Demographic dividend poses a challenge for national character building, Secretary-General of Indonesian People’s Consultative Assembly Ma’ruf Cahyono has said. “We certainly do not want to lose the opportunity in the future. The challenges are huge if we do not provide the medium to build our national identity for the next generation,” Ma’ruf said at the […]

Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing has expressed commitment to complete the construction of Trans Sumatra Toll Road, one of which is Kayu Agung – Palembang – Betung Toll Road section 1 Kayu Agung-Jakabaring spanning 33.5 km long, which is expected to be operational next month. “Data from the Ministry’s Toll Road Regulatory Agency […]

The Government has successfully maintained economic stability amidst the global economic slowdown. Although this year’s global economic growth is forecasted at just 3 percent, the lowest since the 2008 financial crisis, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that Indonesia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 5.02 percent year-on-year (yoy) in the third quarter of 2019.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday (18/11) received commanders of the Navy and Air Force in two separate meetings at the State Palace, Jakarta. “National consensus is the main subject discussed by President Jokowi during the meeting,” Presidential Spokesman Fadjroel Rahman said, adding that the President has called on the Army, Navy, Air Force, and […]

In a bid to boost investment in Indonesia, the Government will pay serious attention to manufacturing sector since industrialization can provide a wide range of positive effects on national economic growth, Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita has said. “All ministries, including Ministry of Industry, should simplify regulations to encourage investment so that industries in […]

In a bid to accelerate the simplification of bureaucracy and encourage leaders of government agencies to carry out strategic and concrete steps, Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms Tjahjo Kumolo on 13 November 2019 signed Circular Number 393 of 2019 on Strategic and Concrete Steps for Bureaucracy Simplification. The Circular addresses nine strategic […]

The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has announced it will introduce their new pick-up service for prospective investors starting 1 January next year. The BKPM team will pick up the investors at the airport and take them directly to the investment locations.

The Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center (PVMBG) has reported an eruption at Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta province on Sunday (17/11) at 10:46 Western Indonesian Time (WIB). The eruption was recorded on a seismogram with a maximum amplitude of 70 mm and lasted for 155 seconds which created 1,000 meters of eruption column.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Friday welcomed the birth of his third grandchild. “I would like to announce the birth of my third grandchild named La Lembah Manah on Friday, 15 November 2019 at PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital Surakarta,” President Jokowi wrote on his twitter account @jokowi.

As many as nineteen buildings suffered from minor damage in the 7.1-magnitude quake that hit the eastern province of North Maluku on Thursday (14/11) at around 23:17 Central Indonesian Time (WITA), the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has reported. “Based on the last report I received, alhamdulillah no casualty was reported although two people were […]