Before attending the ASEAN – Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit which was organized on Thursday afternoon (11/12), on the morning of the same day President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) took the opportunity to visit Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) Company in Busan, South Korea. DSME already establishes cooperation with PT PAL (Indonesia’s state-owned shipbuilding company) […]

Cabinet Secretary Andi Widjajanto straightened the definition of budget saving. In his speech in front of the officials of echelon I and II of Cabinet Secretariat on Thursday afternoon, he underlined the most important  word from the policy of President Jokowi is not the saving but the efficiency and rational. “As long as it is […]

In addition to visit the company that manufactures ship Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), on the second day of his visit to Busan, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) also held a bilateral meeting with South Korean President Park Geun Hye. In the meeting that was held at the Exhibition Center, Bexco, Busan, Thursday (11/12), President […]

Cabinet Secretary Andi Wijayanto gives explanation regarding the formation of Selecting Committee of Constitutional Court Justice in Yogyakarta on Tuesday In order to find the successor of Hamdan Zoelva whose tenure ends on 7th January 2015, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) signed Presidential Decree regarding the formation of Selecting Committee (Pansel) of Constitutional Court (MK) Justice […]

After taking flight for about 6.5 hours, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) accompanied by First Lady Iriana Widodo has arrived at Gimhae Air Base Airport, Busan, South Korea, Wednesday (10/12) at 15:30 local time. President Jokowi and his entourage were welcomed by Indonesian Ambassador for South Korea, John Aristianto Prasetyo and South Korean Ambassador for Indonesia […]

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) expressed his wishes to undertake soon a number of infrastructure projects, like Trans Sumatra roads, Trans Sumatra railways, Kalimantan toll roads, and Kalimantan railways. He even wanted to realize his wishes as soon as possible and he demanded that such projects must start next year. “In Lampung yesterday, I summoned the […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo acompanied by The First Lady Iriana Widodo head to Busan on Wednesday (10/12) morning, to attend ASEAN-South Korea Summit. The President and delegation fly with Presidential aircraft depart from Halim Perdanakusuma airport at 07.00 AM. There, seen to have released the delegation were Vice President Jusuf Kalla, Coordinating Minister of POLHUKAM […]

Taking advantage of his visit to Gorontalo, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) took time to go on ‘blusukan’ to the location of Gorontalo fish market on Saturday morning (6/12). The President who was accompanied by First Lady Iriana Widodo arrived at 08:15 WITA or 07:15 WIB and saw the process of fish trade at Fish Landing […]

Former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), in his capacity as the Chairman of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), met President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in Merdeka Palace Jakarta on Monday (8/12). On that occasion, they took the opportunity to discuss the Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) on Elections of Regional Heads which was […]

President Jokowi confirms government’s commitment in finishing human rights violation cases in the past. There are two possible ways could be done; reconciliation and court. “Two ways could be done in effort of human rights (HAM) enforcement, that are overall reconciliation and ad hoc court”, says Jokowi while giving speech at the World Human Rights […]