Bahasa Indonesia has officially become the second language at Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. The inauguration of Bahasa Indonesia as the second language was carried out through a ceremony by the Al-Azhar University’s Languages and Translation Faculty in collaboration with the Indonesian Embassy in Cairo, at the Al-Azhar University’s Languages and Translation Faculty Hall, Wednesday […]

Following the attack on Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto in Pandeglang Regency in Banten province on Thursday (10/10), President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said he is considering stepping up security for senior government officials. For the record, the attack occurred when Wiranto got off his car after officiating a ceremony to open […]

Presidential Regulation Number 63 of 2019 on the Use of Indonesian Language which signed by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on 30 September 2019 also regulates the use of Indonesian language in words by the use of geographic names, legal entity names, to trademarks. According to the Regulation, Indonesian Language must be used in geographic names […]

Cooperative can play an important role in national economy through coordination among governmental public relations, Expert Staff for the Ministry of Cooperative and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Teguh Budiono has said. “Governmental public relations should disseminate information to the public about their program, as well as other ministries/institutions’ program,” Teguh said at the opening […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 27 September, 2019 signed Presidential Regulation Number 62 of 2019 on National Strategy for Acceleration of Civil Registration for Development of Vital Statistics (Stranas APKSH). The Regulation aims to facilitate public access to civil documents through the acceleration of Civil Registration and the development of Vital Statistics, which is embodied […]

Social forestry program has yet to be well-implemented since it takes synergy between Ministry of Forestry, state-owned forestry company Perhutani, and the society, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “There are indeed many people who received benefits from the program, but there are also those who returned the Social Forestry Decrees (SK) because it cannot […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has instructed Chief of the Indonesian National Police and Head of National Intelligence Agency (BIN), with support from the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI), to investigate the attack on Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto at the Menes Square in Pandeglang, Banten, Thursday (10/10). “The most important thing […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Thursday (10/10) received representatives of Veterans’ Legion of the Republic of Indonesia (LVRI) at Presidential Palace, Jakarta. Chairperson of the LVRI Rais Abin said the organization had successfully carried out leadership regeneration starting today. “That’s what we report (to President Jokowi),” Rais told reporters after the meeting.

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on 30 September 2019 signed Presidential Regulation Number 63 of 2019 on the Use of Indonesian Language. According to the regulation, Indonesian language must be used as the language of instruction in national education at all levels of education.

The Government has announced it will designate Nongsa Digital Park in the industrial island Batam in Riau Islands province and Kendal Industrial Estate in the Central Java town of Kendal as new Special Economic Zones (SEZs). Speaking to reporters in Singapore on Tuesday (8/10), Indonesian Coordinating Minister for the Economy Darmin Nasution said that the […]