Three ships with Vietnamese flag related to illegal fishing in Indonesian water, which are KG 90433. ATS 005; KG 94366 TS. ATS 006 and KG 94266 TS. ATS 012, on Friday (5/12) drowned by TNI AL together with Ministry of Maritime and Fishery (KKP) and Bakorkamla, in Anambas water, Riau Islands. The process starts at […]

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) instructed all Indonesian National Army (TNI AD) soldiers to help carry out governmental duties, both in municipalities and in regencies, especially to help achieve self-sufficiency in rice in the near future. “I have delivered my messages concerning various matters, including those concerning illegal fishing and drug abuse,” Jokowi said to journalists […]

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) instructed Menko POLHUKAM Tedjo Edy Purdjianto to sinking three ships which were used to steal fish in Indonesian water, on Saturday (6/12). “Few hours earlier, I instructed Menko POLHUKAM to sinking the ships used by foreigners to steal fish in Indonesian waters on Saturday (6/12)”, Jokowi wrote in his fanpage facebook, […]

Cabinet Secretary Andi Widjajanto stated that up to now, there hasn’t been any framework yet for concrete cooperation between PT Pertamina (Indonesia’s state-owned oil company) and Sonangol (Angola’s oil company) concerning the plans to import oil from Angola. According to the Cabinet Secretary, in connection with the Government’s efforts to seek for alternative energy sources, […]

Government would soon sinking three foreign ships of culprits of illegal fishing in Natuna waters, the Matak island to be precisely, Anambas regency in Riau islands. The execution of these Vietnamese ships would be carried out on President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) instruction. “The message is do not do illegal fishing in Indonesian teritory”, said Coordinating […]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi said that Indonesian Government kept communicating with Russian Government to rescue Indonesian citizens (WNI) in South Korean Fishing Vessel, Oryong 501, which sank at Bering Strait.  “This morning (3/12) Foreign Affairs Ministry held coordinating meeting with related agencies to find out the names of Indonesians, and the […]

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) provides direction related to the existence of the ‘boat people’ in a number of areas in the country, some of which are related to acts of illegal fishing. President Jokowi directed that the ‘boat people’ to be repatriated, while the boat captain being face trial, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs, Indroyono […]

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) was sad when he visited the widest fisherman village in Semarang, on Tuesday afternoon. “Why don’t our fishermen control the capital? Not being the lord on their own sea, in their own country? Whereas we have the wide sea and a lot of fishes,” Jokowi said it as written in his […]

After meeting with the high-ranking officers of Indonesian National Police (Polri) in the Police Academy (Akpol) in Semarang, Central Java, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) together with Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti visited Tambaklorok Fishermen’s Village, Semarang City, on Tuesday afternoon (2/12). President Jokowi’s arrival immediately excited the residents of the village located […]