The Government, through the Ministry of Transportation, continues to carry out assimilation process between online transportation services with the conventional ones in order to manage them well. This statement was conveyed by Minister of Transporation Budi Karya Sumadi when responding to the journalists’ questions after a Limited Meeting on Online Transportation Management, Tuesday (18/7) at […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that online transport is one of the products of the development of information technology that cannot be avoided. According to the President, online transportation has been recognized and accepted by the public in several cities and also considered to have benefits. However, in transitional situations, in order to facilitate the […]

Indonesia is ranked first in terms of Trust and Confidence in National Government, according to  the data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in its Government at a Glance 2017 publication released on 13 July 2017. “Indonesia is first on the list of countries that have the highest Trust and Confidence in the National Government […]

Ministry of Communication and Informatics in a press release on Monday (17/7) stated that the Ministry, in cooperation with related ministries and institutions, have detected contents which are contrary to the law, particularly those related to the spreading of  radicalism and terrorism. Therefore, Ministry of Communication and Informatics sent a request to Telegram to clean […]

Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo affirmed that the issuance of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) Number 2 of 2017 on Mass Organizations. However, the issuance of this Regulation is a refinement of Law Number 17 of 2013 on Mass Organizations. The Minister criticized the rumours on social media that give impression that […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo reminded the public of the number of threats against the nation and the sovereignty of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). The Preisdent mentioned that such threats can be in the forms of ideology, politics, economy, and social culture. President Jokowi asserted that the Government will not remain […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo gives clarification regarding the decision made by Ministry of Communication and Informatics to block 11 domain name systems (DNS) owned by the Telegram encrypted messaging application. According to the President, the decision was made because the Government considers that the app has been widely used by local terrorists to communicate and […]

The Indonesian Government, through Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs, on Friday (14/7), launched an updated version of the map of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). Before the launching, the map was signed by the officials from 21 related ministries and institutions, including Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Coordinating […]

Although the agreement has not been reached at the Special Committee (Pansus) meeting and it is decided to be brought in a plenary session on Thursday (20/7), Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said that, as a whole, the time is still sufficient to finalize the General Election Bill. “The President monitored all the developments. Of course, […]

Economic Team of Switzerland led by Minister of Economy, Education, and Research of Switzerland Johann N. Schneider-Ammann, met President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo, at the Bogor Palace, West Java, Friday (14/7) morning. They discussed a number of issues, among others, an offer from the Swiss delegation to enhance bilateral cooperation as well as cooperation on vocational […]