Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto confirmed that testing kits used for coronavirus diagnostic test for all Indonesian nationals coming back from Wuhan are developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a leading public health institute of the United States. “Thus, we are so sure about the results and it is also […]

The newly-appointed civil servants at Ministry of State Secretariat and Cabinet Secretariat are expected to develop new ways of working, Minister of State Secretary Pratikno has said. According to Pratikno, there is no creativity without happiness.

On Wednesday (5/2), at the State Palace, Jakarta, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo inaugurated new Head of the Agency for the Implementation of the State Ideology of Pancasila (BPIP) and Head of the Development Finance Comptroller (BPKP). BPIP Head Yudian Wahyudi is inaugurated based on Presidential Decree Number 12/P of 2020 on the Appointment of Head […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (5/2) in Bengkulu city inaugurated monument of Fatmawati Soekarno, national hero and Indonesia’s First Lady. Prior to the inauguration, President Jokowi inspected the former house of the First Lady.

In a bid to deal with coronavirus outbreak, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo instructed ministers to calculate the impact of policy to handle coronavirus on the country’s economic growth in trade, investment, and tourism sectors. “We know that China is one of the major buyers with a market share of 16.6% of Indonesia’s total exports,” President […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo praised the visit of Singaporean President Halimah Yacob and stated that the visit will strengthen cooperation between Indonesia and Singapore. “As Minister of State for Community Development and Sports in 2012, Mrs. Halimah inaugurated 697 Indonesian domestic workers who graduated from secondary education at Indonesian schools in Singapore,” President Jokowi said […]

Indonesian Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said that Indonesia and Singapore had signed a Double Tax Avoidance Agreement. “This is an amendment to the Double Tax Avoidance Agreement signed in 1990,” the Minister said during a press conference after a Limited Cabinet Meeting at the Bogor Presidential Palace, West Java, Tuesday (4/2).

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has expressed gratitude to the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) for always being alert and being the first to rescue disaster victims. “However, even though we already helped the victims, they (the victims) had suffered because of the disaster,” President Jokowi said in his remarks to the participants of the 2020 […]

Indonesia and Singapore have decided to update their double-tax avoidance agreement. “I am very satisfied with the progress of our cooperation, including the signing of the first one, namely the completion of negotiation on the agreement on double-tax avoidance which we have witnessed and signed,” President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo told reporters at the Bogor Presidential […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo welcomed President of Singapore Halimah Yacob in her four-day state visit to Indonesia at Bogor Presidential Palace on Tuesday (4/2). “This is the first state visit of President Halimah to Indonesia,” President Jokowi said during the joint press statement.