People should not worry too much about economic pressures recently, especially because external pressures are felt by all countries not only Indonesia, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “(Those external pressure) are related to the trade war between the US and China, and also to the Fed interest rate hike in the US in which […]

Indonesia’s ethnicity and cultural diversity will become a force to develop Indonesia’s creative industries if managed properly, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “We have great potentials because we know Indonesia has 714 ethnicities with different customs and traditions. It is of paramount importance,” the President said to reporters after attending the We The Fest […]

Entire infrastructure for the 18th Asian Games both venues and non-venues in Jakarta and Palembang will be completed entirely on 31 July and ready to be inaugurated in early August. Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono said he would report the progress to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “In the Gelora Bung […]

Regarding the Government’s plan to implement use of B20 biodiesel – or fuel with a 20 percent biodiesel content – Indonesian Minister of Industry Airlangga Hartarto said that national CPO (crude palm oil) production, which is the raw material of biodiesel, reaches 38 million tons in 2017, in which 7.21 million tons are for exports […]

A limited cabinet meeting on the acceleration of mandatory use of biodiesel led by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo at the Presidential Office in Jakarta (20/7) decided that Biodisel 20 (B20) be consistently implemented entirely. “The President wants that the use of B20 can be consistently implemented entirely because the impact will be significant for the […]

The implementation of Biodiesel 20 (B20) is believed to affect foreign exchange efficiency, particularly, in oil and gas sector which over the last six years has reached US$5.4 billion, whereas non oil and gas sector produces US$4.4 billion surplus. Coordinating Minister for the Economy Darmin Nasution said that since the Limited Cabinet Meeting has decided […]

Given West Java is the most densely populated province in Indonesia with 48 million people, the Government strives to accelerate transportation infrastructure development in that province. One of which is by accelerating the development of Kertajati Airport, Patimban Seaport, and other airport planned to be built in Sukabumi.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo inaugurated 724 the Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI)/Indonesian National Police (Polri) graduates – who had previously been educated at the TNI Academy and Police Academy – during the Prasetya Perwira oath-taking ceremony held in the courtyard of the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on Thursday (7/19) morning. The 724 TNI/Polri officers consist […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo gives directives on efficiency of goods expenditure in the discussion of Bill on the State Budget (RAPBN) for the 2019 Fiscal Year. Based on his directives, the budget will be reallocated to priority programs. Minister of National Development Planning (PPN)/Head of National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Bambang Brodjonegoro asserted that today’s […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo received President of the Federated States of Micronesia Peter M. Christian at the Bogor Presidential Palace, West Java, on Wednesday. President Christian and his entourage who were visiting Indonesia in a state visit arrived at the Bogor Presidential Palace at 10.00 a.m. Western Indonesian Time, and are welcomed by the sounds […]