President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) could be ensured to be received by President Barack Obama in the Oval, White House, Washington, DC, on Monday (26/10) morning local time, or the evening hrs. Minister of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Retno LP Marsudi in his statement at the Blair House, Washington DC, Sunday (25/10) night local time said that, […]

President Joko Widodo expressed his confidence that the decision of the Government to focus on infrastructure and food, as well as to control the price of fuel oil is right on track.  “The beginning is hard, but in the long term I believe that this is the right way,” President Joko Widodo said when meeting […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asserted that he wants the State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) to become big. Therefore, the President encouraged BUMN to be strengthened by setting up holding company and join venture, as well as by developing holding and subholding. “I think it is the issue in the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises. However, I really want […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo officially declared October 22 as a National Santri (Islamic students) Day. The declaration, which took place at Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, on Thursday (22/10) afternoon, was attended by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) Chairman KH. Ma’ruf Amin, Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Said Aqil Siroj, Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo accompanied by First Lady Ibu Iriana and several officials of the Government of Indonesia is going to the US for a state visit from Saturday (24/10) to Thursday (29/10). “His first focus on this state visit is, how to boost the economic cooperation between the two countries. It is really important […]

President Joko Widodo admitted that there are a lot of works to do by the Government to escort our children to enter their future. Up to this moment, there are a number of child abuse cases including child trafficking, discrimination, illicit drugs, sexual abuse and other child abuses. Thus, President Joko Widodo instructed that the […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has instructed related ministries and institutions to immediately evacuate the victims of haze in a number of regions in the country because the condition is already very unhealthy now. According to the President, at least 826 hot spots were detected in the island of Sumatera, in which 703 hot spots were […]

Following first, second, third and fourth economic policy package, the Government will immediately launch the fifth economic policy package. Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said that President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo had instructed his Economic Team and Cabinet Secretariat to immediately prepare a limited meeting to discuss the new package.

The visit of Queen Margrethe II from Denmark, accompanied by the Prince Consort is the first state visit of the Head of State Denmark conducted after a 65-year relationship with Indonesia. “So since we opened diplomatic relations, this is the first time their state visit to Indonesia. Today it is one of the biggest, it […]