Indonesia gets some Suga (Indonesia Intelligencer Oct 16-23)

Japan pledges COVID-19 mitigation aid loan.

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This week Indonesia received a visit from Japan’s new PM Yoshihide Suga (not to be confused with the Korean rapper) while protests against the Omnibus Law reforms continued to simmer in the background. COVID-19 cases are still rising at alarming levels as the government, perhaps recklessly so, seems keen to vaccinate people as soon as po…