Social media contains a lot of information; therefore, the users shall carefully distinguish between substantive content and sensational content, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in his twitter account @jokowi. “We have to be smart to distinguish between substantive content and sensational content, right and wrong, real and fake, truth and hatred, voice and noise,” […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asked officials from Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education as well as State Universities to respond to the fact that only 3 universities in Indonesia listed in the world top 500 universities. “You are more familiar with the real problems , either management process or other issues,” said President Jokowi […]

After focusing on infrastructure development over the last three years, in 2019 the Government will focus on human resources development. The State Budget will also prioritize this field. Regarding this issue, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo explained that the Government will establish a National Research Agency whose role will dominate (around 70%-80%) the universities.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressed his optimism that Indonesian contingent for the 2018 Asian Para Games can achieve the target of 16 gold medals and finish in top 8. “I think we will get more than 16 gold medals. I’m sure. Probably more than 20, but certainly more than 16,” President Jokowi said after watching […]

Ahead of the political year next year, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo called on the public to be cautious because hoax as well as slandering, denouncing, and mocking each other have been on the rise lately. “This is not Indonesia’s culture and is against Islamic values and ethical values that we have,” President Jokowi said at […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asked around 540 participants of the Indonesian Students’ Appreciation for Nationalism (AKSI) to help tackle hoaxes, fake news, and slanders widely spread on social media when attending a gathering with AKSI, at Grand Mulya Resort and Convention Hotel, Bogor Regency, West Java Province, Wednesday (10/10). On the occasion, President Jokowi said […]

The Indonesian Government invited all participants of the 2018 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group to share ideas and find the right solutions on the issues of disaster risk financing and insurance. “It is the right moment because a disaster just hit Indonesia several weeks ago,” Kalla said when delivering his keynote […]

The Indonesian Government has established National Agrarian Reform Team that has responsibilities to set up Agrarian Reform policies and plans, coordinate and resolve obstacles in the implementation of Agrarian Reform, and monitor and report on the implementation of the Reform. Presidential Regulation Number 86 of 2018 on Agrarian Reform, signed by President Joko Widodo on […]

Local governments in Central Sulawesi, including regency/municipality governments and provincial government, have resumed their operation after a major earthquake and tsunami hit the region, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “However, the operation has not fully restored since many families (of the Government officials) are also the victims (of the disasters),” the President told the […]