President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that the development of Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway whose groundbreaking was conducted at Mandalawangi Maswati Tea Plantation, West Bandung Regency, West Java, on Thursday (21/1) is part of a national big plan to connect big cities in Java Island and cities outside Java. “Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway is part of our big […]

In order to boost economic growth and to reach 97.2 percent of electrification ratio in 2019, the Government launched the Economic Policy Package IX which more focuses on the effort to accelerate infrastructure development in electricity. Furthermore, in the policy package, the Government also issued a new regulation in the policy on livestock supply and/or […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that prices of food in Indonesia are still higher than those in other countries such as the Philippines, China, Cambodia, India, Thailand or Vietnam. Therefore, the President said that this issue must be responded to carefully considering that 81 percent of Indonesian population is net rice consumers. “It means that […]

Concerning the hike of food prices recently, President Joko Widodo has assigned the Minister of Trade Thomas Lembong and Minister of Agriculture Amran Sulaiman to take a number of strategic measures to solve the problems in food sector.  “The President asks the Minister of Trade and Minister of Agriculture to maintain reasonable prices that will […]

Upon arrival at Nicolau Lobato Airport, Dili, Timor Leste, on Tuesday (26/1), President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and First Lady Iriana Jokowi, along with the presidential entourage, directly headed to Democratic Republic of Timor Leste Presidential Palace. President of Democratic Republic of Timor Leste Taur Matan Ruak and First Lady Isabel da Costa Ferreira welcomed the […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, First Lady Ibu Iriana Jokowi, and the Presidential entourage arrived at Nicolau Lobato Airport, Dili, Timor Leste on Tuesday (26/1) at 10 a.m. local time on the Presidential aircraft. President Jokowi and Ibu Iriana were welcomed by Chief of Protocol of Timor Leste Francisco Cepeda and Indonesian Ambassador to Democratic Republic […]

After opening the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) 2016, held at Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC), Bali, on Monday (25/1) afternoon, President Joko Widodo accompanied by First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo, headed to Dili, Timor Leste, for a state visit. The President and his entourage left Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali, headed to […]

After meeting the President of Democratic Republic of Timor Leste Taur Matan Ruak, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was welcomed by the Prime Minister of Democratic Republic of Timor Leste Dr. Rui Maria Araujo, at the Prime Minister’s Palace, Dili, Timor Leste, on Tuesday (26/1) at 2.15 p.m. local time. Before entering the room of the […]

At the end of his state visit in Timor Leste, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, along with First Lady Ibu Iriana Jokowi met with Indonesian Citizens living in Timor Leste. Indonesian Citizens who gathered at the Indonesian Embassy in Dili were very delighted that President Jokowi and the First Lady were willing to make time to […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo and First Lady Ibu Iriana Joko Widodo on Tuesday at 12.45 local time at Timor Leste Presidential Palace had a luncheon with President of the Republic Democratic of Timor Leste (RDTL) Taur Matan Ruak and the First Lady Isabel da Costa Fereira. On that occasion, President Jokowi also received the Grand […]