President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has signed Presidential Instruction (Inpres) Number 7 of 2020 on the Acceleration of Repair and Reconstruction of Community Houses in Areas Affected by Earthquakes in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province. Link: https://jdih.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/176217/INSTRUKSI_PRESIDEN_NOMOR_7_TAHUN_2020.pdf In the FIRST Dictum, the President gives general instruction to relevant officials to accelerate the completion of the repair […]

Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono said that the construction of irrigation system and land cultivation for food estate program in Central Kalimantan Province will begin in October this year. According to him, the Ministry will continue to work together with Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises, and […]

As of 1 September 2020, Indonesia’s COVID-19 recovery rate is higher than that of the global average with 42,009 cases (23.7%), while the global average is at 26.6%, according to Spokesperson of COVID-19 Task Force Wiku Adisasmito. Meanwhile, according to Wiku, the recovery rate stands at 128,057 cases or 72.1%, which still above the global […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ordered governors and regents/mayors to speed up provincial budgets and regencies/cities budgets realization respectively, particularly on goods and capital expenditure, as well as to accelerate the disbursement of social assistance programs which will increase household consumption and recover regional economy. During a virtual meeting on Tuesday (1/9), President Jokowi said that […]

The Narrative of ASEAN Identity (NAI) document is very important for the ASEAN Community because it serves as “a self-reminder of who we are, where we come from, and where we are heading, both as an organization and a community,” Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno L.P. Marsudi has said. The Minister delivered the statement in […]

Indonesia’s Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is set to conclude in August this year. During the term of Indonesia’s Presidency of the organization, the country managed to carry out a total of 50 activities both held virtually and in-person meetings. Until the last day of the Presidency on 31 August, Indonesia has […]

Head of the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) Penny K. Lukito elaborated on Indonesia’s two options in developing the COVID-19 vaccine. The first option is to develop the Merah Putih vaccine developed by Ministry of Research and Technology, the National Research and Innovation Agency, and the Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology. Furthermore, the BPOM […]

National campaign in following health protocols must be implemented by all components of society,  according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. The President cited the example of the Government’s campaigns to wear face masks that should also involve community leaders, members of family welfare empowerment (PKK), heads of neighborhood unit (RT) and community unit (RW). According […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo instructed governors to monitor data and figures on COVID-19 cases in their respective regions due to an increasing trend of confirmed cases, both in Europe and Asia. “We have to be careful, be careful, in our country even though there has been an increase in confirmed cases in some areas, but […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo congratulated Chinese President Xi Jinping for the 70th anniversary of Indonesia-China bilateral relations via a phone call on Monday, 31 August 2020 at the Bogor Presidential Palace. “Thank you for President Xi’s letter regarding the congratulatory message on the 70th anniversary of our bilateral relations. I hope the relations and cooperation […]