President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo praised the search and rescue team that is currently evacuating the victims of Lion Air JT610 crashed in Karawang last week. The team consists of 859 personnel from the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI), the Indonesian National Police (Polri), Ministry of Transportation, the Agency for Technology Research and Application (BPPT), Ministry […]

Head of the National Search and Rescue Agency (BNPP) M. Syaugi said that the search team coordinated by BNPP had found the exact location of Lion Air JT610 aircraft’s debris, which crashed in Karawang waters, West Java, on Monday (29/10) morning. “We found the exact location, we have swept the area by launching a remotely […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressed his condolences over the death of Syachrul Anto, one of the divers that involved in the process of evacuating the Lion Air JT 610 which crashed in Tanjung Karawang, West Java on Monday, 29 October 2018. “I offered my deep condolences over the death of Pak Syachrul Anto. May God […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo was happy knowing that three Indonesian State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) are among 500 best companies in the world. The President expressed his hope that other SOEs can reach similar achievement. “I will not announce the companies so they won’t become superior because changes can happen in an instant and we must quickly […]

Minister of Villages, Development of Underdeveloped Regions, and Transmigration Eko Sandjojo said that allocation of urban village fund (dana kelurahan) will not reduce allocation of village fund (dana desa) in the 2019 State Budget. The Minister explained that the allocation for village fund in the 2019 State Budget reaches Rp70 trillion, Rp10 trillion higher compared […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo reiterated that the main purpose of the Village Funds and the Urban Village Funds is to speed up the improvement of people’s welfare, both in the village, in the city, and in the urban village. “We want to significantly reduce poverty rate in the rural and urban areas through these funds, […]

The millenial employees should quickly respond to a fast-changing world, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo told 3,000 millennial employees from several State-Owned Enterprises at The Telkom Hub, Jakarta Thursday (1/11). “Quickly responding to a fast-changing world is very important to make sure that our nation is not left behind other nations,” President Jokowi said.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo encouraged Indonesian scientists to face the challenges and strive for innovation. The President cited some examples of the world’s rapid change, including the Netherlands, a small country that becomes a food exporter, and facebook, the most popular media in the world that does not have any editor or reporter and never […]

Even though the black box has been found, Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi stressed that the search team coordinated by the National Search and Rescue Agency (BNPP) is still looking for one black box of ill-fated Lion Air JT-610 which crashed in Karawang waters, West Java, last Monday (29/10). “We still have many tasks […]

Minister of Manpower Hanif Dhakiri on Friday (2/11) at Bogor Presidential Palace said that there are 26 provinces that have submitted reports on Provincial Minimum Wages (Upah Minimum Provinsi–UMP), while other 8 provinces have announced the UMP amount but have not submitted the reports yet.