Indonesia possesses a wealth of culture in the arts, including music, such as dangdut, a genre beloved by people across all social classes. While locals ...

A melting pot of cultures, Indonesia is very fortunate to be blessed with a mix of Melayu, Indian, Arab, Chinese and European music, now known as dangdut. The popularity of the genre has reached far ...

Indonesia plans to nominate dangdut for UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, aiming to take the iconic music global.

Indonesia's Culture Minister Fadli Zon has expressed his intention to register dangdut folk music as part of UNESCO’s ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno claimed that not only do Indonesians like South Korean culture, such as K-pop, but South Koreans also like Indonesian ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno, has expressed support for dangdut music concert Semesta Bergoyang, describing it as an effort to revive the economy and ...

The bizarre death of a singer in Indonesia became international headlines in recent days. Irma Bule lost her life on Sunday after being bitten by a venomous king cobra she brought on stage as a prop ...

Dangdut singer Julia Perez gyrating to her popular song on TV show Dahsyat Pounding music sent vibrations through the car seat as we approached the grand stage in the small East Jakarta neighbourhood.

Malaysian singer Zaleha Hamid, who rose to fame in the 1980s, died due to a lung infection at Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Bahru at about 8.30pm on June 19. She was 70. Her husband, Ungku ...

Pounding music sent vibrations through the car seat as we approached the grand stage in the small East Jakarta neighbourhood. The dangdut performance, in honour of Siti Maisa's daughter's wedding, was ...