Ody Mulya Hidayat is one of the players in Indonesia’s film industry. He is the Secretary General of the Indonesian Film Companies Association (PPFI). Ody is also one of the co-founders of PT Maxima Pictures, a production company established in 2004 by Yoen K., Ody and Sudiadi. Maxima Pictures is one of the biggest Indonesian film companies. It is known as the constant producer of horror films for the Indonesian Cinema.

The family of Haji Abdul Rasyid AS is now among billionaires in Indonesia. Their plantation company PT Sawit Sumbermas Sarana (SSMS) Tbk currently has market capitalization of Rp12.05 trillion or about US$1.05 billion, about 4.5 times equity as at June 30, 2014. What a new regime in Indonesia means for the family?

In exactly one month, the House of Representatives (DPR) will conduct a fit-and-proper test to select the new nine members of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK). As you may already know, the BPK is a key state agency that hold the strategic duty of monitoring the state’s financials. Its audit reports are often used by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) as tools for investigations.

PT Aneka Gas Industri (AGI), one of the largest industrial gases players in Indonesia controlled by Harsono Family (Samator Group), booked net profit of Rp48.3 billion in the first half of 2014, grew slightly from Rp46.4 billion in the corresponding period of 2013. Harsono Family, interestingly, has expanded its non-gas business in recent years.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has just appointed Lt. Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo as the new Army Chief of Staff (KSAD) to replace General Budiman. The latter will enter into his mandatory retirement age on September 25, 2014. Rumors have been swirling around in line with Budiman’s dismissal and Gatot’s promotion. So, who is Gatot Nurmantyo?

In these past few months, one of the oldest international schools in Jakarta has been under scrutiny by both the national and international media. The Jakarta International School (JIS) became a national discourse ever since the allegation of sexual abuse by its janitors to a kindergarten student came to surface last April.

Now that the draining presidential election is over, Indonesian muslims are readying themselves to celebrate the Eid-al Fitr. The holiday celebration will take place on Jul. 28-29. It’s a part of Indonesian tradition that those who celebrate Eid wear new outfits to celebrate the festivities. Herein, we profile two Indonesian muslim wear designers to get you acquainted with the business.

Yesterday was a historic day. Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Jusuf Kalla was named president elect and vice president elect by the General Election Commission (KPU), after an afternoon of political drama. But we’re not going to talk about what happened with Prabowo Subianto in this occassion. This is our photo journal of the moments leading up to Jokowi’s victory speech at the Sunda Kelapa harbor in North Jakarta.

On September 21, 2012, we published an article titled ‘Jokowi & Ahmadinejad’, which basically predicting Jokowi would be unstoppable to become president in 2014 election, pretty much like Ahmadinejad, who was elected as president of Iran only two years after becoming Mayor of Tehran. “If he could maintain the strong current, and that he delivers decent performance in the first year as governor, it is not impossible that he would be a strong president candidate in 2014,” we wrote back then.