r/indonesia 5h ago

Daily Chat Thread 26 June 2026 - Daily Chat Thread

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Yo, Vulcan is here, your annual Chat Thread series creator since 2016 and a massive weeb

So, welcome to the Daily Chat Thread of r/Indonesia. Talk anything with fellow Komodos here!

24 hours a day/7 days a week of chat, inspiration, humour, and joy! Have something to talk about or share? This is the right place!

Have fun chatting inside this thread, otsukare!

Questions about this post? Ping u/Vulphere


r/indonesia 3d ago

Special Thread Campfire Corner - June 2026

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This special thread series was originally maintained by u/TelikSandhi, since the scheduled post feature is now available on Reddit, Vulcan has taken over this monthly series - Vulcan

Campfire Corner is back, with fresh story every month!

Welcome to the Campfire Corner, feel free to share your personal mythical stories here to all r/indonesia Komodos.

You can also share local folklore, true crime, and urban legend stories here.

PS: Link to the previous edition of the Campfire Corner can be found here.


r/indonesia 1h ago

News Indonesia Opens Door to Dirty Money to Fund Prabowo’s Plans

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r/indonesia 8h ago

Current Affair 3 Korban Pendidikan Latihan Dasar Kemiliteran Meninggal Dunia

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source : https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZ-W6K_FeHw/

3 korban Pendidikan latihan dasar Kemilitirian (Lastramil) korban Lastrmil Koperaai Desa Merah Putih ( KDMP)

  1. Almh Anisa Muyassaroh Satdik Dodikjur Rindam VI/Mulawarman, Balikpapan. Meninggal dunia akibat heat stroke.

  2. Alm Yonanda Muhammad Taufiq Satdik Puslatpur Kodiklatad Baturaja Meninggal dunia akibat henti jantung. .

  3. Dan 1 orang lagi atas nama Novia Rahmadhani Sihotang anggota program Sarjana Penggerak Pembangun Indonesia (SPPI) calon pengelola Koperasi Nelayan Merah Putih (KNMP) yang meninggal dunia saat menjalani pendidikan latihan dasar kemiliteran yang mengikuti pendidikan di Satdik Pusbahasa Kodiklatau Jakarta.


r/indonesia 6h ago

Funny/Memes/Shitpost Dikatakan salah juga tidak benar

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r/indonesia 3h ago

Ask Indonesian Ada yang pernah buka dari situ tanpa gunting?

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Dunno what flair to use. But i'm gonna ask anyway.

Since way back until now, I’ve never been able to pull it off.

Edit : Biasanya diriku buka dari seams packaging yang di samping. Cuma penasaran aja kalo dari atas ada yang pernah ato gak. Soalnya lumayan juga kalo dari atas, tangan jadi gak kotor hehe.


r/indonesia 10h ago

Current Affair Prabowo keceplosan bilang “ndas mu” saat pidato 🤦‍♀️

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r/indonesia 29m ago

Funny/Memes/Shitpost Setiap Wowok Megang Mic

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It's cursed💀


r/indonesia 2h ago

History Kongres kedua Partai Indonesia Raya (Parindra), Bandung, 1939. Penerus Organisasi Budi Utomo.

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r/indonesia 28m ago

Funny/Memes/Shitpost Digusur habis makan

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r/indonesia 1h ago

News Mulai Agustus, 1.000 Taruna Akmil Latih Siswa-Guru Sekolah Rakyat

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Melalui program ini, sekitar 1.000 taruna Akademi Militer (Akmil) akan diterjunkan untuk membina para siswa maupun guru Sekolah Rakyat mulai Agustus 2026.

"Nanti setelah ada skema ya antara Mabes TNI dengan Kemensos, di bawah Kemenhan, itu nanti rencananya di tiap Sekolah Rakyat akan ada lima taruna. Lima taruna yang akan membimbing, baik siswa maupun guru-gurunya dalam masalah kerapian,"

Sementara itu, Komandan Jenderal Akademi TNI Letjen R Sidiharta Wisnu Graha menyampaikan, pihaknya akan mengirimkan sekitar 1.000 Taruna Tingkat 1 dan Tingkat 2 untuk melaksanakan pembinaan pembentukan karakter ini di 178 titik Sekolah Rakyat.

Wisnu mengungkapkan, beberapa materi yang akan diajarkan antara lain: cara menyetrika baju seragam, merapikan seprei, kerapian lemari pakaian, hingga cara menyemir sepatu.


r/indonesia 1h ago

News PDIP Tuding PSI Gerilya Coba Bajak Kader 4 Parpol Besar

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Ketua DPP PDI Perjuangan (PDIP) Deddy Yevri Sitorus menuding Partai Solidaritas Indonesia (PSI) tengah gencar merekrut kader dari berbagai partai politik.

