The significance of postponing the new school year
IO - The Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemdikbud) has declined to postpone the new school year to January 2021, while continuing to insist that it will commence in July 2020, even though the...
Employment in an era of “New Normal”
IO - The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the social and economic order of our everyday life: how we work, study, interact, and socialize in “new normal” patterns that differ from previous times. A lot...
The Palm Myth and Public Welfare
IO - In the midst of the increasingly troubling Covid-19 pandemic, WHO (World Health Organization) in the Eastern Mediterranean and Europe instead made it uneasy by saying that unprocessed palm oil products were consumed.
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The power snare of the algorithm – a “Leech” of digital-era social life
IO - Some time ago we were presented with news about the actions of various content creators/YouTubers, from starting to joke or prank or carry out other actions that dragged Indonesia again onto the...
The Rupiah: what is behind its temporary strength
IO - There is nothing special about the recent strengthening of the Rupiah exchange rate against the US Dollar. Rupiah volatility merely follows a global trend, as the United States Dollar (USD) has weakened...
Anxiety about the elections
IO - Elections should ideally be full of hope. There is hope for the election of a leader who can realize public aspirations. There is also the hope of producing a leadership that can...
Digital renmimbi and the US-China competition
IO - Recent news that the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the nation’s central bank, was about to embark on a trial run of Renminbi in digital form (e-RMB), as an official Central Bank...
10 educational concepts for a New Normal
IO - The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced all sectors to revise their thinking and impose a new order/normalcy in carrying out activities, including those of the world of education. The new...
“Perpu” and the impact of postponing the elections
IO - May 4, 2020: President Joko Widodo finally issued Government Regulation (Perpu) Number 2 of 2020, in place of a Law of the Republic of Indonesia. The detailed name of this Perpu is...
Job Creation Bill, Covid-19, and Indonesia’s Climate Commitment
IO - Initially, President Joko Widodo was recorded as having mentioned the postponement of the Omnibus Law’s Job Creation Bill through his Twitter account. However, the post was taken down and replaced with a...
A protest against the exorbitant yield of Indonesian Government bonds
IO - The interest rate – and therefore, the yield of Indonesia’s Government bonds – is still at a record high, far above the six countries of ASEAN (ASEAN-6). The Indonesian Government set a...
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