The series of carnival and feast titled Wonderful Lake Toba Independence Carnival (KKPDT) that took place for two days, 20-21 August, held in Balige, Toba Samosir, North Sumatera, ended on Sunday (21/8) afternoon. The first day of the carnival was enlivened by a Floating Stage that presented a number of arts performance, for example […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that the Government will take three measures to develop Lake Toba. Those three measures areprovision of ferries especially on Saturdays and Sundays, revamping of existing ports, and provision of clean water and electricity.

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that after the country focuses on the maritime fulcrum vision for the last two years and the implementation has started, it is the time to pay more attention to the acceleration. Considering two-thirds of  Indonesia’s total territory consists of waters, the President said that Indonesia must be able to make […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo accompanied by First Lady Ibu Iriana Joko Widodo paid a working visit to Nias Regency, North Sumatra, on Friday (19/8) to directly see potentials in this area to be developed. President Jokowi called on the regional government to be focused on the development of the potential tourist destinations, the President said […]

The commemoration of the 71st Independence Day Anniversary of Indonesia in outermost small islands took place in Enggano Island, North Bengkulu Regency, Bengkulu Province, on Wednesday (17/8) morning. There was something unique about this event. It was started by planting Cemara Pantai tree and enlivened by Enggano Arts Festival.

Indonesia’s top badminton mixed double pair Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir on Sunday (18/8) at Rioncentro clinched an Olympic gold medal on Sundayafter comfortably defeating Malaysia’s Goh Liu Ying and Chan Peng Soon 21-14, 21-12 in a thrilling final match lasted for 45 minutes. This is the first gold medal of the 2016 Olympics for Indonesia and […]

Today is the 71st Anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence of the Republic of Indonesia which is  celebrated by Indonesian people across the country, including by the people in the Presidential Palace complex. Every year, the Presidential Palace conducts a ceremony to celebrate the day. This year’s celebration is different from those of  last years […]

In order to accelerate the project of integrated Light Rail Transit (LRT) in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, and Bekasi (Jabodebe), the Government considered that the regulation on the construction of the LRT’s infrastructure must be revised. Therefore, on 29 Juli 2016, President Joko Widodo signed Presidential Regulation Number 65 of 2016 on the Revision of Presidential […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Jokowi called onScout members to prepare themselves to become Indonesia’s young generation who are strong and resilient. The President made the statement in his remarks at the 55th Anniversary of the National Scout Movement Day and the Opening of the 10th National Scout Jamboree held at Bumi Perkemahan Wiladatika in Cibubur, East […]

In order to carry out the provision of Article 24 letter c Law Number 11 of 2016 on Tax Amnesty, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati, on 8 August 2018, signed Minister of Finance Regulation (PMK) Number 122/PMK.08/2016 on the Procedure of Taxpayers’ Transfer of Assets to the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia […]