Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi confirmed that seven Indonesian sailors were kidnapped at Sulu Sea in Southern Philippines on Monday (20/6). This is the third abduction of Indonesians in recent months. The crew was towing a coal barge when their Indonesian-flagged tugboats, Charles 001 and Robby 152, were hijacked by armed groups.

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Thursday (23/6) visited Natuna waters and led a limited meeting on board KRI Imam Bonjol to assert that the Natuna Islands is part of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). The President also hopes the economy in Natuna Islands could be developed, particularly on fisheries as well […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Thursday (23/6) led a limited meeting discussing Natuna Islands’ Economic Potentials Development on KRI Imam Bonjol, an Indonesian Navy Warship which was patrolling in Natuna waters territory. Natuna Islands are strategic areas that lie on Indonesia’s maritime borders with Malaysia, Vietnam, and Cambodia. The Islands are also the major shipping […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that the low price of global oil gives Indonesia two opportunities: to improve the management of Indonesia’s energy sector and reform Indonesia’s energy sector from the upstream to the downstream and to build energy sovereignty and security to strengthen energy reserves. The President made the statement in his remarks at […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo believes Indonesian athletes that will take part in the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have the same spirit as their predecessors in 1952 Olympic Games, a passion to bring a good image of Indonesia in the world. In 1952, Indonesia won a total of 27 medals in the Helsinki […]

Indonesia will become a better, a developed country, be free from the poverty, and its people will have physical and spiritual happiness if the people always rely on the guidance of the Koran, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said. The hope was conveyed by the President in his remarks during the National Commemoration of 1437 H/2016 […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Tuesday (21/6) visited Bekasi-Cawang-Kampung Melayu (Becakayu) toll road construction site in Duren Sawit district, East Jakarta. “We hope this toll road project will be finished by the end of 2017, Insya Allah,” the President told reporters after the visit. President Jokowi added that the construction of the toll road began […]

The Government will take over the concessions of toll roads that have not been built yet from the private sectors. The instruction was delivered by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo due to many abandoned toll projects that have not been constructed yet, including Bogor-Ciawi-Sukabumi (Bocimi), Cimanggis-Cibitung, and Bekasi-Kampung Melayu (Becakayu) Toll Roads.

The construction of 54-km-Bocimi Toll Road connecting Bogor, Ciawi, and Sukabumi must be finished by 2018. The instruction was delivered by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo in his working visit to inspect the construction of Bocimi Toll Road on Tuesday (21/6), in Bogor, West Java. The groundbreaking of the toll road has been conducted four times […]

This year, the Indonesian Government through Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education is establishing ten polytechnics to prepare professional human resources in maritime, material, electronic, shipbuilding, food, and manufacturing sectors. “In accordance with President Jokowi’s directives, we aim to develop vocational education, including in maritime education,” said Minister of Research, Technology, and Higher Education […]