President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo admits that when he decides to build Trans-Papua Road, someone asked him whether the construction of the road will drive and develop economic growth in Papua. The President explains that there are two choices: the road is built first then the economy will grow or we wait the economy grows then […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Thursday (16/11) at the Bogor Palace, West Java led a limited cabinet meeting on Vocational Education and Its Implementation. In the introductory remarks, the President said that Law of Education needs to be revised so foreign universities and polytechnics can establish campuses in Indonesia.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that there is a shift in which people do not shop for goods, brands, but love to travel, try new restaurants, go to cafe, and taste distinctive dishes. “This is an opportunity we have to take advantage,” President Jokowi said when giving his introductory remarks at a Limited Meeting on […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo stressed the importance of the courage to make decisions just like what the Government has shown in issuing policies, such as declaring 1st of June as a national holiday to commemorate the birthday of Pancasila, stipulating Government Regulation in Lieu of Law Number (Perppu) Number 2 of 2017 on Mass Organizations, […]

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund reported that  economic outlook will continue to improve in 2018. However, a number of things still could disrupt world economic growth, such as protectionism and global political instability. Moreover, the symptoms of protectionism in the forms of tariff and non-tariff barriers are expected to increase. Against this […]

Discrimination against palm oil in the European Union (EU) countries must be ended and measures and policies considered detrimental to the economy and images of palm oil producing countries must also be eliminated. The statement was made by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-EU Commemorative Summit on the 40th […]

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India have huge potentials, namely a joint market reaching 2 billion people and a total GPD of USD4.5 billion. Therefore, ASEAN-India should become one of the world’s economic generators. The statement was made by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo during the 15th ASEAN-India Summit, which was also attended by […]

On the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo had a bilateral meeting with the Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres at the Philippines International Convention Center (PICC), Manila, the Philippines, on Monday (13/11). The Deputy for Protocol, Press, and Media of the Secretariat of the President, Bey Machmudin, in a press […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that Japan is one of ASEAN’s first strategic partners and dialogue partners, which has contributed a lot to ASEAN. “I hope Japan remains a major partner of ASEAN in promoting mutually beneficial economic openness,” President Jokowi said in his speech at the 20th ASEAN-JAPAN Summit at the Philippines International Convention […]

The Indonesian Government confirmed its readiness to support reconstruction, rehabilitation, and de-radicalization processes in Marawi, the Philippines after the city was liberated by the Government of Philippines from terrorists’ occupation. The commitment was conveyed by Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi in a Trilateral Foreign Ministerial Meeting between the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia attending by […]