Divestment of 51% shares of mining company PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) to the Indonesian Government has officially been agreed on. On Thursday (9/27), representatives from state-owned mining holding company PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (INALUM), Freeport McMoRan Inc. (FCX), and Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto signed agreements on PT Freeport Indonesia share divestment, PT Rio Tinto Indonesia […]

Ministry of Transportation will promote helicopter as a mode of transport in major cities with traffic congestion across the country. “For now, we are focusing on Jakarta, considering severe traffic in the city. It is our priority to make Jakarta a model city. Afterwards, we will implement it to other cities when the project in […]

Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform Syafruddin on 18 September, 2018 signed Circular Number 20 of 2018 on Dismissal of State Civil Apparatus (ASN) Convicted of Graft. The Circular aims to clean up bureaucracy from corruption, collusion and nepotism. The Minister, through the Circular, asked Personnel Supervisor Officers (PPK) and Authorized Officials to […]

Ministry of Communication and Informatics has blocked a total of 450 URLs on social media and sites that show photos and videos of act of violence before Persib vs Persija match at Bandung Lautan Api Gelora Stadium (GBLA), Bandung, Sunday (23/9). “We have blocked 450 URLs because the video is not good for the public; […]

The Government is determined to accelerate land certification because of many disputes and conflicts among the people who do not have legal evidence of their land ownership, according to President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo. “In 2015, 126 million parcels of land that should have been certified, but the fact is, only 46 million parcels of land […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said he respects the decision made by Muhammad Sirajuddin “Din” Syamsuddin – the President’s Special Envoy for Dialog and Interfaith and Civilization Cooperation – to resign from this post. The President also admitted to have received his resignation letter and met him as well. “Pak Din certainly has a lot of […]

Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing has integrated all toll transactions in the Jakarta Outer Ring Road (JORR) Toll Road and it will be effective on Saturday, 29 September 2018 at midnight local time. As previously reported, the transactions will be cut into a single transaction at the on-ramp gate. The JORR users currently […]

Member of the Presidential Advisory Board (Wantimpres) Agum Gumelar called on members of the Government Public Relations allied under the Public Relations Coordinating Board (Bakohumas) to be excellent in communication. “Coordination and communication among Bakohumas members are needed to really understand the current situation and condition,” Agum said in his keynote speech at the Bakohumas […]

Following the death of a Persija Jakarta supporter before a Persib vs Persija football match on Sunday at Gelora Bandung Lautan Api (GBLA) Stadium, Bandung, Sunday (23/9), Minister of Youth and Sports Imam Nahrawi suspended competition of the nation’s top-tier football league, Liga 1, for two weeks. “After received reports from various parties including the […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressed deep condolences over the death of Haringga Sirla, a Persija Jakarta supporter, at the hands of a group of Persib Bandung supporters before a Persib vs Persija soccer match on Sunday at Gelora Bandung Lautan Api (GBLA) Stadium, Bandung, Sunday (23/9). In response to this, the President urged football supporters to […]