OPINION

IO - Many Indonesian officials are very proud of Indonesia’s economic position, which ranks 16th in the world. According to the Statistics Indonesia (BPS), Indonesia’s 2017 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reached IDR13,892 trillion. With...

IO - Last week, on 9 December, was International Corruption Day. It was also a week in which Ari Ashara, the head of Garuda, Indonesia’s national flag carrier, was unceremoniously removed from his post...

IO - Does Indonesia still need to have a steel factory? Or not? What if the steel factory keeps losing money?  Usually, the question is the same: to sell or not to sell. Always a...

IO - Data shows that about 150 million of Indonesia’s citizens regularly access the internet, and 56% of these users are social media users. Nearly half of Indonesian social media users receive at least one hoax...

IO - Textiles are one of the oldest worldwide industries, first found around 5000 B.C. in Egypt. In the 1500s, the first textile manufactory effectively started up in England, and rapidly flourished after Richard Arkwright invented the...

IO, Jakarta – Since it took a tumble last year, the Rupiah exchange rate has made up for its loss this year, sitting at a rate of Rp 14,100.00 per USD as of the end...

IO - One of the key challenges that Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto faces is the task of turning around the local defence industry.  Based on a master plan developed in 2010 targetting Indonesia to...

IO, Jakarta – Statistics Indonesia (Badan Pusat Statistik – “BPS”) announced the country’s economic growth in Quarter III of 2019 at 5.02% (YoY). Many from within and outside the country harbor doubts about the accuracy...

IO - Political literacy has become an even more critical issue in our beloved country. It is an effort to build rational, knowledge- and competence-based political awareness. It is the conscious effort to understand current...

IO - When we left the authoritarian times of the New Order and entered the Reformation era, our democracy has been colored by voting. The presidential, legislative, and regional elections have all been carried...

IO - The final puzzle of “demos” in Hong Kong has been answered. Last Sunday night  That night the radical group returned to their headquarters: at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The number is around...