Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said that Indonesia’s macroeconomic performance grew quite well above 5 percent amid a sluggish global economy. Overall, Indonesia’s Ease of Doing Business in 2014 ranked 140 out of 189 countries, 120 in 2015, 106 in 2016, and now 91. “Indonesia is considered as a country that really experienced a tremendous leap,” […]

Ministry of Home Affairs reported that as of July this year, there are 344,039 mass organizations in Indonesia. “Those are mass organizations that are listed on our data,” said Director of Mass Organization Affairs of the Directorate General of Politics and General Government of the Ministry of Home Affairs La Ode Ahmad Fidani, as quoted […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo congratulated Indonesian badminton players – women’s double pair Greysia Polii/Apriani Rahayu and mixed double pair Tontowi Ahmad/Lilyana Natsir, for their success in winning titles at the 2017 French Open Badminton Super Series tournament on Sunday (29/10). “Congratulations to Tontowi/Liliyana and Greysia/Apriyani, champions of the 2017 French Open Super Series. They’ve presented […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo acknowledges that the country’s education system is trapped in routine and if it were not reformed totally, it would 128 years for the country’s education to be on par with that of developed countries, the President said, quoting a statement from a professor at Harvard University. The President made statement during […]

Indonesia is a diverse, plural country, home to seven hundred-plus tribes, has thousand more local languages. The statement was enunciated by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in a video to commemorate the Youth Pledge Day, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Friday (27/10). “We want the Youth Pledge to be the eternal spirit of the Indonesian youth, […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo received Board of Directors of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) led by Kadin Chairman Rosan Roeslani at the Presidential Palace on Thursday, 26 October 2017. The meeting lasted for 3.5 hours. After the meeting, Rosan told reporters that Kadin wanted to participate and be active to create jobs. […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo responded to the decision made during the plenary meeting of the House of Representatives (DPR-RI) that passed Government Regulation in lieu of Law Number 2 of 2017 on Mass Organization into law on Tuesday (24/10). According to the President, the Perppu was passed through a voting process in which 314 out […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (25/10) at the State Palace opened the 2017 Conference on Land Reform and Forest Management. The conference is set to discuss issues on structural imbalance, indigenous forest land, distribution of land use in conservation forests, protection of indigenous people, and people-based economic development, among others. President Jokowi hopes that […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo welcomed the positive sentiment in the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) following Composite Stock Price Index (IHSG) touched a new all-time record high on Wednesday (25/10). The benchmark index passed beyond the psychological boundary of 6,000 points. “Hopefully, it will not fall but continue to increase,” the President answered reporters’ questions after […]

The Government on Tuesday (24/10) held a Government Working Meeting (RKP), which was attended by regional heads including Governors, Regents, and Mayors from all over Indonesia. At least 576 regional heads were scheduled to attend the meeting, which was held at the State Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday (24/10).