Julia Perez and Dewi Perssik dominate the inaugural Dangdut Never Dies Awards on MNCTV.

Celebrities & politicians settle their differences in the ring, for democracy.

An impassioned plea for dangdut music on TPI and an ode to its earthy soulful charms.

I loph you full Indonesia, youthful, artistic expressions of nationalism by the roadside.

Whither dangdut mania? Financial woes of TV station TPI puts dangdut music under threat.

What lonely women want, what adults get up to, Sasak singers get in trouble for suggesting answers.

Whether to ban "nikah siri" informal marriages, Rhoma Irama and Abu Bakar Bashir are on opposite sides.

Signs of the end of the world are read at a dangdut concert in Blora, while spectators are barely moved.

Celebrity Islamists, including mother daughter team Emilia Contessa and Denada Tambunan, line up for the Development Party in 2009.

Well-fed FPI head man Habib Rizieq has plenty of celebrity visitors to keep him company in police lock-up.