President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Monday (12/13) hosted the US Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken in a bilateral meeting at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta. During the meeting, President Jokowi talked about a number of priority agendas of Indonesia’s G20 Presidency. “The Government hopes that the US can be one of Indonesia’s economic partners. In […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Monday (12/13) received a courtesy call from Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council Nikolay P. Patrushev, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta. During the meeting, President Jokowi addressed several priorities during Indonesia’s G20 Presidency. “The President received a courtesy call from Secretary Nikolay Patrushev and reiterated priorities of Indonesia’s Presidency at […]

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 […]