Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo confirmed that the site to check e-KTP is not an official site of the Government. “The Ministry of Home Affairs never creates the site. At the moment, collaborating with the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, we are investigating this issue,” Tjahjo said, in Jakarta, on Saturday (27/8). The last […]

The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that 138 out of 177 Indonesian citizens who were arrested by the Philippine authorities have been relocated to the Indonesian Embassy in Manila, Philippines, according to official Twitter account of the Ministry on Friday (26/8). The relocation of those Indonesian citizens was done on Thursday evening (25/8) and […]

From 256 million of Indonesian people, 22 million of them, who live both in the villages or cities, have yet to record their data to issue electronic identity cards (e-KTP), Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo said. Therefore, the Minister asked Population and Civil Registration Agency (Dukcapil) to be more active in creating wider access […]

The number of laid-off workers in Indonesia has dropped by 7,24 percent in the first semester of 2016 compared to that of last year, according to data of the Ministry of Manpower. Based on the data from Directorate General of Industrial Relations and Workers Social Security of the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, the number […]

In a bid to implement the One Million House Program as the manifestation of the second point of the Government’s Nawacita (nine priority programs of Jokowi-JK Administration), the Government on Wednesday (24/8) announced the 13thEconomic Policy Package on Low-Income Housing. “This economic policy package will improve access for the people to buy houses,” said Coordinating […]

President Joko ’Jokowi’ Widodo has given a target for Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency Sofyan Djalil to accelerate the certification of land on a large scale. Therefore, the President suggested the Minister to cooperate with the regional governments at provincial and regency/city levels. “Try to focus only on one, two, or three […]

On behalf of all Indonesian people, and the Government, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo congratulated and thanked all Indonesian athletes for their struggles  at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. The President considered that the Indonesian contingent has fought and given their best results. “We won 2 medals (one silver and one bronze) in the […]

President Joko ’Jokowi’ Widodo has instructed Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs to collect all forms relating to permits. “We know that those forms are the source of complicated permit procedure that can actually be made more simple. The long procedures are the result of a complex permit,” Cabinet Secretary […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Tuesday (23/8) at the National Gallery, Jakarta, met with a number of Indonesian culture experts to talk about the development of Indonesian cultures. According to the President, during the 2-hour dialog with the experts, he received many inputs about the process of promoting Indonesian cultures. “We often talk about the […]

In light of controling the State Budget , Minister of Finance as the State Treasurer has decided to postpone most of the budget distribution for Regional Transfer which is projected as underpayment budget and allocate and distribute it on the next budget’s year in accordance with the State Budget capability. The postponement in distribution of […]