General elections are also known as pesta demokrasi (democracy festivals) and they occur every five years. Millions of people helped prepare for of the much-awaited 2019 general election. Volunteers folded ballot papers and distributed ballot boxes to the polling stations (TPS) across Indonesia.  

The hustle and bustle of daily life in Jakarta has created many inspirational stories, such as the creation of Kelas Jurnalis Cilik (Junior Journalism Course). This outdoor classroom has narrated stories about journalism to children in coastal areas of North Jakarta. Despite their limitations, the children have been able to produce honest work filled with meaningful messages.

The Sotheby's auction room echoed to the sound of the track "We Will Rock You" before bidding began at the black-tie evening auction.

Unexpected summer rain turned the weeklong, annual counterculture arts festival into a muddy nightmare.

For the past several months, roads connecting settlements in Cemarajaya village, Karawang, West Java, have been severely damaged by coastal erosion, which has also caused many houses in Cemarajaya’s coastal communities to collapse.

After months of woodshedding, the band gathered enough materials that they would use to join a recording session at Irama Records studio in Menteng, Central Jakarta, supervised and engineered directly by founder of the legendary label, Suyoso "Mas Yos" Karsono. 

Erasmus Huis Jakarta hosts an exhibition that reimagines litter as artworks and inspires people to reconsider how they treat their garbage.

The festival runs from June 30 to Aug. 27 with the theme “Motif: Lamaran” (Motif: Proposal).

In the last few years, a new term has cropped up among urbanites that highlights the need for a private space that is not their home: staycation.

The Resonanz Children’s Choir (TRCC) took home the grand prix prize in the Leonardo Da Vinci International Choral Festival in Florence, Italy, on Friday.

In its nearly five centuries of history, Jakarta has evolved along with its people, from trading port to major metropolis and now the largest city in Southeast Asia.

Time stops for no one, or so they say. For most of us, certain special places evoke a world of reminiscence, calling forth precious times in our lives. And when one of those places is removed, a part of ourselves goes away too. 

What is it? says John Wyse. —A nation? says Bloom. A nation is the same people living in the same place. —By God, then, says Ned, laughing, if that’s so I’m a nation for I’m living in the same place for the past five years.

Sole Indonesian and Southeast Asian representative Eunike Nugroho, a Yogyakarta-based botanical artist,  has won a gold medal at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Botanical Art & Photography Show at Saatchi Gallery in London, which opened June 16.

Built as a bizarre memorial to Albania's paranoid communist dictator, now a brutalist pyramid hopes to become a beacon of the Balkan country's transformation.

Beyond artificial intelligence (AI) machine-learning inclusion from tech to finance industries, its recent progress has also given rise to more sophisticated and refined models, like voice-converting software that mimic other people’s vocals or the language processing chatbot ChatGPT.

Kicking off its revival with a festival featuring roster of chart-toppers and music legends, storied music label and recording studio Lokananta has gotten a makeover as an all-around creative economy hub.

The manuscripts include working drafts for "Bohemian Rhapsody" -- which Mercury initially planned to call "Mongolian Rhapsody".

Adopting its theme from the Harry Potter saga, a North Jakarta bar charms with elixirs that could spellbind even the most earthbound Muggles in town.

Egyptian luxury brands are harnessing traditional craftsmanship from jewellery design to carpet weaving to bring the country's ancient cultural riches to the world.

He goes by the pseudonym Z and hides his face when posing for photos.

In a moment of unity, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei and Thailand have jointly nominated the kebaya for the UN's prestigious intangible cultural heritage list, with a decision expected in 2024.

For weeks, pundits and officials in Egypt have reacted angrily to streaming platform Netflix's decision to cast British actress Adele James in the lead role of its production "Queen Cleopatra" -- insisting the ruler had lighter skin. 

Uli Artha Panggabean is a weaver of ulos, the traditional woven cloth of the Batak tribe. Her passion for the tradition goes deep. 

The metropolis is one of the world's last remaining cities to use bamboo scaffolding in modern construction and building repair.

Artist Mujahidin Nurrahman uses his art to explore the contradictions and paradoxes of Islam

Queen Elizabeth II bequeathed her son an estimated £360 million ($448 million) upon her death in September last year, boosting Charles's fortune to £600 million, according to an estimate by The Times.

The African American cowgirl deftly zig-zags around three barrels, showing off why she is considered -- against the sport's stereotypical whiteness and masculinity -- a rising rodeo star.

"Isekai" or "alternative world" anime covers a broad range of storylines in which a character is transported into a new life.

The Czech Republic’s Museum of Communism prompts the question whether Indonesia could similarly acknowledge its history’s less-glorious moments