Indonesia is to hold the presidency of the G20 Summit in 2022—a year earlier than the initial plan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi has announced. The Minister said that initially, Indonesia was slated to host the Summit in 2023. However, considering that Indonesia will also hold the Chairmanship of ASEAN in 2023, Indonesia then […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Sunday (22/11) is slated to deliver his remarks at the second session of the G20 Leaders Summit on Building an Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient Future. The summit will also discuss several measures regarding poverty alleviation and inequality, anti-corruption measures, women and youth empowerment, education, tourism, digital economy, as well as […]
The discussion at this year’s G20 Summit focuses on formulating efforts to rebuild global economy post COVID-19 pandemic as well as accessibility to COVID-19 vaccines, according to Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani. After accompanying President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo for the summit on Saturday (21/11) from Bogor Presidential Palace, Sri Mulyani said that the G20 Summit […]
In a bid to provide facilities for beneficiary families who have not received cash social assistance, Ministry of Social Affairs has extended the Cash Social Assistance (BST) program until 2021. “I urge relevant parties to revalidate the data of social assistance recipients so they do not receive the assistance more than once since there are […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Sunday (22/11) attended the session II of G20 Summit virtually from the Bogor Presidential Palace, West Java Province. After the meeting, Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi said that the President, in his remarks, stated that the COVID-19 pandemic has provided valuable lessons for all countries, not only to recover […]
Following up on the enactment of Law Number 11 of 2020 on Job Creation Law (UU Cipta Kerja) promulgated on 2 November, the Government has announced it is preparing 40 Draft Government Regulations (RPP) and four Draft Presidential Regulations (RPerpres) as derivatives of the Law to be completed within three months. In order for the […]
The Government has renewed commitment to provide livable houses for low-income people through one of the ongoing housing mortgage (KPR) subsidy programs, namely the Housing Financing Liquidity Facility KPR (FLPP). According to Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono, the Government has set aside a budget of Rp11 trillion in FLPP funds this […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Saturday (21/11) attended the G20 Leaders Summit virtually from the Bogor Presidential Palace, West Java province. According to Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno LP Marsudi, the President asserted that the world is currently watching and waiting for the G20 leaders meeting to make a way out of the health and […]
Extreme weather and rain with a high intensity that may be accompanied by lightning and gale is predicted to occur in most provinces in Indonesia next week (21-26 November), the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has reported. According to BMKG’s Deputy for Meteorology Guswanto in a press release on Friday (20/11), based on […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo attended the 15th G20 Leaders’ Summit virtually via video conference from the Bogor Presidential Palace, West Java. The Summit is held in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia, on 21-22 November 2020. During the Summit, the G20 leaders will discuss efforts to stimulate global recovery due to the COVID-19 pandemic. President Jokowi is […]
