The Indonesian Government has announced it continues to weigh various options to evacuate Indonesian citizens who worked as crew members on Diamond Princess cruise ship. “(The Government) still considers several evacuation methods. We are still waiting President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s directive. The decision must be carefully taken as it may affect the safety of the […]

Amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus, the Indonesian Government announced it is still in search of a place to quarantine 188 Indonesian citizens working as crew members aboard the World Dream cruise ship. “That is what the Government is doing now,” Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto said after attending a limited meeting at […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo received an honorary visit from the Delegation of Rabithah Al-Alam Al-Islamy, led by Secretary-General Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, Wednesday (26/2), at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta. The Secretary-General stated that Indonesia is seen as a moderate country that sets an example for other Islamic countries. In addition, while representing other Islamic […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressed his appreciation to the Supreme Court (MA) on the massive reforms of the judicial world to serve the people quickly and transparently as well as to provide justice and a sense of justice to the people. “The credibility of the judiciary is largely determined by the credibility of the judges. […]

Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Finance determined to continue monthly monitoring of regional budget realization at the provincial, regency, and municipal levels. “The regional heads should immediately spend the (regional) budget so that the money can circulate to enhance people’s resilience under economic pressure,” Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian during a press […]

In a bid to tackle the impact of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak on Indonesia’s economy, the Indonesian Government has prepared an incentive worth Rp298.5 billion to attract more foreign tourists. According to Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartato, Rp98.5 billion of the total budget will be allocated for airlines and travel agents, Rp103 […]

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 […]