President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered his Cabinet Ministers and Heads of Institutions as well as Regional Leaders to accelerate the realization of spending. “I order Minister of Home Affairs to once again remind Governors, Regents, Mayors to immediately realize their regional budget spending in their respective regions and to ensure the accelerated disbursement of […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday (25/2) at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta hosted South Korea’s Environment Minister Cho Myung-Rae. The meeting discussed, among others, South Korea’s interest to be involved in the development of Indonesian new capital city in East Kalimantan, Minister of National Development Planning/Head of National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Suharso Monoarfa said.

The Government will fully ban Over Dimension and Overload (ODOL) Vehicle in early 2023, Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi has said. “This meeting aims to find a solution. On the one hand we want to enforce the regulation on ODOL vehicle, but on the other hand we are facing economic problems due to coronavirus […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo instructed his Cabinet to prepare and use all monetary and fiscal instruments in strengthening economic resilience and competitiveness. “In monetary instruments, I welcome central Bank Indonesia’s decision to lower BI rate and relax monetary policy in supporting the national economic development,” President Jokowi said when leading a Limited Meeting on Further […]

The Indonesian Government decided to accelerate the issuance of pre-employment card in the provinces of Bali, North Sulawesi, and Riau Islands. “In the meantime, the Presidential Regulation is being drafted and then we will establish the PMO (Project Management Office),” Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said on a press conference after a limited […]

Indonesia will host Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals (P4G) annual event in 2020, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has announced. The announcement was made after the President met with South Korean Minister of Environment Cho Myung-rae at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday (25/2). “President Jokowi told us about that (the P4G event),” Minister […]

Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing is currently completing the construction of Rukoh dam located in Pidie Regency in Indonesia’s westernmost province of Aceh. The dam is expected to support agricultural sector and provide water supply in the province.

The Indonesian Government has announced plans to evacuate 188 Indonesian citizens working as crew members aboard the World Dream cruise ship after the ship suspended its operations amid concerns over the coronavirus. “We have decided to evacuate them from World Dream cruise ship. Yesterday, Dr. Soeharso naval hospital ship had headed to the sea off […]

The Indonesian Government has announced it continues to carefully pursue the evacuation process of Indonesian citizens aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in the port of Yokohama in Japan. “At the moment, we are also continuing the negotiation with the Japanese government on the measures, the techniques, and the best way to get them […]

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi has expressed optimistism that the high-speed railway project connecting capital Jakarta with West Java’s provincial capital of Bandung can be completed by the end of next year. “We are focusing on completing this project and it will be operational by the end of 2021. I have talked with PT […]