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 […]

Central Statistics Agency (BPS) will carry out national population census through door-to-door technique in September 2020 to complement the online census which was held between 15 February and 29 May that registered 51.36 million people. According to the Head of BPS Kecuk Suhariyanto, the figure of registered citizens is very large, it is nearly twice […]

  Minister of Trade Agus Suparmanto has signed Minister of Trade Regulation Number 68 of 2020 on Provisions for the Import of Footwear, Electronics, Bicycle, and Tricycle. The Regulation aims to reduce Indonesia’s imports of consumer goods. It was issued on 19 August 2020 and came into effect on 28 August 2020. “In May-June 2020 […]

In a bid to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government on Sunday (30/8) at Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Main Stadium in Senayan, Central Jakarta launched a campaign to urge people to wear a face mask. The campaign aims to raise public awareness and discipline to wear a face mask by distributing face masks for free […]