Indonesians are becoming smarter and wiser in voting for their representatives for Regional House of Representatives (DPRD), House of Representatives (DPR) or Regional Representatives Council (DPD), President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said on Saturday (15/9). The President made the statement in response to the ruling made by the Supreme Court (MA) which revokes regulation of the […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has dismissed the allegation that accuses him of starting the campaign earlier by staring the dam commercial in cinemas. According to the President explained, the commercial is released by Ministry of Communication and Information according to the constitutional mandate, which is to inform the Government’s development results, whether it is finished, […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo revealed a secret about his acrobatic actions at the opening of the 2018 Asian Games at Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Main Stadium, Jakarta that amazed hundreds of thousands of spectators and sparked controversies among politicians. “These politicians talked about the stuntman. What do you expect? It must be stuntman’s work. It […]

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 […]