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Featuring non-professional actors from the Indonesian island of Java, this beguiling – and occasionally muddled – debut from the Spanish director Álvaro Gurrea treads the line between fiction and ethnographic documentary. Suddenly abandoned by his wife Olive, Yono (Yono Aris Munandar), a sulphur miner at the Kawah Ijen volcano, struggles to win back his beloved. … Read more
It seems like Indonesian Netizens Behaving Badly Online is becoming a regular thing, with the latest instance involving them smearing the country’s good name by leaving racist comments directed at a Black beauty influencer on TikTok. Screenshots of these comments are now going around online, as posted by several community accounts on Twitter. They show … Read more
Hundreds of Indonesian tourism workers were on strike on Tuesday over a hefty hike in ticket prices to see the country’s famous Komodo dragons, a move the government insists is to preserve the habitat of one of the world’s largest lizards. The fee to access two of the main islands of the Komodo national park … Read more
Tunggul Wirajuda (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta ● Fri, September 16, 2022 2022-09-16 11:16 23 653438bc42be6680ce39d10d734fab65 1 Art & Culture bunga-rampai,exhibition,artwork,painting,art Free A retrospective of Indonesian paintings from the late 1980s to the 2000s chronicles the medium’s role in shaping the country’s modern art scene. The woman peers out of the bottle and reclines … Read more
“Ticket to Paradise,” an upcoming romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and George Clooney, drew criticism earlier this week after it was discovered that the film was shot in Australia despite the story taking place in Bali, Indonesia. Indonesia’s Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno defended the film in a press conference on Tuesday. Sandiaga … Read more
New Zealand isn’t the only nation to court rich foreign visitors in the era of Covid-19, with others also choosing to market themselves as exclusive destinations better suited to big spenders than backpackers. Tourism Minister Stuart Nash has said Aotearoa will unashamedly target “high quality” tourists who spend more and stay longer as opposed to … Read more
Indonesian police have announced that a police chief and nine officers have been removed from their posts Monday and are investigating more than a dozen police officers that fired tear gas at a Saturday soccer match, spurring a stampede that killed 125 people. National Police spokesperson Dedy Prasetyo stated at a news conference that Malang … Read more
MALANG, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday that locked gates had contributed to the crush at the soccer stadium that left 131 dead and over 400 injured when police fired tear gas and set off a panicked run for the exits. Widodo made the statement after touring the Kanjuruhan soccer stadium … Read more
Department store brands will always have a place in our makeup bags, but in recent years, we’ve been just as impressed with the cosmetics coming out of local beauty brands. They come in pretty packaging, offer great quality which matches that of imported versions — and, they’re super affordable, to boot. It seems like about … Read more
Liza Yosephine (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta ● Sun, January 20, 2019 2019-01-20 13:32 1358 75e76da2d15e495661b6357e2e7b69be 1 Art & Culture Indonesian-tradition,Indonesian-traditional-beauty-regime,beauty,beauty-regime,beauty-treatment Free Indonesia’s vast cultural heritage, which is shaped by rich gifts derived from nature, inexorably includes a range of beauty regimens. From top to toe, simple to sophisticated, there are choices for everyone. … Read more
