Ridwan Kamil, the governor of West Java who is also an architect, received a collective international award from Saudi Arabia, The Abdullatif Al Fozan Award for Mosque Architecture.
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YouTube has noticed emerging trends in the YouTube community in Indonesia throughout 2021. This year, YouTube realises that in Indonesia, both viewers and creators continue to adapt to the rapidly changing landscape of video
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Fast Retailing (Uniqlo Indonesia) represented by its CFO Shigeru Kumano on 13 December signed a deal with PLN Indonesia which was represented by Executive VP of Corporate Customer Service and Large Institutions
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited from the UK to the US, the High Court ruled on Friday (6 December). The US won its appeal against a January UK court ruling that Assange could not be extradited
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UNESCO at the sixteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage that is currently held in Paris added gamelan to its intangible cultural heritage list
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A first edition copy of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone”, the first book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, was sold for $471,000 at Heritage Auctions last Thursday (9 December).
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To commemorate its 15+ years of running, design studio Thinking*Room released a book titled “We Refuse To Grow Up”, its second and biggest design publication to date.
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The verdict for the Stella Monica case was out yesterday (14 December). The court acquitted Stella of slander charges under the ITE Law.
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Global colour authority Pantone has created a brand new shade, Pantone 17-3938 Very Peri. It’s a vibrant periwinkle blue with violet red undertones for the 2022 Colour of the Year
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Japanese vitamin C drink ORONAMIN C recently released a TV commercial featuring comedians Raditya Dika, Pandji Pragiwaksono and Dodit Mulyono, as well as Indonesia-based Japanese actress Haruka Nakagawa
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Influencer Rachel Vennya was named as suspect and has been found guilty for escaping the mandatory quarantine upon her arrival in Indonesia from New York in September
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A video showing Puteri Indonesia 2015 finalist Olvah Hamid’s racist behaviour went viral online on TikTok last week. It all began when she posted an Instagram story of her arriving at Soekarno-Hatta airport
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UNICEF last Friday (10 December) announced its plan to launch a collection of NFTs to commemorate its 75th anniversary. The UN agency will sell 1,000 data-driven NFTs, the UN's largest-ever NFT collection to date
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Chicago local police a few weeks ago reported a looting incident in a Louis Vuitton store at the Oakbrook Center Mall. The theft crew stole $100,000 worth of merchandise
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Indonesia saw the number of coffee shops tripled from 1,083 outlets in August 2019 to more than 2,937 outlets in 2019 - and the figure will continue to grow
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The annual event for sneakerheads and fashion enthusiasts Urban Sneaker Society (USS) 2021 concluded last week. The event was held offline at the Jakarta Convention Centre (JCC) on 2-5 December
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Marketing consultant MarkPlus, Inc held its 16th MarkPlus Conference on 8-9 December 2021. It is known as the biggest marketing event in Asia. This year, the conference was held in a hybrid format
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New food media Feastin’ released a food guide booklet titled “Jakarta Noodles Map” this week in collaboration with Geometry Media as its publishing partner
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