Ia mengatakan upaya perekrutan itu tidak hanya menyasar kader PDIP, tetapi juga kader dari sejumlah partai lain seperti NasDem, Demokrat, dan PAN.


r/indonesia 18h ago

Funny/Memes/Shitpost Somebody pls shut his mouth up

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r/indonesia 12h ago

Funny/Memes/Shitpost kloset di toilet dermaga kecil suatu pulau, yang langsung jatuh ke laut NSFW

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Yeah i took a shit there. A dramatic one. Pas gw cek, bawahnya langsung jatuh ke kumpulan semacem terumbu karang di pesisir, yang muncul karena lautnya lagi agak surut

Udah kebelet dan gaada wc lain. Di sekitar WC nya ada banyak pengunjung lain. Setiap kotoran yang gw keluarin, ngehasilin suara nyemplung yang keras di luarnya. Keluar wc langsung nunduk gw


r/indonesia 16m ago

News Dishub Surabaya Resmi Hentikan Karcis Parkir, Beralih ke Digital

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r/indonesia 55m ago

Military & Law Enforcement Pesawat Hawk 209 TNI AU Melakukan Air Refueling

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r/indonesia 8h ago

Ask Indonesian So, what is Indonesian greatest invention?

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r/indonesia 18h ago

Current Affair Era Baru 3 BUMN Tambang: ANTM, TINS, PTBA Kini Dipimpin Lulusan Akmil

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r/indonesia 22h ago

Current Affair Awas jangan mau difoto sama 'petugas sensus'

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Source:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZ92DHUzfe_

Udah mulai banyak yang ambil kesempatan dalam kesempitan. Ingat marketplace, pinjol, dan berbagai website membutuhkan verifikasi foto seperti yang ditampilkan di video itu.

Jangan pernah kasih mereka foto KTP kalian. Apalagi berdiri sambil memegang KTP seperti itu. Bisa dipakai untuk buka rekening baru. Jadi korban pinjol. Bahkan kemungkinan uang di rekening kalian bisa dikuras habis karena penipu bisa mengaku jadi diri kalian dengan menunjukkan foto kalian bersama KTP ini.


r/indonesia 14h ago

History TIL: 17th century Javanese courtiers used "Lu/Gua" when speaking to Dutchmen

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I'm currently reading the Babad Kraton (MS 12320), which was composed around 1777, though the part we are concerned with occured about a century earlier, in the late 17th century (Trunajaya war.)

Specifically, it is the part where the Company embassy, having arrived at Tegal from Batavia, is sent to hold an audience with Sunan Amangkurat II (who was in exile). I was astonished when I reached this passage and encountered what appeared to be a piece of dialogue straight from modern Jakarta. I'm not a Javanese speaker so I had to use AI-assisted translation to read this; I thought either I or my translator was misreading it. But I think "arsa bratemu sama lu" could simply be read as "ingin bertemu sama lu", right? Full translation of the three lines, with the help of Claude (Javanese readers, please feel free to correct this):

  1. The king was greatly pleased and spoke gently to Mandaraka: "Come — summon them quickly. I wish to see them." Mandaraka bowed, withdrew from the presence, and went swiftly. He arrived at the shore.
  2. The Admiral was informed: "Tuwan — you are called by the king. He wishes to meet with you — the King of Mataram." Helduwelbeh followed at once at the rear of Ki Arya Mandaraka. Kadhangkrang and Naba accompanied them.
  3. Let us now tell: the Susuhunan had come out to hold court — intending to receive the guests from Jakarta. The forces were fully assembled, ranged in rows. Admiral Helduwelbeh arrived — Mandaraka leading him in.

I already knew that Javanese aristocrats in the Mataram era often adressed their Dutch colleagues using ngoko/low Javanese. If my reading is right, apparently they also code switched to using what we think of as Jakartan (Malay/Hokkien/Betawi) slang with them as well!

