Cabinet Secretariat’s Center for Government Translators and Interpreters Development (Pusbinter) on Thursday (28/10) in Surakarta, Central Java province, held a meeting with the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Science of the state-run Sebelas Maret University (UNS) to explore possible cooperation in developing skills of Government translators and interpreters – known as Functional Translator Officers (PFPs). […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has once again emphasized the importance of ASEAN-India cooperation in tackling the pandemic. According to the President, India has a large capacity in health sector, especially in pharmaceutical sector. “[It aims] not only to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic but to prepare ourselves for future pandemics,” President Jokowi said in his remarks […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, during the 13th Indonesia – Malaysia – Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) Summit, underscored the importance of including measures to recover the economy in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). First, the President told that speeding up both hard and soft infrastructure development is important. On that regard, he confirmed Indonesia’s commitment in […]

Ministry of Investment/Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has released the investment realization report for the third quarter of 2021. The report states that the investment realization from July to September 2021 reached Rp 216.7 trillion, 3.7 percent higher than that of last year’s third quarter with Rp 209 trillion. “An increasing positivity rate of COVID-19 cases […]

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani has announced that stability of the country’s financial system in the third quarter of 2021 is in a normal condition thanks to a significant decline in the number of COVID-19 cases. “The global economy continues to recover against the backdrop of the risk of a new wave of COVID-19. There […]

Strengthening the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia- Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) cooperation is the key to economic recovery, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “Efforts to strengthen cooperation are the key to exit the pandemic and recover the economy,” President Jokowi said in his remarks at the 14th BIMP-EAGA Summit, held via videoconference on Thursday (28/10). […]

Age is not a limitation to stay young, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “The youths must continue to enrich themselves with the latest and newest. The older generation must continue to rejuvenate themselves, adopting new ways of thinking and working,” President Jokowi said in his remarks at the commemoration of the 93rd Youth Pledge […]

On the Commemoration of the 93rd Youth Pledge Day (28/10/2021), Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung called on all youth to unite in order to realize an advanced Indonesia. “Happy Indonesian Youth Pledge Day for all youth throughout Indonesia. Let us unit, rise, and grow towards an advanced Indonesia,” Pramono Anung said. The Cabinet Secretary went on […]

The achievements in pandemic handling through the distribution of more than seven billion doses of vaccines and the drop in new cases at the global level since August are still considered vulnerable and must be jointly-maintained, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “A more effective pandemic handling requires a favorable situation, namely stability, security and […]

Ministry of Health announced that the Government has decided to cut the price ceiling for RT-PCR (real time-polymerase chain reaction) test in the islands of Java and Bali and regions outside the two islands. As of Wednesday (10/27), the highest tariff for RT-PCR test has been set at a maximum of Rp275,000 for regions in […]