Digital disruption is pushing the music recording industry to adapt in order to develop their businesses. It offers opportunities for independent musicians.

Getting into 2022, the fight against inflation will be an important narrative that determines the movement of the global market.

The government is ready to launch a draft regulation regarding maritime security. There is friction among government institutions to take care of the matter of Rp5.5 trillion a year in illegal retribution fees at sea.

The Indonesian Consulate-General to Hong Kong requires a written permission from a legal guardian for migrant workers planning to extend their work contract. It sparks protests from the workers.

Shin Tae-yong says that there is no instant solution to overcome the players’ physical and mentality issues. He is intensifying physical training to improve their concentration. More players need to compete in overseas clubs.

Vietnamese fishing boats are poaching fish in the North Natuna Sea by using pair trawls that damage coral reefs. Natuna fishermen are forced to go fishing longer and farther. This article on the impact of coral reef damage in the North Natuna Sea is supported by the Environmental Justice Foundation.

Online investment is booming during the Covid-19 pandemic. People need to be more careful.

Cartoon: Yuyun Nurrachman

The survivors of the 2018 earthquake and tsunami in Sirenja, Donggala, are still trying to restore their life. With capital assistance and training, the community rises and develops businesses.

The spread of Omicron—the new variant of the virus that causes Covid-19—is starting to cause concern. The government has yet to produce a comprehensive policy to forestall it.

These days, Christmas is imagined as a series of songs sung in fancy churches in Europe and America that know war only from superhero films. Recordings of Silent Night are played incessantly in shopping malls. No one cares about calm—and people are merry.

THE Lhokseumawe Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) officers escort a Rohingya child refugee during the evacuation process at ASEAN Port, Krueng Geukuh, Aceh, Friday, December 31, 2021.  After considering the emergency situation and the humanitarian side, the Indonesian government through the Overseas Refugees Handling (PPLN) Task Force decided to save 120 ethnic Rohingya consisting of seven men, 62 women and 51 children who were stranded in the waters of Aceh on Saturday, December 25. ANTARA PHOTOS/Syifa Yulinnas

SOUTHEAST Asia has faced numerous human rights violations and abuses, ranging from the worst crimes against the Rohingya and other religious and ethnic minorities in Myanmar to extra-judicial killings in the Philippines under President Duterte’s administration. Many enforced disappearances have also occurred across the region, along with violence against human rights and democracy defenders, attacks on freedom of religion and belief, freedom of expression, and some other incidents. 

It does not mean the region has no institution that addresses human rights issues. Since 2009, member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have had the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights or AICHR. But critics said this body has been ineffective and ‌incapable of protecting human rights in the region. 

To commemorate the International Human Rights Day on December 10, TEMPO TALKS presents Yuyun Wahyuningrum, the representative of Indonesia to AICHR who will explain about human rights problems in the region and how her organization addresses the issue on TEMPO TALKS