President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo invited South Korean businessmen to continue to boost  its investment in Indonesia. For the record, South Korea has become the third-largest foreign investor in Indonesia. President Jokowi said that South Korean companies have a major contribution in Indonesia’s basic industries such as in the steel sector, petrochemical sector, the Korean shoe […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo congratulated Indonesia’s badminton Men’s Double Pair Gideon Marcus Fernaldi /Kevin Sanjaya for winning the title at the 2017 All England badminton championship; that keeping Indonesia’s gold tradition alive at the All England. “Indonesia is proud of our Men’s Double Pair Marcus Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya for winning the #AllEngland title after beating Chinese pair–Jkw,” the […]

President of Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) Akio Toyoda, accompanied by President Director of PT Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN) Warih Andang Tjahjono, met President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Monday (13/3) morning. On that occasion, Akio Toyoda extended the commitment of Toyota to continue its participation and contribution in developing Indonesia’s […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo inaugurated 17 Indonesian Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to friendly countries on Monday (13/3), at the State Palace, Jakarta. The inauguration was conducted under Presidential Decree Number 32P and 35P of 2017, dated 10 March 2017, on the Designation of Indonesian Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. The inauguration ceremony was begun when Indonesian […]

In order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of government affairs, the Government deems it necessary to dissolve a non-structural agency – the Sidoarjo Mudflow Mitigation Agency (BPLS). On the basis of these considerations,  President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo, on 2 March 2017, signed a Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 21 of 2017 on […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo called King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia, on Sunday (12/3) at around 08:30 am Western Indonesian Time or 09:30 am Central Indonesian time. “In a telephone conversation, President Jokowi expressed his gratitude to the King Salman and his delegation for the visit to Indonesia,” Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi […]

  President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo admitted that e-KTP (Electronic Identification Card) caseis a big issue. He said that if  the process of making the e-KTP is perfect and accurate, it would have solved many problems.“For example, it can be used for passport as well as driver’s license application, tax, banking, and elections matters without providing […]

Considering that there are still a lot of challenges and problems in boosting export industrial products of Indonesia, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo asserted that he supports the meetings between world’s business associations and the Government of Indonesia. “The more intense the meeting become, be it between the associations and the ministers, or between the associations […]

Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung believes that the meeting between President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo with former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono would become a ‘positive signal’ for the international world. “We respect each other and we hope that this meeting also becomes a positive signal for the international world,” Pramono said to reporters after a limited cabinet […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that economic growth in Central Sulawesi Province is currently at 9.98 percent, far higher than that in 2016 at 5.02 percent. Therefore, the President hopes that this momentum could be maintained, the growth could be further improved. “We hope this economic growth momentum can help efforts to alleviate poverty in […]