The importance of the National Space Agency
IO - If we discuss a vision of space, we cannot avoid talking about two essential institutions, the Aviation Council and the National Aviation and Space Agency (Lembaga Aviation dan Aeronautics Nasional...
The Great Pandemic Divide
IO - As the United States continues to progress towards vaccinating enough people to reach herd immunity in the coming months, masking and social distancing requirements being relaxed, and Americans starting to...
Toward a National Space Agency
IO - Air, not as a substance, but the portion of the atmosphere controlled by a country over its territory, has long been seen as something vulnerable and even a weak point...
Notes on National Education Day 2021
IO - We celebrate National Education Day 2021 amid uncertain conditions, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Learning from India, which is suffering from an even worse COVID-19 wave than the first...
Game Changer: Have the tables been turned?
IO - President Joko Widodo has warned his ministers to work harder to achieve Indonesia’s economic growth as set forth in the 2021 State Budget, namely, around 4.5%-5.5%. However, come May 2021,...
Is post-COVID-19 vaccination antibody level check necessary?
IO - COVID-19 vaccination is meant to fortify the immunity of individuals and groups against infections or heavy illnesses which may offer opportunities to the disease. Vaccination will generate antibodies and immunological...
Female worker protection: a duty far from over
IO - As is the norm each year, when celebrating Kartini Day on April 21, all Indonesian people commemorate struggle of Ibu Kartini (today remembered as the icon of women’s emancipation in...
Building the Central Force
IO - In late 2020, a national media organization held a survey on political consolidation; it reported its findings on 4 January 2021. The report’s opening sentence was: “The year 2021 is...
Cautious Optimism on Recovery: A Peek at the “Global Economic Outlook” from the IMF
IO - I have not been writing anything for quite some time, either in this news journal or any others. Aside from my concern regarding my own understanding of what has been...
Indonesia’s loss: Freeport dividend can’t even cover interest payment
IO - The government deserves to be proud if it is really true that it will receive US$200 million in dividends in 2021. It’s about time because in the first two years...
