President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo, accompanied by First Lady Ibu Iriana Joko Widodo, on Friday (27/1) at 07.35 a.m., left from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport to Yogyakarta on a Presidential Aircraft. Upon his arrival, President Jokowi and his entourage will head to Kulonprogo. “President Jokowi will inspect the preparation of babat alas nawung kridha (land clearing) for […]

In the series of his visit to Special Region of Yogyakarta, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo distributed 1,037 Indonesia Smart Card (KIP) to orphan students from Sleman and Kulonprogro, at SMK Negeri 2 Pengasih, Kulonprogro Regency, Friday (27/1) afternoon. Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Puan Maharani, in her report, said that the students can […]

During the opening of the 2017 National Meeting on Culture and Education held on Thursday at Jakarta International Expo (JIExpo), Kemayoran, Jakarta, as many as 2,844 of orphaned students s from 309 schools in Jakarta and the neighboring towns of Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi received Smart Indonesia Card (KIP) from President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo. […]

In order to improve people’s welfare, in particular the fishermen, fish cultivators, as well as sellers of fishery products, and to increase employment as well as the country’s foreign exchange, the Goverment finds it important to create a number of measures to accelerate national fishery industry development. It is instructed by the President in Presidential […]

The investment realization in Q4 (from October to December) 2016 reached Rp159.4 trillion, an increase of 9.6 percent compared to the same period in 2015. Of this amount, Domestic Direct Investment (PMDN) reached Rp58.1 trillion, an increase of 25.8 percent compared to the same period last year. Meanwhile, Foreign Direct Investment (PMA) increased by 2.1 […]

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), […]