Peter says an abundance of talented musicians and singers can be found in Indonesia but that many have an insufficient musical education.

A niche group of self-employed, tech-savvy individuals are cannibalizing, refurbishing and repurposing old mobile phones, making the must-have devices more affordable while helping to reduce the harm that technology and high-tech consumerism can do to the environment.

Pets have always been a staple of the internet, which has been seeing a growing rise in pet influencers that rake in millions – earnings that these Indonesian "pawrents" use to give their beloved pets the best life they can offer.

Winemakers in northern Greece are diving into the unknown by plunging hundreds of bottles of their wine into the depths of the local river.

Interest in learning sign language has risen as online classes make everything more accessible than ever.

Fans of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) content say it provides not just relaxation but a means of easing pandemic loneliness.

A Kosovo surgeon said Tuesday he had successfully removed a mobile phone from the stomach of a prisoner four days after he had swallowed the entire device.

Two splendid diamond bracelets that belonged to French queen Marie-Antoinette will go under the hammer in Geneva later this year.

Inspiration House founder Cici Situmorang, 33, hopes to help children from Cirebon, West Java, embrace the multicultural values of Pancasila, Indonesia's foundational philosophy.

In the latest development in a viral harassment and bullying case, two individuals who were personally identified by MS among five of his alleged harassers have decided to file a countersuit for defamation.

"It's haunted me for 20 years," Lisa Brinkworth, a former BBC journalist, said of her encounter with Gerald Marie, the former Europe chief of the Elite modelling agency, and its fallout.

Following a “calling of the soul”, some Indonesians have dedicated their lives to recovering the bodies of disaster victims – a job that takes compassion and skill.

Rights activists said Monday they had filed a criminal complaint in Germany against five retailers, accusing them of benefiting from forced labour among China's Uyghur population.

On 1 August 2016, a few months after being sworn in as Taiwan’s first female president, Tsai Ing-wen accomplished another milestone: the first official apology to Taiwan’s indigenous peoples. 

A good number of Indonesian hawkers earn millions of rupiah daily but choose to keep a low profile.

It’s a worrying trend. For the past month, scores of graffiti expressing discontent over the government’s handling of the pandemic have been censored by authorities and their artists hunted down. But for the country’s artists, this is simply a call to speak up louder and move smarter.

Sukoharjo resident Agus Widanarko, better known as Super Isoman, has an abundance of two things: compassion and superhero costumes.  

Many refugees live in a stateless limbo for years in Indonesia, with no certainty about even their basic human rights.

Through his 'extreme pop' style of illustration, Surabaya artist Dwiky KA is the first Indonesian to work with Vans.

The British government unveiled plans Friday to make pet abduction a new criminal offence, in response to a pandemic-fuelled spike in dognapping and other animal thefts.

Feminists in Ivory Coast on Thursday hailed a rare victory after a TV host was handed a suspended sentence over a prime-time show during which he was accused of making light of rape. 

A year after singer Akon laid the first stone of the $6 billion futuristic city he vowed to build for his native Senegal, the site remains grassland.

German prosecutors have charged six men over a spectacular heist in 2019 when more than a dozen diamond-encrusted artefacts worth over 100 million euros were snatched from a state museum.

In the latest among a growing number of reports on atrocities committed by the Taliban after their takeover of Afghanistan on Aug. 17, 2021, the alleged execution of a folk musician has increased fears that the Islamist group is reviving its oppressive regime of the late 1990s.

Arnold Ap fought to preserve his people’s culture, celebrating it through music, humor and joyous performance. He paid for it with his life. Now, almost forty years after his controversial death, one of Papua’s most important cultural icons is being recognized by the wider public.

As the value of streaming companies skyrockets, most artists, especially those in sidestream, are still making very little money, causing them to turn their heads to a healthier platform to sell their music.

Sales of gold bracelets, pendants, earrings and necklaces that draw on dragons, phoenixes, peonies and other traditional Chinese patterns and symbols are flying among consumers, especially those in their 20s and 30s, helping drive a rebound in gold demand in the country after a pandemic-induced slump.

Fifteen years ago, when darkness used to fall in Yobe Nkosi, a remote village in northern Malawi, children did their school homework by candlelight: there was no electricity.

China on Monday announced a drastic cut to children's online gaming time to just three hours a week during term time, the latest move in a broad crackdown on tech giants in the world's biggest gaming market.

Samsung has just unveiled its third-generation flagship foldable Galaxy Z Fold3 5G phone, with a massive screen enabling users to watch, work and play like never before.