President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Tuesday morning (15/3) at the Merdeka Palace received a courtesy call from Princess Astrid of Belgium. Princess Astrid is the younger sister to the current Belgian monarch, King Philippe. In the 30-minute meeting, the President was accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs RetnoMarsudi, Minister of State Secretary Pratikno, and Head of […]

Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti led the Anti-Illegal Fishing Task Force or Task Force 115 to sink fishing vessel (FV) Viking at Pangandaran East Coast, Ciamis Regency, West Java, on Monday (14/3) afternoon. This action is a real evidence of Indonesian Government’s efforts to fight illegal fishing. Minister Susi, as the leader […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo congratulated Indonesian badminton mixed double pair Praveen Jordan and Debby Susantoon winning the All England mixed double title at this year’s All England held in Birmingham, England, from 8 -12 March 2016. “Praveen and Debby, you are outstanding. Congratulations on winning the All England title! The whole Indonesian people and I […]

In his statement to reporters on Friday (11/3) afternoon at his office, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung also gave explanation on the strengthening of rupiah against foreign currencies, particularly US dollar, and the issue of fuel price. Pramono assessed that overall, the rupiah is getting stronger against US dollar due to the 1st to 10th Economic […]

Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Friday (11/3) visited Gondang Dam in Kerjo Subdistrict, Karanganyar Regency, Central Java. During the visit, the President said that the construction of the dam is already 24% finished and is expected to be completed at the end of next year because the construction is done in three shifts: morning, afternoon, and […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asserted that we are facing the competition every second, minute, hour, and day. It does not only happen among cities, provinces, persons, but we are entering competition among countries. “It is a competition and it can not be avoided. We can not say that we will do it later. This is […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Thursday (10/3) in Cakung, North Jakarta, inaugurated a bonded logistics center (locally known as Pusat Logistik Berikat/PLB) owned by PT Cipta Krida Bahari in Cakung, North Jakarta.  President Jokowi also expects ‘massive’ movement of raw or intermediate goods that previously had to be stored or stockpiled in warehouses in other […]

Rising exchange rate of Rupiah to US Dollar, on the last few days, is an evidence that the deregulation packages launched by the Government, the policies of Bank Indonesia, the policies of Financial Services Authority (OJK) are positively responded by business world and investment sector. It brings in cash and capital so that it generates […]

There are still quite many opportunities  to develop national coffee industry because coffee consumption is still a huge potential and world’s coffee demand continues to climb. Moreover, Indonesia is the world’s third largest coffee producer after Brazil and Vietnam with the average production at around 685,000 tons per year or 8.9 percent from the world’s […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that the current logistics cost in Indonesia does not make any sense because it is higher than other countries, such as Malaysia and Singapore. Indonesia’s logistics cost reaches 24 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or Rp 1,820 trillion per year. According to the President, Indonesia’s industry becomes less […]