According to the Association of Indonesian Cinema Managers (GPBSI), the country has a total of 2,100 cinema screens (as of last year) and there’s scope to expand to 15,000 screens.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/yessarrosendar/2023/08/02/ipo-of-indonesias-biggest-cinema-chain-mints-a-new-billionaire/

A natural dancer, she travelled on a scholarship to a university in Padang Panjang in West Sumatra in 1999 to learn Indonesian dancing, a skill she was able to use dancing with asylum seekers when her husband was posted to Christmas Island.

Source: https://citynews.com.au/2023/276501/

Andrea and Chansler were facing charges for violating Section 1, Article 351 of the Indonesian Penal Code, which states that 'maltreatment shall be punished with a maximum imprisonment of two years and eight months.'

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12884903/British-women-face-two-years-Bali-jail-attacking-salon-staff-row-prices-claim-hostage.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

And the February update now works with more languages than just English, it added Spanish, German, French, Italian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Russian, Dutch, Portuguese and Polish.

Source: https://searchengineland.com/google-february-2023-product-reviews-update-more-volatile-than-previous-updates-say-data-providers-394103

As ASEAN leaders began their final day of talks in the fishing town of Labuan Bajo, Indonesian President Joko Widodo admitted they had made “no significant progress” on implementing the peace plan.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/the-world-myanmar/indonesias-widodo-admits-no-progress-by-asean-on-myanmar-peace-plan.html

At 71 years old, Ganjar’s most significant opponent, Indonesian Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto, epitomizes Indonesia’s older political generation.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/05/22/indonesia-2024-presidential-election-jokowi-ganjar-prabowo-politics/

A truth and reconciliation committee later that between 100,000 and 200,000 East Timorese people died throughout the conflict and the resulting Indonesian occupation of the island, which lasted until 1999.

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/henry-kissinger-dies-at-100_uk_6568254fe4b028b0f3cf0de0

At the same time, Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi announced she will establish an office of ASEAN special envoy on Myanmar to engage with all parties involved.

Source: https://www.newdelhitimes.com/pressure-mounts-on-asean-chair-indonesia-to-act-on-myanmar/

Both books place the modern Indonesian story within its historical context, from the "golden era" of the Majapahit empire in the 1200s to through to the colonial era and modern times.

Source: https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/8124282/capturing-the-magic-of-g-land/?src=rss

Brazilian national Manuela Vitoria de Araujo Farias, 19, claims she was tricked by a gang after three kilograms of cocaine were allegedly found in her luggage when she arrived on the popular Indonesian island last month.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11725191/Aussie-tourists-warned-smuggling-drugs-Bali-Brazilian-teen-faces-death-penalty.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Bullish bets on South Korean won, Taiwanese dollar, and Philippine peso were at their highest since Feb. 9, while long positions on the Singapore dollar and Indonesian rupiah stood at a four month high, the fortnightly survey of 12 respondents showed.

Source: https://business.inquirer.net/434393/investors-bullish-on-most-asian-fx-as-us-interest-rate-bets-shift-poll

But his candidacy relies on the nomination of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)—the fiefdom of Megawati Sukarnoputri, the daughter of Indonesia’s first president, Sukarno, and herself the fifth president of Indonesia.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/09/indonesia-presidential-election-nepotism-prabowo-jokowi/

But Indonesia was a bright spot for FinVolution in the most recent quarter, and there is the potential for FINV to grab a larger share of the Indonesian P2P market.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4653876-finvolution-mixed-read-throughs-from-recent-results?source=feed_all_articles

By the way, the name Indomie is a combo of Indonesia (Indo) from where the noodles originated and (mie) which means noodles in the Indonesian language.

Source: https://thewillnews.com/grim-news-from-asia-indomie-special-chicken-flavour-conundrum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grim-news-from-asia-indomie-special-chicken-flavour-conundrum

Concerning a courageous lone man trying to protect his village, the Indonesian director Randolph Zaini’s “Preman: Silent Fury” is a visual showcase.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/movies/five-action-movies-to-stream-now.html

Even their pushes are hit with power, and on 7-3 and 11-8 in the third, Satwik and Chirag ensured that the straight taps were hit high and hard onto the Indonesian faces at an awkward length, leaving them scrambling.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/badminton/satwik-chirag-stun-world-no-1-alfian-and-ardianto-win-korean-open-8855712/

First was the Philippines, then Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia, now Indonesian.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/national/Young-Indonesians-train-to-fill-caregiver-jobs-for-aging-Japanese

For many older Indonesians, Soeharto is still remembered as the “Father of Development”, who expanded access to education and health and was able to take advantage of the oil boom of the 1970s and 1980s to transform the Indonesian economy.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/24/timeline-key-events-since-fall-of-indonesias-soeharto

Former Indonesian dictator Suharto, seen here with then-Australian PM Paul Keating in 1994, was a believer in the supernatural.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/politics-and-the-paranormal-the-dark-arts-behind-the-world-s-biggest-election-20230908-p5e34q.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

Georgie Darling is a digital nomad and travel writer who spent the first seven months of the pandemic stuck on the tiny Indonesian island of Gili Trawangan.

Source: https://thenextweb.com/news/6-biggest-tech-nightmares-to-avoid-next-time-you-travel-abroad