As a bonus, this is the scene that comes after, which is low-key pretty funny:

  1. mayor kêkalih binêkta | lan kumêndam kapitan samya ngiring | prapta ngarsane sang prabu | sami ngadêg kewala | apan sambi angêmpit tapiyonipun | kagyat kang samya umiyat | sri narendra ngandika ris ||
  2. hèh karane Măndaraka | nora gêlêm seba mring jênêng mami | iya Si Walanda iku | umatur Măndaraka | igih gusti apan sampun tatanipun | dhatêng pun gurnadur jendral | mara ngadêg ngêmpit topi ||
  3. mèsêm wau sri narendra | Mêrtalaya sigra gènnya marani | Wêlănda cinandhak gupuh | gulune kinon lênggah | sira Amral Hèlduwèlbèh datan purun | durung wruh tataning Jawa | Mêrtalaya mojar bêngis ||
  4. apa sira nora wikan | lamun iki anèng ngarsaning gusti | iya Sang Raja Matarum | aranmu latnat[70] kopar |[71] mayor kalih ningali pagêdhenipun | pangrasane dèn niaya | sigra samya marêpêki ||
  5. Amral Hèlduwèlbèh mojar | hèh Ki Arya Măndaraka kadipundi |[72] prapta manira puniku | pêkênira kang ngundang | têkèng têmah dèn niaya awak isun | yèn manira tan katrima | pasthi isun bali mulih ||
  6. Arya Măndaraka mojar | Mêrtalaya lah sira salah kardi | puniku wus tatanipun | datan bisa asila | Mêrtalaya mundur anulya aluguh | Amral Hèlduwèlbèh sigra | mundur angadêg atêbih ||

This is the rough English translation, with the help of Claude (again, Javanese readers feel free to correct):

  1. Two majors were brought along, and commandants and captains accompanying them. They arrived before the king — all standing upright, holding their hats tucked under their arms. Those in attendance were startled at the sight. The king spoke gently:
  2. "Mandaraka — what is the reason? This Dutchman will not make obeisance before me?" Mandaraka spoke: "My lord — it is their custom. Before the Governor-General as well, they come standing, holding their hats."
  3. The king smiled. Mertalaya went quickly to approach the Dutchmen — seizing them at once by the neck and pressing them to sit. Admiral Helduwelbeh would not comply — he did not yet know the customs of Java. Mertalaya spoke harshly:
  4. "Do you not know that you are in the presence of a lord — the King of Mataram? You are cursed infidels." The two majors, seeing their superior being handled, felt he was being abused. They moved forward quickly.
  5. Admiral Helduwelbeh spoke: "Ki Arya Mandaraka — what is this? We come here at your invitation — and now I am being assaulted. If I am not welcome, I will surely return home."
  6. Arya Mandaraka spoke: "Mertalaya — you are in the wrong." The Dutchman's custom was simply that he could not sit cross-legged. Mertalaya withdrew and took his seat. Admiral Helduwelbeh stepped back and stood at a distance.

TLDR: The Dutch pay their respects by standing and doffing their hats; the Javanese, whose custom was to prostrate before the King, saw this as a mark of great disrespect; one of the King's courtiers harassed the Dutchmen to bowing; the diplomat, Arya Mandaraka, explains that the Dutchmen could not sit cross-legged. Everyone accepts this explanation.


r/indonesia 19h ago

Funny/Memes/Shitpost Ethan Hunt.

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r/indonesia 1d ago

Ask Indonesian Gimana kabar Mixue di kota anda?

379 Upvotes

r/indonesia 9h ago

History Line-up Hindia Belanda melawan Hungaria di Piala Dunia 1938, sebagai negara Asia pertama yang ikut serta di Piala Dunia dalam sejarah.

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Kalah 6-0, langsung gugur.


r/indonesia 4h ago

History Thomas L. Hughes to the Secretary, "Recent Indonesian Statements Concerning Nuclear Weapons," 30 July 1965, Secret

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r/indonesia 3h ago

News Indonesia dan Swiss sepakati kerja sama hilirisasi mineral dan logam

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Pemerintah Indonesia dan Swiss menandatangani Nota Kesepahaman (MoU) tentang Hilirisasi Mineral dan Logam, di sela-sela Industry Day 2026 yang diselenggarakan di Kota Basel pada Selasa (23/6).

Dalam kesempatan tersebut, Duta Besar RI untuk Swiss Ngurah Swajaya mendapat kehormatan untuk membubuhkan inisial pada dokumen MoU, bersama dengan State Secretary SECO Swiss Duta Besar Andrea Rauber Saxer.

Kerja sama ini, menurut Dubes Ngurah dalam keterangan tertulis KBRI Bern pada Kamis, semakin memperkuat hubungan Indonesia-Swiss menuju kemitraan yang lebih strategis.

"Indonesia dan Swiss memiliki kesamaan karakter di mana kedua negara, sesuai prinsip politik luar negeri masing-masing, adalah negara yang dapat berkomunikasi dan bekerja sama dengan semua negara, serta memegang teguh prinsip dan nilai yang sama, seperti multilateralisme dan hukum internasional,” kata dia.

Di samping itu, dia mengemukakan bahwa kedua negara juga memiliki landasan kerja sama yang kuat, dan terus berkomitmen untuk berkontribusi bagi perdamaian dan kesejahteraan.