In a bid to boost trade balance surplus, the Government must narrow down trade balance deficit, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has said. “I urge the Ministers to concentrate on the breakthrough steps to reduce our imports, including fuel imports, which is our biggest contributor to the deficit,” President Jokowi said in his introductory remarks at […]

In commemoration of this year’s National Heroes Day, Ministry of State Secretariat and Cabinet Secretariat on Monday (11/11) morning held a flag-raising ceremony. The ceremony was led by Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Human Development and Culture Yuli Harsono. On the occasion, he also read the speech of Minister of Social Affairs Juliari P. Batubara on […]

Chairperson of the General Election Commission (KPU) Arief Budiman on Monday (11/11) at the Merdeka Palace reported the result of the evaluation of April’s simultaneous elections to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. Arief explained that in line with Law Number 7 of 2017, the KPU is obliged to report the implementation of the presidential and legislative […]

A big nation is a nation that respects and honors the sacrifices of their heroes, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has said. According to the President, Indonesian national heroes sacrificed their lives to fight for and defend the country’s independence.

Anyone can be a hero today as long as they can give positive contribution for the nation’s advancement, according to Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung. “It is because heroes can be more general, for example sporting heroes, humanity heroes, art heroes, culture heroes, or even those committed no corruption when they have strategic and high positions,” […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said that Presidential Regulation Number 66 of 2019 on the Organizational Structure of the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) aims to strengthen the management of the TNI whose personnel are spread across the nation. “The TNI oversees a large numbers of personnel from Sabang to Merauke, from Miangas to Rote […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Vice President K.H. Ma’ruf Amin on Friday (8/11) at the State Place, Jakarta, commemorated the birthday of Prophet Muhmmad, or Maulid Nabi Muhammad. The commemoration featured a sermon adopting the theme “Emulating Exemplary Morals of the Prophet for Excellent and Advanced Indonesia” delivered by Professor of Walisongo State Islamic University […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Friday (8/11) at the State Palace bestowed the titles of national hero on six national figures. The conferment of titles was based on Presidential Decree of the Republic of Indonesia Number 120/TK of 2019 on the Awarding of the National Hero Title dated 7 November 2019. The titles were presented […]

Fruitful relations between Indonesia and Vietnam has been established for 60 years, and next year both countries will join hands as the Non-Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council since Indonesia was elected for 2019-2020, while Vietnam was elected for 2020-2021 period, according to Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi. “Today, allow me to […]

Translating literary works is one of the challenges for government translators to maintain national identity in the era of globalization, according to Thanon Aria Dewangga, Deputy to Cabinet Secretary for Cabinet Work Support. “Cabinet Secretariat as fostering institution of translator functional government seeks to improve the skills of government translators to translate literary works, in […]