The visit of the Prime Minister of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickramasinghe and his spouse Mrs. Maithree Wickramasinghe to the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, was used by President Joko Widodo to offer superior products made by Indonesian workers, i.e.  passenger trains manufactured by PT INKA, Madiun. “Passenger trains from PT INKA have been […]

President Joko Widodo received a courtesy call from Minister of Finance and Trade of Qatar Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Tuesday (2/8) afternoon. The bilateral meeting discussed the efforts to increase investment and trade cooperation, parcitularly in investment sector. As one of countries that has the highest Sovereign […]

President Joko Widodo admitted that moslem community nowadays must face big challenges, for example, high rate of unemployment particularly in young people who cannot integrate with others. “We are not strong enough in social media as well as technology, thus, we will not win perception competition,” the President said when delivering a remarks at the […]

President Joko Widodo received the visit of Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato’ Sri Mohammad Najib Tun Abdul Razak, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Monday (1/8) afternoon. The meeting was conducted to discuss the 11th Indonesia-Malaysia Consultation Meeting. “Indonesia and Malaysia are two neighbors that have established a good relationship for quite long. It is […]

Bilateral meeting between the delegations of the Government of Republic Indonesia, led by President Joko Widodo, and the Government of Republic of Tajikistan, led by President Emomali Rahmon, at Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Monday (1/8) morning, has produced the signing of four cooperation documents. “Indonesia welcomes the signing of four cooperation documents, such as visa-free, […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo in his remarks at the opening of 26th National MTQ Musabaqah Tilawatil Qur’an (Quran Recital Competition) on Saturday (30/7), at Astaka Utama Islamic, Mataram, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, said that this is the time for Indonesia to become the center of Islamic thought and Islamic studies. Moreover, other countries must notice […]

The Indonesian Government ensures that it will not fulfill the request made by the Turkish Government to close a number of Turkish schools in Indonesia that are linked with Fethullah Gulen, the alleged mastermind behind the recent failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung asserted that Indonesia is a democratic country […]

Attorney General, with assistance from the Mobile Brigade Corps of the Indonesian National Police (Brimob Polri),has executed four drug traffickerson Friday (29/7), on Tunggal Panaluan field, Nusakambangan Island, Cilacap, Central Java. The four deathrow inmates who were executed are Freddy Budiman (Indonesian Nationality), Michael Titus Igweh (Nigerian Nationality), Humprey Ejike (Nigerian Nationality), and Gajetan Acena […]

President Joko Widodo explained that at the moment, the world is in a difficult situation. The same situation is alsofaced by global economy that keeps declining. From geopolitical situation, the war in the Middle East causes millions of refugees run to Europe. Acts of terror, suicide bomb also take place almost every day in almost […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo asserted that he notices the immense enthusiasm of the business people towards the tax amnesty program from three disseminations that have been carried out. The President took an example of dissemination in Surabaya where 2,000 people were invited yet 2,700 people attended the event and in Medan where the invitees increased […]