PROFILE

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. 

Drivers, teams, partners and staff of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship came together to clear plastic and waste from a beach next to the International Jakarta E-Prix Circuit ahead of the GulaVit Jakarta E-Prix, on Friday 2 June, to support World Environment Day. 

A joyful news for Indonesian basketball: our legend, Sony Hendrawan, won international recognition for his prowess with his induction into the FIBA Hall of Fame Class of 2023. On Friday, 2 June 2023, FIBA announced Sony’s name alongside nine other legendary male and female players across the world, living and having passed on, including former Chinese NBA star Yao Ming. 

Raffi Ahmad is a well-known sports enthusiast and supporter. After having formed the RANS soccer club and the RANS PIK basketball team, he is expanding into tennis sponsorship and mentoring – by inviting young Indonesian tennis athlete Muhammad Rifqi Fitriadi to join the RANS Tennis gym. 

Our realms of politics and government are in mourning: Statesman Sarwono Kusumaatmadja died on Friday, 26 May 2023, amid his treatment for lung cancer at the Adventist Hospital, Penang, Malaysia. He is being laid in state in the Soedjarwo Auditorium of the Manggala Wanabakti Building, before an interment in San Diego Hills Cemetery in Karawang, West Java. 

Celebrating 70 years of Australian Scholarships in Indonesia, Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Penny Williams PSM hosted the Australian Alumni Gala Dinner in Jakarta, Saturday 20 May. 

Beautiful, tough, caring: modest fashion designer and entrepreneur Dhyani Prima does not become complacent. She cherishes a dream which she wants to bring into reality, and she is not afraid to enter politics to make it happen.