The Indonesian Government through the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) has announced its commitment to continue supporting the efforts to improve the quality of human resources through the construction and rehabilitation of educational facilities, with priority in the Frontier, Outermost, and Disadvantaged (3T) Regions. This is in accordance with the development principle […]

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi on Friday (26/6) inspected preparation for the new normal at a number of transportation facilities in Yogyakarta province and in the neighboring Central Java city of Solo. Those facilities include Yogyakarta Internation Airport, Solo’s Adi Sumarmo Airport, train stations in both Yogyakarta and Solo, as well as Solo’s Tirtonadi […]

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto representing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Friday (6/26) joined ASEAN Leaders’ Interface with Representatives of ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) Meeting held within the framework of 36th ASEAN Summit through a teleconference. The meeting aims to increase synergy between the Government and the private sector in formulating strategies […]

In a bid to provide certainty to tax and fiscal during COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has issued Government Regulation Number 29 of 2020 on Income Tax Facilities to Address Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19). The statement was made by Taxation Regulation Director II Yunirwansyah in a virtual Media Briefing on Taxation on Thursday (25/6), in Jakarta.

ASEAN needs to develop a travel corridor carefully in a measurable way, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “(We can) start with the essential business travel corridor based on strict health protocols,” the President said during the 36th ASEAN Virtual Summit from the Bogor Presidential Palace, West Java province, Friday (26/6). In the meantime, speaking […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has underlined the importance of strengthening regional cooperation among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. “Regional cooperation is essential to restore hope amid pessimism towards an effective, efficient, and fair multilateralism,” Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi quoting President Jokowi’s remarks after attending virtual 36th ASEAN Summit from the […]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi stated that the virtual 36th ASEAN Summit adopted two documents on Vision Statement and Human Resources Development. “The first one is the leaders’ visions statement on cohesive and responsive ASEAN, rising above challenges, and sustainable growth. While the second document is the ASEAN Declaration on Human Resource Development for […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo emphasized that it is important for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to strengthen cooperation in order to accelerate ASEAN’s economic recovery. Quoting the President after joining virtual 36th ASEAN Summit from the Bogor Presidential Palace, West Java, Friday (26/6), Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi said that President Jokowi, […]

All the Governors, Regents, and Mayors should refer to scientific data and science-based inputs prior to COVID-19 policy-making, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “We do not make any policies without data analytics and scientific advice from the experts. It will be dangerous. We should ask for inputs from epidemiologists or university experts,” President Jokowi […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Thursday (25/6) headed to East Java Province to conduct a series of working visit to Surabaya and Banyuwangi. President Jokowi and his entourage boarded the Indonesia-1 Presidential Aircraft at around 08.15 a.m. Western Indonesian Time and landed at Juanda International Airport, Sidoarjo Regency. Upon arrival, the President is scheduled to […]