COVID-19 response in Indonesia has shown a relatively stable trend, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has said. “We can see this from the number of COVID-19 cases, which has been kept at a fairly low level. The number of confirmed cases will maintain its downward trend,” the Coordinating Minister said […]

Indonesia is expected to reach vaccination target set by the WHO before Christmas as approximately 103 million or about 38 percent of the total population of Indonesia had received a complete dose of vaccination at the end of last week, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said. “The WHO sets a target of 40 […]

None of the 27 provinces outside Java and Bali islands implementing public activity restrictions (PPKM) level 4 and 3, 21 provinces are at level 2, and 6 provinces are at level 1, according to Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto. “As for regencies/cities, there are 3 regencies/cities with level 3 assessment, 0 regencies/cities at […]

In a bid to prevent the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, the Government has urged all Indonesian citizens not to travel abroad. “The Government strongly urges Indonesian citizens with no essential urgent needs not to travel abroad,” Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno L. P. Marsudi said in a press statement after attending the Limited […]

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 […]