araf has entered a new phase in his career: he was elected President Director of Jakarta Infrastruktur Propertindo.