PROFILE

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.

Since 1947, more than 38,000 people from over 170 countries have participated in Salzburg Global Seminars. Collectively, these alumni are known as “Salzburg Global Fellows”.

Nowadays, Andre Taulany is best known as a comedian who frequently shows up on TV channels and YouTube accounts, but back in the day, Andre started off his career as a lead vocalist in Stinky, a music band, and as an actor in the movies. 

China’s women’s singles Chen Yu Fei won the Kapal Api Group Indonesia Open 2023 badminton tournament, after overcoming Spain’s Carolina Marin. Competing at Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Senayan, Jakarta, Sunday 18 June, the gold medalist at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics won 21- 18, 21-19. 

Borderline is a Jazz Group Band from Indonesia formed in 2022 and consists of 4 talented young musicians in an age range from 20 to 25: Muhammad Rega Dauna, Harmonica, Brandon Julio, Bass , Michael Ananda, Guitar and Timoti Hutagalung, Drums. The reason behind the name “Borderline” was mainly because the members of this band live on the border of their home city, hence “Borderline”. 

Guitarist Ramadhista Akbar, known as a member of the band Nidji, released a solo single titled “Seek Happiness.” 

Young singer Putri Ariani went viral after she was given a “golden buzzer” from Simon Cowell, the notoriously sharp-tongued and hard-toplease judge of “America’s Got Talent”. The buzzer is a special mechanism that allows a contestant to go straight to the Semi Finals.