OPINION

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...

IO - Indonesia’s economic growth for the past 5 years remains stable in a range of 5%. 2015-2019 rates are, respectively, 4.88%, 5.03%, 5.07%, 5.17, and 5.02%. Such a solid and stable economic growth...

IO - The agricultural sector, especially Indonesian horticultural products, faced many challenges in early 2020. The price of cayenne pepper in Jakarta soared, surpassing IDR 100,000 per kg. Steep increases in chili prices impelled...

IO - The Wuhan virus made me almost “permanently forget” to write about the latest developments in America.  I had to replay President Donald Trump’s speech three times. The one in front of the joint...

IO - Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has visited eight countries since he was appointed as Defense Minister of the Republic of Indonesia on October 23, 2019: Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Turkey, China, Japan, France, and finally the...

IO - Finally, there were two people who live outside of China who died from the Wuhan virus. One was in the Philippines, and another in Hong Kong. Both are from China. Specifically, from Hubei Province, whose capital...

IO - Back in 1998, not long after the fall of Suharto, something remarkable happened.  Yunus Yosfiah, a retired Army officer serving under then-president B.J. Habibie as minister of information, decided to lift all restrictions on the media. ...

IO - Early last year, in the wake of Indonesia's hotly contested presidential race, scores of protestors filled the streets of Jakarta and elsewhere.  Many accused the government of being behind a rigged election.     When Jokowi's contestant, Prabowo...