OPINION

 IO - After an herculean effort by governments and pharmaceutical companies across the globe to develop an effective and safe Covid-19 vaccine, there is now hope that vaccines will soon be made available.  But as...

IO - The school directive issued on November 20, 2020 by the Education and Culture Ministry, covering school year 2020/2021, spelled out the various negative impacts that may affect students during the pandemic, if...

IO - In two weeks, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will meet. To be precise, on December 10, 2020 which happens to coincide with `Human Rights Day.  The body will discuss the permit...

IO - After Donald Trump leaves office this coming January and Joe Biden is sworn in as America’s new president, Trump will be remembered for many years as one of the more if not...

IO - A survey released by consulting company ECA International estimates workers’ wages in the Asia Pacific will increase by an average of 4.3% in 2021. They also predict that workers’ wages in Indonesia...

IO - President-elect Joe Biden is inheriting a wealth of thorny and complex challenges as he prepares to enter the White House. A raging pandemic, an economic recession, damaged relations with America’s traditional allies,...

IO - The year 2020 dealt another blow to Indonesia’s sugar industry. Sugar shortages during the early stage of Covid-19 pandemic and soaring retail sugar prices presented serious challenges and raised questions about the...

IO - The Government, the House of Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat – “DPR”), and electoral organizers have agreed in DPR’s General Hearing (Rapat Dengar Pendapat – “RDP”) on 21 September 2020 that Regional Elections...

IO - Decoupling  between  the  real (“main  street”)  economy  and  the Stock Exchange can be witnessed in Indonesia. In the past week, the IDX Composite Index rose 4%, while economic growth (GDP) is again...

IO - The Minister of Labor has issued the Minister of Labor’s Registration No. 15 of 2020 concerning the Sin- gle  Employment  Data  (Satu Data Ketenagakerjaan – “SDK”) policy, the purpose of which is...

IO - There is much to celebrate about Joe Biden’s rise to power as leader of the free world.   He has already committed himself to making sure America rejoins the Paris climate agreement....