President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered Minister of Trade Zulkifli Hasan, Head of the National Food Agency Arief Prasetyo Adi, and President Director of the State Logistics Agency (BULOG) Budi Waseso to maintain rice price stability. “This is a matter of distribution, a matter of market operation. Minister of Trade is in charge of stabilizing […]

In a bid to follow up on a number of partnership contracts in oil, gas, and mining production, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo pushed for implementation of the contracts through effective legal mechanism by considering the benefits to the economy and interest of the state and the people. The statement was made by Minister of Investment/Head […]

The Government has announced it will build 47 apartment towers for official residences for State Civil Apparatus (ASN), the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI), and the Indonesian National Police (Polri) in the Capital City of Nusantara (IKN). “It has been decided that at an early stage, the construction of 47 towers would immediately be built […]

Economic activity, especially in the tourism and creative economy sectors, increased sharply after the revocation of the public activity restrictions (PPKM) policy late last year, according to Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno. “Economic activity, especially in tourism and the creative economy, has increased significantly with room occupancy rates reaching 80-90 percent in […]

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto and Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno said that following the revocation of the community activity restrictions (PPKM) policy, the Government continues to take efforts to boost national economic growth amidst global economic and foreign demand downturns. They made the statement during a joint press […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Monday (01/30) told his Cabinet to remain vigilant against inflation and increase in goods and service prices. “First, [the price of] rice. Second, [the price] of cooking oil. They must be properly monitored,” President Jokowi said at Presidential office in Jakarta during the limited meeting on Acceleration of Economic Activities and […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressed his appreciation to the ranks for having finalized the road map of strategic investment downstreaming in order to encourage economic transformation. Minister of Investment/Head of  Investment Coordinating Board Bahlil Lahadalia in his statement said that the road map has been finalized with a total investment up to USD545.3 billion until […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Monday (01/30) received a visit from the Central Executive Board of Pemuda Muhammadiyah, the youth wing of Muslim organization Muhammadiyah. Chairperson of the Central Executive Board of Pemuda Muhammadiyah Sunanto stated that the purpose of the visit was to invite the President to the Congress of Pemuda Muhammadiyah in Balikpapan city, […]

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno said he prefers to communicate the Government’s policies by applying social media trends. With the right gimmick and accurate messages, he expressed belief that the public, especially youngsters, will easily get the message.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Thursday (01/29) expressed appreciation to the Indonesian people for joining hands and helping each other in facing the COVID-19 pandemic. “That is our country, Indonesia, the land of Pancasila. That is what saved us; we helped each other, we worked together,” the President said in his remarks at the peak event […]