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Tenggara Backgrounder January 29, 2021
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Business growing restless at slow pace of COVID-19 vaccination
Indonesia may brag to be one of the first Asian countries to have launched a national COVID-19 vaccination program, but it may still end up among the last to complete because of the sheer size of its population. Pressure to accelerate vaccination mou...
Social aid corruption spillover: PDI-P elite implicated
The arrest of former social affairs minister Juliari Batubara in December 2020 for alleged graft has sent a shockwave through the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), of which Juliari is a member. The party is now coming under publ...
Natural disasters put govt’s mitigation, response under spotlight
Indonesia has already seen nearly 200 natural disasters that have claimed more than 100 lives during the first month of 2021, which has put the country’s disaster response and mitigation as well as commitment to improve disaster preparedness under in...
New antiterror policy underlines community engagement
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo signed on Jan. 6 Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 7/2021 on a national action plan that includes strategies to mitigate violent extremism that could lead to terrorism. The new policy prescribes community engagement...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Youth dominate Indonesia’s demographics, need job boost
Indonesia’s Gen-Z and millennials now account for more than half of its citizens, according to Statistics Indonesia (BPS) latest decennial 2020 census. In addition, people of working age now make up a major chunk of the country’s population. Experts...
Govt cancels spectrum auction, likely to delay 5G deployment
The Communications and Information Ministry has decided to cancel the results of the 5G spectrum auction without giving specific reasons, merely citing the need for rules and procedural alignments especially with regard to non-tax revenue. This sudde...
BRI reshuffles board, prepares to become MSMEs holding
BRI reshuffled four of its board of directors in an extraordinary general shareholders meeting on Jan. 21. With two millennials on the new board, BRI has been applauded for nurturing a new generation. The new board has also brought positive sentiment...
Indonesia faces looming beef scarcity throughout 2021
Indonesia may face a beef crisis throughout the year if it fails to bring the price down. The beef price soared to more than Rp 130,000 (US$9.21) per kilogram this month, prompting wet market sellers in Greater Jakarta to stage a three-day strike fro...
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