EVEN before they enter the Asmoro bar, a nightclub in central Jakarta, patrons can hear the music. A regular beat—dang, dut, dang, dut—spills out, only slightly muffled, onto the street. Inside the ...

Singapore is a good place to explore cultures from all over South East Asia. The blogger at licencetospill took some of her friends to a Dangdut club. Dangdut is a form of music from Indonesia. The ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- When Michael Strano, an independent television producer, moved to Jakarta from Australia in January, he had visions of creating everything from children's programming to extreme ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The comedy-drama film Mendadak Dangdut is making a comeback with a fresh version starring Anya Geraldine in the lead role. The original film, which was released in 2006, became ...

A celebrated singer in Malaysia and Singapore, Zaleha Hamid was recognised as one of the pioneers of dangdut music. Photo: Filepic Malaysian singer Zaleha Hamid, who rose to fame in the 1980s, died ...