Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin stated that the additional hajj quota for Indonesia this year which is 52,200 quota will be prioritized for prospective pilgrims who have never performed hajj. Therefore the Minister hopes pilgrims who have been on hajj to give the opportunity to those have not been on hajj. “The priority […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asserted that as an archipelagic state with a wide geographical area, Indonesia does not have enough Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) personnel deployed in the northernmost point of eastern Indonesia, north point of western Indonesia, south point of eastern Indonesia, and south point of western Indonesia. In fact, those points are not […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, on Thursday (12/1) at the Merdeka Palace, received Letters of Credentials from eight Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (LBPP) to mark the start of their official duties in Indonesia.

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo, accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi as well as Minister of State Secretary Pratikno, received a courtesy call by nine members of the National Assembly of South Korea, at the Merdeka Palace, on Thursday (12/1) morning. The President met them in person and shook their hands one by one. […]

In order to maintain the continuity of  healthcare social security program provided by Social Security Provider Body for Health (BPJS Kesehatan), the Government considered it is necessary to allocate state capital participation of the Republic of Indonesia for BPJS Kesehatan that will be used for Healthcare Social Security Funds.

Indonesia’s Hajj quota has returned to the normal figure of 211,000 a year from the previous 168,000.  “The Saudi Arabian Government, which in this case Minister of Hajj and Umrah of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has decided to return Hajj quota for Indonesia from 168,800 into 211,000 for 2017,” the President said in a […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to continue restoring peat land in seven provinces, namely: in Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, and Papua Provinces. In consistent with the establishment of the Peat Land Restoration Agency (BRG) at the beginning of 2016, according to the President, the Government has […]

In a bid to improve public services, the Government feels the urge to add the number of priority infrastructures, to strengthen the Committee for Acceleration of Priority Infrastructure Development (KPIP), and to accelerate Procurement of Government Goods/ Services to support the acceleration of priority infrastructure delivery.

President Jokowi stressed that the use of natural resources such as mineral and coal must be carefully calculated. Although Indonesia currently has the 10th largest mineral and coal reserves in the world, it has to be remembered that the reserves are predicted to be used up in the next 83 years, the President said. “The […]