President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday (8/8) inaugurated 2,014 civil service officers, locally known as ‘pamong praja’, from Batch 24 who graduated from the state-run Institute of Public Administration (IPDN) this year. The inauguration ceremony was held at the IPDN Campus in Jatinangor, Sumedang Regency, West Java.

When delivering a remarks at National Pasanggiri (Tournament) and the 2017 Teenage National Championship of National Pencak Silat (an Indonesian traditional martial arts) School (Persinas) ASAD, at Minhaajurrosyidiin Islamic Boarding School, Lubang Buaya, Jakarta, Tuesday (8/8) morning, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo indirectly satirized the people who often give him unfair judgment on social media. Before […]

Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin asserted that all hajj funds consisting of initial deposit, benefit or optimization, and the Public Trust Fund (DAU) will be managed by Hajj Fund Management Agency (BPKH ). “All funds will be handed to the BPKH. (The first phase) will be done at the end of August […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi Widodo denied the assumption that SEA Games XXIX of 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is just a trial event for the 2018 Asian Games to be held in Palembang and Jakarta. “SEA Games is SEA Games. If the target is gold or overall champion, the athletes must work hard to achieve it. […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo attended the ceremony of the release of the Indonesian contingent who will compete in the 29th SEA Games 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in the central courtyard of Presidential Palace, on Monday (7/8) morning. After the athletes, officials, and coaches sang Indonesia’s national anthem Indonesia Raya, Coordinating Minister for Human Development and […]

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported that Indonesia’s economy in the second quarter this year grew by 5,01 percent from the economic growth in the second quarter last year (YoY). It said that the growth was sustained by almost all aspects, except the provision of gas electricity, public administration, defense, and mandatory social security that […]

Deputy to Presidential Secretariat Chief for Protocol, Press, and Media Affairs Bey Machmudin clarified the news that the Presidential aircraft caused the cancellation of a Garuda Indonesia flight number GA-425 from I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali on Friday (4/8) at 9.30 pm WITA (Central Indonesian Time). “The cancellation of the flight has […]

Currently, global conditions change rapidly and they are real. Not to mention 10 years from now the generation Y/millennials (born in 1981–2000) will change and drive Indonesia’s market,  as well as affect Indonesia’s political and economic conditions. That statement was made by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in his remarks at National Leadership Meeting of Hanura […]

The Government has targeted that by 2019, all lands in Bali will have certificates. Bali is the fastest region that will finish the distribution of certificates since other regions need time until 2025. This year, the Government has set a target to distribute 200,000 certificates for land owners in Bali. “In Indonesia, there are 126 […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that Indonesia currently has two very good momentums that have to be capitalized on, namely economic growth and the people’s trust to the Government. Indonesia’s economic growth, the President said, is higher than that of many other countries. “We must capitalize on and make the most of such a momentum,” […]