The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported that Indonesia’s economic growth last year reached 5.07 percent, higher than that in 2016 at 5.03 percent. The 2017 economic growth figure is event the highest since 2014. The BPS data also shows that economic growth during the first year of the Administration of President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo and […]

Minister of Transportation, Budi Karya Sumadi, held a meeting with  the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and Airnav Indonesia Directors at JATSC, Soekarno-Hatta Airport, in Tangerang, Banten, on Saturday (3/2), to discuss airport development in Jakarta, Bali, and Papua. “Today we have a meeting to learn improvement plan of Airnav in three locations; Jakarta, Bali, […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Saturday (3/2) inaugurated Indoor and Outdoor Tennis Courts located in Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Sport Complex in Senayan, South Jakarta. “This morning, by saying bismillahirrahmanirrahim, I hereby inaugurate the renovated Indoor and Outdoor Tennis Courts,” the President said, adding that as the renovations of venues for the upcoming 2018 Asian […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo responds the act of the Chairman of the University of Indonesia’s Student Executivce Body (BEM UI) who raised a yellow book after he just finished his remarks at the 68 Dies Natalis of the University of Indonesia, in Depok, West Java, on Friday (2/2).<

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo expressed his admiration for the late cleric As’ad Syamsul Arifin, one of the most respected clerics in Indonesia. “Today I come to Salafiyah Safi’iyah Islamic Boarding School because I want to see and feel first hand the place where the late cleric spread his teachings and where Islamic students inherit his […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, accompanied by First Lady Ibu Iriana, on Saturday, 3 February 2018, departed for East Java Province to attend the Dhikr and Prayer for the Nation in the Commemoration of Masyayikh Majemuk Haul (Ulema Association) at the Salafiyah Safi’iyah Islamic Boarding School, Sukorejo. After inaugurating the revamped Open and Closed Tennis Court […]

In an effort to further develop the ongoing Sea Toll program, which has succeeded in reducing price disparities, particularly in eastern Indonesia, Ministry of Transportation in the near future is geared to change the sea toll system from transport-based to container-based system. “So, if we want to send containers through a transport-based system, of course […]

Starting from Thursday (1/2), the Government cuttypes of imported goods subject to be verified at port (border verification) from 5,229 Harmonized System (HS) to 2,256 HS. As for imported goods considered as safe and unimportant goods, they can be verified at post border, or at factories which produce imported goods. “Safe and unimportant goods should […]

In a special interview with Metro TV in his office, on Wednesday (31/1) afternoon, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung told the moment when President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo decided to still pay a state visit to Afghanistan, as part of his series of working visits to Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Two days prior to the […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has instructed Minister of Trade Enggartiasto Lukita to evaluate Indonesia’s export, which is still far behind those of Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand. “Thailand’s export value in 2016 amounted to US$231 billion, while Malaysia’s was US$184 billion, and Indonesia’s was US$145 billion,” President Jokowi said during the opening of the Working Meeting […]