Indonesia is a big country and its people shall always be united, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in his remarks during the opening of the 36th Congress of the Indonesian Christian Students Movement (GMKI) in Bogor, West Java, Friday (9/14). “Indonesia is a very big country. If you go from the west part of […]

Following a large number of state civil apparatus (ASN) who have been proven guilty of graft, Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo has called for dishonorable discharge of those state civil apparatus, as the court decision has reached a permanent legal force. The order is based on the Minister’s Circular Number 180/6867/SJ on Law Enforcement […]

Given maximum preparation at the national training camps, Minister of Youth and Sports Imam Nahrawi expressed optimism that the Indonesian Team at the 2018 Asian Para Games can meet the target of finishing in the big 7 in the medal tally. One of the sport branches expected to contribute gold medal, he added, is bowling. […]

Indonesian women should become ‘mothers of the nation’, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in his remarks at the opening of the 35th International Council of Women General Assembly in Yogyakarta, Friday (14/9). Mothers of the nation, the President said, are women who educate their children for the future of the nation, restore the spirit […]

The National Civil Service Agency (BKN) informs that to date 2,357 civil servants who are convicted of corruption are still recorded as active civil servants. “The figure consists of 1,917 civil servants working for regency/municipality governments, 342 civil servants working for provincial governments, and 98 civil servants working for ministries/institutions at central government,” Deputy for […]

Deputy for Supervision and Control of the National Civil Servant Agency (BKN) I Nyoman Arsa said that 2,357 civil servants convicted of graft have inkracht (a court decision that is legally binding and final) status, 1,917 of them are civil servants in regency/municipality governments, 342 in the provincial governments, and 98 in central government. Based […]

In order to pursue the target of reducing poverty to 7-8 percent as stipulated in the 2015-2019 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN), the Government will disbursed the funds of Aspiring Family Program (PKH) to 10 million beneficiary families in 2019. “To achieve the target is not easy. However, the BPS (Central Statistics Agency) data as […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that the current global economy condition is heading to the so-called ‘Infinity War’ just like in the movie ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ in which Thanos – the villain figure – threatens to wipe out half of the world’s population. Nevertheless, President Jokowi believes that he and his ‘fellow Avengers’ are ready […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Wednesday (12/9) met with Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly Nguy?n Th? Kim Ngân in Hanoi, Wednesday (12/9) to talk about three issues related to the relations between the two countries. First, President Jokowi welcomed the Indonesian-Vietnamese inter-parliamentary cooperation. According to the President, this cooperation needs to be improved continuously […]

On the sidelines of his working visit in Vietnam, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo  on Wednesday (12/) at Melia Hotel, Hanoi, hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe. During the meeting, President Jokowi offered cooperation to Sri Lankan Government to build railway facilities and infrastructures in the South Asian country.