Thousands athletes and spectators braved the heavy rain to watch a spectacular Asian Games closing ceremony at Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, South Jakarta, Sunday evening (2/9). The closing ceremony began at 19.00 Western Indonesian Times with singing the Indonesian national anthem, followed by a marching band performance from a joint team of the Indonesian […]

Indonesia won another gold medal in sepak takraw men’s quadrant after defeating Japan 2-1 in a fierce final match of the 2018 Asian Games held at Ranau Hall, Jakabaring Sport City, Palembang, Saturday (1/9). Despite the 15-21 lost to Japan in the first set, the Indonesian team, which  consists of Muhammad Hardiansyah Muliang, Nofrizal, Saiful […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo meets with Alibaba Group as well as its co-founder and executive chairman Jack Ma regarding the implementation of the next Asian Games in 2022 which to be held in Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China. “Jack Ma comes to Indonesia to attend closing ceremony of the Asian Games because in 2022 Hangzhou, […]

Following the great success of organizing the 2018 Asian Games, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said  that Indonesia will bid to host the 2032 Summer Olympics. President Jokowi made the statement after meeting with President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach and President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah […]

The Government officially launched the mandatory use of the 20 percent biodiesel blending policy or B20 which will be effective starting on Saturday (1/9) for all sectors. The launching, took place at the field of Ministry of Finance, Lapangan Banteng, Jakarta, Friday (31/8), was marked by filling parked trucks and buses’ fuel tanks with B20 […]

Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs has announced that the Government will provide life insurance amounting to Rp18.5 million for pilgrims who pass away during the pilgrimage and Rp37 million who pass away due to accidents during the pilgrimage. The statement was made by the Ministry’s Director for Domestic Hajj Services of Directorate General for Hajj […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressed pride for the Indonesian Peacekeeping Soldiers that will soon be deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Lebanon. The President made the statement in his remarks during the deployment ceremony of the Rapidly Deployable Battalion (RDB) Task Force of Garuda Contingent XXXIX-A/Monusco Congo and Marine Task Force (MTF) XXVII-K […]

The Indonesian Government ensures that bonuses for medalists at the 2018 Asian Games will be paid no later than next week, according to Minister of Youth and Sports Imam Nahrawi. According to him, individual gold medalist will get a bonus of Rp1.5 billion (US$ 101,600), silver medalist will get a bonus of Rp500 million (US$ […]

The Government has decided to implement the 2018-2019 National Action Plan on Illicit Drug Distribution, Prevention, Eradication, and Abuse (P4GN) and Narcotics Precursors as stated in Presidential Instruction (Inpres) Number 6 of 2018 signed by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 28 August 2018. The National Action Plan is classified into four sectors, namely: 1. Prevention; […]

In order to strengthening National Action Plan on Illicit Drug Distribution, Prevention, Eradication, and Abuse and Narcotics Precursors known as P4GN (Penguatan Pencegahan dan Pemberantasan Penyalahgunaan dan Peredaran Gelap Narkotika dan Prekursor Narkotika) of 2018-2019, on 28 August 2018, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo signed Presidential Instruction Number 6 of 2018 on the 2018-2019 P4GN National […]