OPINION

IO - When the world was hit by the Coronavirus case, and every country was busy diagnosing Covid-19 patients or fingering suspects, Indonesia continued to claim that there were no Coronavirus patients or those...

IO - The spread of Covid-19 in early 2020 pretty much depressed economic activity in China, and thus across the global economy. It is still too early to estimate its impact on world economic...

IO - Looking to boost investment and hopefully stave off the economic headwinds caused by the COVID-19 virus that has inevitably reached Indonesia, President Jokowi is pushing for his omnibus bill to be passed...

IO - The world’s stock markets are crashing, taking down the Indonesian stock exchange with them. In fact, Indonesia has been one of the worst-hit markets in the world. The IDX Composite Index, which is the performance...

IO - On many occasions, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has declared that Indonesia has an ambitious target to become a developed country by the 100th anniversary of Indonesia’s independence, to be known as “Golden Indonesia 2045”....

IO - The COVID-19 virus, which shows no signs of abating in the near future, has brought the world into what is being called unchartered territory.  Much is unknown, but governments around the globe are preparing for...

IO - The Work Creation Omnibus Law draft has recently been debated in a public forum. The discussion of the draft is in the context of the fact that it is completely confidential, not participatory – and...

IO - In an age where there is an obsession with wealth creation, GDP growth rates and how well the stockmarkets are doing, we tend to lose sight of what is important.    Here in Indonesia, too...

IO - Tax income has been a cause of concern for the past few years. It has always been far below the target set by the Government in the State Budget. Tax income growth has also been...

IO - Chinese official have reported the total number of coronavirus cases now stands above 75,000, with a death toll reaching more than 2,000 people. All but five of the deaths have occured in...

IO - I am absolutely intrigued. How come Coronavirus is not found in Indonesia, while practically all other Asiatic countries already suffer from cases? It’s gone so far that people in other countries sneer...