Malaysian Minister of Foreign Affairs Saifuddin Abdullah on Monday (23/7) met with Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno L.P. Marsudi to discuss several issues, including finalizing border negotiations, protection for Indonesian citizens and migrant workers, and efforts to fight discrimination against palm oil products. It was the first official visit of the Malaysian Minister since […]

The Government has planned to allocate the Family Hope Program (PKH) budget of Rp31 trillion for the 2019 fiscal year. Previously, the budget for the 2018 fiscal year was Rp17 trillion for 10 million families of PKH recipients. “In 2019, according to the President’s directives, it has been proposed that the PKH budget will be […]

Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung asserted that digital age is inevitable, and children should be introduced to digital world. However, the Cabinet Secretary reminded all about the role of parents in protecting children from hoaxes.

As an effort to improve the quality as well as competitiveness of Indonesian human resources to deal with changes in the era of industrial revolution 4.0, the Government considers that it is important to enhance the capacity of Indonesian leaders. Based on this consideration, on 20 July 2018, President Joko Widodo has signed Presidential Decree […]

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 […]