Inside Indonesia’s ‘YouTube Village’
By AFP
23 August 2021 |
8:15 am
Kasegeran is a remote town in Java that most Indonesians would struggle to find on a map. But it’s also home to an unlikely collection of emerging YouTubers, as villagers swap their traditional jobs for the big earnings of online video stars.
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