In an attempt to conduct reforestation across the country, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo urged the people to grow vetiver grass as well as plants with economic values. President Jokowi promoted the planting of vetiver grass in landslide-prone areas as well as the upstream side of reservoirs to prevent sediment from entering the reservoirs. “Another plant […]

Indonesian Government and Bank Indonesia (BI) managed to keep inflation in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) 2019 low under control at 2.72% year on year (yoy) and within the target range of 3.5 ± 1% through the synergy of policies. “This achievement is the lowest in the last two decades and (at the same time) […]

The Government has officially submitted a Presidential Letter, Academic Analysis, and Draft Bill on Job Creation to the House of Representatives (DPR), on Wednesday (12/2), at Nusantara III Building, DPR Complex in Senayan, Jakarta. The Omnibus draft bill was received by Speaker of the House of Representatives Puan Maharani, Deputy Speakers Rahmat Gobel and Azis […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and First Lady Ibu Iriana arrived at Yogyakarta on Thursday (13/2) to start working visit in Central Java Province. “Hello, Yogyakarta. I just landed here and will begin my working visit tomorrow,” President Jokowi tweeted via his account @jokowi.

The Government through Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing will build 148 suspension bridges throughout Indonesia in 2020 by using Rp710 billions of budget. To date, all suspension bridges that have been built by the Government through the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing has benefited the community. The bridges also connect villages […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, on 17 January 2020, signed Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 18 of 2020 on the 2020-2024 National Medium-Term Development Plan (National RPJM) to implement the provisions of Article 19 paragraph (1) of Law Number 25 of 2004 on National Development Planning System. “The 2020-2024 National Medium-Term Development Plan, hereinafter referred to as […]

The Indonesian Government encourages all relevant stakeholders to provide incentives to airlines to boost tourism that has been affected by the spread of Coronavirus, Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has said. According to Budi, this was carried out as a follow-up to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s directive to encourage the incentives to the three destinations […]

The Indonesian Government has announced it will not repatriate Indonesian IS supporters currently stranded abroad. The safety of 260 million citizens at home is a priority, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said. “During the Cabinet meeting [on Tuesday], I ordered the identification of each of the 689 people, including their names and where they comd from,” […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered his Cabinet to improve the country’s Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) ranking and to make it into Top 40. For the record, Indonesia’s ranking in the World Bank’s EoDB index has remained stagnant at 73rd although improvements are made compared to that of 2014 ranking at 120. Therefore, in […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (12/2) has officially inaugurated Vice Adm. Aan Kurnia as the new chief of the Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) at the State Palace, Central Jakarta. The inauguration ceremony was begun with reverberation of the national anthem “Indonesia Raya”. Afterwards, Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Administrative Affairs Farid Utomo recited Presidential Decree […]