President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that Indonesia’s domestic market is huge thus it should not be flooded with imported products. However, the President admitted that it is not easy to stop the flow of imported products in the domestic market due to the open economy system.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Thursday (19/12) has tested Trans-Kalimantan Border Road located in Krayan District, Nunukan Regency, North Kalimantan Province. By using his motorcycle from Yuvai Semaring Airport, President Jokowi took a trip for about 11 kilometers. “It will feel different if you use a car,” President Jokowi said.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo inspected trans-Kalimantan border roads located in Krayan District, Nunukan, North Kalimantan on Thursday (19/12). On that occasion, President Jokowi rode his modified Kawasaki W175. Joining the President were Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono, Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung, Minister of State-Owned Enterprises […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has received a traditional title from traditional leaders of Dayak Lundayeh people in North Kalimantan province. The traditional title granted to the President is Derayeh Acang Aco, meaning a great leader who is able to exert all his energies and thoughts for the progress, welfare, and prosperity of the people.

On Wednesday (19/12), during his working visit to North Kalimantan, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo visited a restaurant in Tarakan, North Kalimantan and was served a special dinner. The President was served several dishes such as fried shrimp, soft shell crab with salted egg yolk, crab with padang sauce, pigeon cuisine, yellow fish soup, and beans […]

Ahead of this year’s Christmas and New Year holidays, Minister of Transportation Budi K. Sumadi has called for monitoring of several locations considered prone to accidents and overcrowding. “Jakarta-Cikampek elevated toll road requires constant monitoring since it is 15 meters above the ground. Monitoring must also be conducted to Cikopo-Palimanan Toll Road that is prone […]

Members of Commission II of Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) overseeing home affairs on Wednesday (18/12) visited the office of North Sumatra provincial government. “We are here to hear and follow up the aspirations of North Sumatra province,” Chairperson of the Commission II Ahmad Doli Kurnia Tandjung said in Medan.

The Government is committed to addressing the default case faced by state-owned insurer PT. Asuransi Jiwasraya, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “We hope to solve the problem soon,” the President told reporters at Novotel Hotel, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Wednesday (18/12). According to the President, Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises and Ministry of Finance has already […]

In a bid to check preparation for next year’s simultaneous regional elections in nineteen regencies and municipalities in East Java province, members Commission II of the House of Representatives (DPR) overseeing home affairs on Wednesday (18/12) visited the office of East Java Regional Election Commission (KPU). “The total budget needed for regional elections in the […]

The Governor of South Kalimantan Sahbirin Noor praised the Central Government for Syamsudin Noor International Airport overhaul. The new terminal of the airport was inaugurated by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (18/12). “Today I want to express my gratitude to the Central Government of the Republic of Indonesia,” the governor said in his remarks […]