COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 6 to 11 years will start on Tuesday (12/14). The number of children targeted to get vaccinated reaches up to 26.5 million based on 2020 population census data. Acting Director General for Disease Control and Prevention of Ministry of Health, dr. Maxi Rein Rondonuwu, said that the Ministry has prepared […]

As Indonesia’s sharia economic sector has recorded a significant growth, the country eyes to become a center of global sharia economy. According to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, Indonesia’s sharia economy was ranked 4th in 2020-2021, an improvement from the 9th place in 2014. “We hope that as the country with the largest Muslim population in […]

The Indonesian Government is committed to upholding human rights as well as settling and solving gross human rights violations, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “The Government through the Attorney General has already taken steps to conduct general investigations on cases of gross human rights violations. One of them, mentioned previously by Chairperson of the […]

Minister of Foreign Home Affairs issued Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 66 of 2021 on Prevention and Handle of Corona Virus Disease 2019 during the 2021 Christmas and 2022 New Year Celebration. “The ministerial instruction shall take effect from 24 December 2021 to 2 January 2022. Once the Instruction of the Minister […]

Efforts to fulfill human rights, particularly social, economic, and cultural rights must continue to be made, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. The President further said that extreme poverty must be immediately eliminated to zero percent and job opportunities must be provided as wide as possible. “We must ensure access to education and health care […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Thursday (12/09) during the Summit for Democracy held online renewed Indonesia’s commitment to promoting democracy and human rights at both regional and global levels. During the summit, President Jokowi mentioned about Bali Democracy Forum (BDF), an annual forum on democracy development in Asia-Pacific initiated by Indonesia. According to the President, the BDF that […]

Cracking down on corruption is pivotal to save state money and restore state losses, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “We must prioritize asset recovery and increase in non-tax state revenue (PNBP) to save and restore state finances and take corruption prevention measures in the first place,” the President said in his remarks at the […]

Corruption is an extraordinary crime that has an extraordinary impact, President Joko Widodo has said. “In eradicating it, we need new, more extraordinary methods. We must continue to improve and perfect the methods of eradicating corruption,” President Jokowi said at the Commemoration of World Anti-Corruption Day 2021 in Jakarta, Thursday (12/09). According to the President, […]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno LP Marsudi affirmed Indonesia’s commitment to sending 1,000 additional personnel for the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions as one of Indonesia’s contributions to strengthen the UN peacekeeping missions. “The commitment to promoting training and capacity building of the peacekeepers is absolutely necessary to support mandates of the missions and to […]

To conclude his working visit in West Kalimantan province and to participate in the environmental conservation campaign in areas formerly used as mining sites in the province, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Wednesday (12/08) joined local residents in Sintang regency to plant trees. “This area used to be a gold mine back then in the 1990s. […]