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Sri Lanka's Parliament elected Ranil Wickremesinghe as president of Sri Lanka on Wednesday (20/7/2022). He was sworn in on Thursday 21/7), replacing Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Previously, Ranil Wickremesinghe had been the country's prime minister for six times. He even served as Acting President of Sri Lanka when Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives and Singapore on Wednesday (13/7) last week.

He took the oath of office before presiding judge Jayantha Jayasuriya in the heavily fortified parliament complex. In the vote count, Ranil Wickremesinghe received 134 votes, while his main rival, Dullas Alahapperuma, received 82 votes. Sri Lanka's third presidential candidate, Anura Kumara Dissanayake only bagged three votes from his own party.

Ranil Wickremesinghe's victory in parliament came thanks to the support of many people in the main Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party, which is dominated by the Rajapaksa family. Wickremesinghe will complete Gotabaya Rajapaksa's term which ends in 2024.

Wickremesinghe was chosen amid anger from protesters who have demanded he leat his post as prime minister for weeks. Quoted from Al Jazeera, the election of Ranil Wickremesinghe as President of Sri Lanka is predicted to trigger more protests in the crisis-hit country.

Earlier this month, protesters torched Wickremesinghe's private residence and seized control of the presidential palace in a bid to topple the government and end the chaos that has plagued Sri Lanka since March. The protesters appeared to have scored a victory when Rajapaksa fled and Wickremesinghe, then prime minister, vowed to step down to pave the way for a unity government.

However, the reality was reversed, in the parliamentary elections Wickremesinghe managed to garner more votes far ahead of his rivals. The election of Wickremesinghe is likely to spark another wave of protests, as many protesters see him as a figure closely associated with the Rajapaksa regime.

The film Inang -The Womb by Indonesian film makers was screened in South Korea. Indonesian Ambassador to South Korea, Gandi Sulistiyanto said, International premiere of Film Inang at the Bucheon International Film Festival is a positive signal that the Indonesian film industry continues to be productive even during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is prideful for not only filmmakers in the country but also for all Indonesian people, especially the Indonesian diaspora in South Korea.

Ambassador Gandi while meeting with all of the film makers of the Film Inang, including producer, director and actors on Thursday (14/07) said that film is one of the creative sectors that South Korea has worked on well through the Korean Wave strategy.

Winston Utomo, CEO of IDN Media, the owner of the company IDN Media and IDN Pictures Film producer of Inang said, it is an honor for the film Inang to be premiered in Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival -BIFAN. This film is specially made to show Indonesian cultural diversity, and the importance of the family as the glue of all elements of society in Indonesia.

The World Premiere of the Inang was screened twice at CGV Sopung Cinema, on 8 and 13 July 2022. The second screening was attended by almost all film actors as well as the actresses, including a talented young actress, Naysilla Mirdad, her mother, a senior Indonesian artist, Lydia Kandou, and Dimas Anggara. Besides the Indonesian people, the younger generation also came to support the premiere of the film.

An Indonesian horror film with the title “Inang/The Womb” by Fajar Nugro is one of ten selected films that’s competing with films from other countries originating from Spain, Japan, Australia, Denmark and many other countries in the International Bucheon Choice Awards. For more than 11 days, the film was screened offline at the CGV Sopung cinema, Bucheon city hall, and https://www.wavve.com for people to view it online.

The Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Osaka, Japan promotes various domestically made products by holding the Indonesia Bazaar from June 30 until July 24 2022. The exhibition, which is held for the first time in Osaka, targets Japanese citizens aged 20-65 years so that the products displayed have been selected to attract potential buyers.

Consul for Economics I of the Indonesian Consulate General in Osaka, Dody Sembodo, when contacted in Tokyo on Saturday (16/7), explained that the curation process involved the organizers and the building where the exhibition is held, namely Loft Umeda. A total of 24 Indonesian companies participates in the Indonesia Bazaar. The products on display include handicrafts, such as rattan bags, painted pouches, batik shirts, accessories, scarves, hats, and many others.

In addition, food and beverage products are also displayed, such as typical Indonesian spices, instant noodles, tempeh and chips. The exhibitors come from Jakarta, West Java, Yogyakarta, Central Java, Kalimantan to West Nusa Tenggara.

The Indonesia Bazaar is held in collaboration with the Indonesian Consulate General in Osaka with the Indonesia Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) in Osaka and Bank Indonesia Tokyo.

Voice of Indonesia presents Let’s Speak Indonesian, a program that introduces the Indonesian vocabulary and guides you to speak in the language. “Mari Berbahasa Indonesia” or “Let’s Speak Indonesian” is a joint initiative of Voice of Indonesia and the Language Development Agency of the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology. Today’s topic is about How Are You?

We are going to present you a conversation entitled “Bagaimana Kabar Anda?” (2x) which means How Are You? This conversation happens between Dev Singh, a tourist from India and Datil, a tourist guide Datil starts the conversation by asking how Dev is doing. Let’s listen to the conversation.

After reading to the conversation, now I am going to introduce some vocabulary and expressions related to the topic of the day.

In the conversation, you hear the question “Bagaimana kabar Anda?” (2x) which means “How are you?” Datil asks the question to ask how Dev is doing to start the conversation. To ask how someone is doing, the question bagaimana kabar (2x),which means how are, is followed by salutation. For example, Anda (2x) which means you.

Besides using the expression Bagaimana kabar Anda? (2x), which means How are you?, you can also use the question apa kabar (2x).

Asking how someone is doing is the way to start a conversation, which is usually done by Indonesians. Besides the expressions bagaimana kabar and apa kabar, another expression that is usually used to ask how someone is doing is sehat? (2x) which means are you feeling well? using question intonation. The expression sehat? (2x) which means are you feeling well? is an alternative to ask someone’s health.

That was “Let’s Speak Indonesian” for today. Hopefully, this edition can be useful for those of you who want to know more about Indonesian language.