President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on all components of the nation to make use of the country’s huge market potential to strengthen domestic industry and national creative industry. “Indonesia constitutes the world’s fourth-largest archipelagic nation with a total population of 270 million. Indonesia has a potential of the enormous market and promising market […]

  President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has emphasized that he will not protect those involved in corruption following the arrest of Minister of Social Affairs Juliari Batubara as a suspect over COVID-19 aid graft. The President also said that he will respect all legal process at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Government will continue […]

Bangga Buatan Indonesia (Proud of Indonesian Products), a movement that supports Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), must be coupled with an improvement in quality and competitiveness of domestic products. The statement was made by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo when delivering his remarks through video conference at the 2020 Bangga Buatan Indonesia Awarding Ceremony, Sunday (6/12). […]

Regional governments should inform the voters about health protocols for casting votes in the upcoming regional elections, Minister of Home Affairs Muhammad Tito Karnavian has said. “In provinces, regencies/cities that hold regional elections, in the remaining three days before the election day, the regional governments should actively remind the public to strictly implement health protocols […]

Ambassador Hasan Kleib, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations, World Trade Organization (WTO), and other international organizations was elected as Deputy Director General for Regional and National Development Sector of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The election took place during WIPO Coordination Committee Session held at the headquarters in Geneva, […]

  Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD called on regional head and vice head candidate pairs to adhere to the health protocols and rules until the last day of the campaign. “Those flouting the protocols will be imposed with sanction, until the last day of the campaign,” Mahfud said in his […]

The Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi has encouraged the United Nations to ensure the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines for all countries. “The UN must be able to help member countries increase their vaccine distribution capacity, both in terms of infrastructure and human resource capacity,” said Retno at the UN General Assembly Special Session […]

  The simultaneous regional elections (Pilkada) should not become new sources of COVID-19 transmission, Spokesperson of the National COVID-19 Task Force Wiku Adisasmito has said. “In the current situation amid COVID-19 pandemic, the regional head elections cannot be carried out normally,” Wiku said in a press statement on the development of COVID-19 handling aired on […]

The Government continues to impose moratorium on regional expansion, Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has said on Thursday (3/12). To date, Indonesia has 223 New Autonomous Regions (DOB). Based on report from the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) in 2019, most of the budget for 223 DOB established around 1999-2014 are coming from the Central Government’s budget, […]

The Job Creation Law constitutes an extraordinary fundamental reform to create healthier competition in the country, increase productivity, and develop community innovations, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said. “In the Job Creation Law, there is a section related to the taxation sector. The community can execute their innovative ideas, various initiatives, and capital […]