President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that economic condition that sometimescanbe dark, difficult, challenging, and sometimes bitter, is a challenge that must be surmounted. “We know that the road that we go through is not always as smooth and as comfortable as we want and indeed, the road is not always smooth and bright,” said President […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asserted that the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, be it in Jakarta, Bogor, Tanggerang, Bekasi, Palembang, and Greater Bandung, must be accelerated. “The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project has begun. We hope it will be integrated with Mass Rapid Transport (MRT), LRT, Transjakarta, and the Commuter Line. Thus, passengers could reach the […]

Government, through Coordinating Minister for the Economy Darmin Nasution and Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung announced the 11th Economic Policy Package, at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, on Tuesday (29/3) afternoon. These are the points of the policy package:

The Government launched the 11th Economic Policy Package that was announced by Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung and Coordinating Minister for the Economy Darmin Nasution, at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, on Tuesday (29/3) afternoon. “We are going to launch 4 points of the policy package today,” Pramono Anung said during the launching of the 11th Economic […]

In response to the request made by Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu who called for an official tie between Indonesia and Israel, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said that Indonesia upholds the principles in the Constitution and the principles held by its founding fathers: prioritizing the independence of Palestine. “If Palestine’s independence can be realized, […]

The Indonesian Government is coordinating with related sides to release 10 Indonesian sailors who are being held by a militant group in the Philippines and to arrest the perpetrators immediately because they committed crime in the territory the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). “Minister of Foreign Affairs is now collecting relevant data […]

President Joko Widodo opened the 3rd National Leaders Meeting (Rapimnas) of Directorate General of Taxes of Ministry of Finance, at Directorate General of Taxes’ Office, in Jakarta, on Tuesday (29/3) morning. On that occasion, the President gave directives to all heads of regional offices in all over Indonesia so that tax revenue target can be […]

Considering that Indonesian Government has signed an Agreement on Maritime Transport between the Goverments of the Member Countries of ASEAN and the Goverment of the People’s Republic of China in Singapore, on 2 November 2007, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, on 14 March 2016, has signed a Ratification of the Agreement on Maritime Transport between the […]

Following a deadly blast that occurred at Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Sunday afternoon (27/3), Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno L.P. Marsudi confirmed that there are no Indonesian casualties reported in the blast, which killed at least 65 people and injured 300 others. Retno added that shortly after the incident, […]

President Joko Widodo condemned the bomb blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, near Lahore’s city center, Pakistan, on Sunday (27/3) afternoon local time, that killed dozens of people. “Indonesia condemns the bomb attack in Lahore. Terror cannot be justified whatever the motive. My heart goes out to the victims, the Pakistani people,” tweeted the President in his […]