Prevention, monitoring, and law enforcement measures on the ground to tackle smuggling must be taken in concrete manner as circulation of smuggled products does not only bring financial losses to the country but may also destroy national industries, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. The statement was made during a Limited Meeting on the Issue […]

The Government continues to take measures to reduce social gap as an effort to promote equal development in all regions all across the country, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said during a limited cabinet meeting on the Plan to Establish Wakaf Bank at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, Wednesday (25/1). “I have repeatedly stressed the importance of […]

Although the world is really volatile, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo invited the board of directors of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to be optimistic to see the future in achieving Indonesia’s economic growth amid global economic slowdown.“The most important thing is how to anticipate the rapid changes in a different way; out of the comfort zone,” the […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo reiterated that in the future the Indonesian National Police (Polri) will face more complex challenges. The President mentioned that the recent security situation in Indonesia is not just conventional crimes but other crimes as well. “The challenges of security, order have further developed by the rise of transnational crimes, terrorism, money […]

In order to make domestic industries more competitive and promote ease of doing business, the Government will soon solve the matters relating to industrial gas price which have been complained by industrialists due to its high price. Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said that, the limited meeting led by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday (24/1), […]

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said although Indonesia’s National Soccer Team (Timnas) Garuda was temporarily out of international tournaments due to a FIFA (world soccer body) ban, the Team managed to reach the final of the AFF Cup and this achievement, the President said, has encouraged the sport to rise again in Indonesia. “Therefore, the Government […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo reaffirmed his statement on the Limited Meeting on 4 October 2016, that natural gas should not only be seen as a commodity, but as a capital for development that can support national industry and stimulate competitiveness of Indonesia’s industrial products in the global market. Therefore, the President asked to carefully calculate […]

Speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia (MPR RI) Zulkifli Hasan reminded all people of Indonesia that we are brothers and sisters in diversity. “We agreed 71 years ago, we are brothers and sisters in the big family of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). Not others,” the […]

For the follow up of Presidential Regulation Number 29 of 2014, Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms Asman Abnur in a letter Number B/01/M.06/2017 dated 19 January 2017 calls on all government institutions to submit the 2016 performance report, online Self-Assessment on the Implementation of Bureaucratic Reform (PMPRB), as well as submit organizational […]

Members of the Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals Association (ICMI) led by its Chairman Jimly Asshiddiqie on Monday (23/1) at the State Palace met with President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo. ICMI Chairman Jimly Asshiddiqie said during the meeting, in addition to report the result of ICMI’s National Working Meeting (Silaknas) in December last year, they also discussed the […]