The fastest way to anticipate slowdown in global economic growth and the possibility of a recession is to promote Foreign Direct Investment, President Joko Jokowi Widodo has said. “That is the key. Nothing else,” President Jokowi said in his introductory remark at the Limited Cabinet Meeting on Anticipating World Economic Development, at the Presidential Office, […]

Although restoring Internet access in practice will only take hours, the process in Papua and West Papua provinces must be made gradually to stop the spread of hoaxes and provocations, according to Minister of Communication and Informatics Rudiantara. “When the situation escalates, Internet access restriction can also be in place within hours,” Rudiantara said in […]

As the situation in Papua and West Papua provinces gradually improves in the wake of riots that hit the provinces, the Government is considering to restore Internet connection in the regions, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto has said. For the record, the Government restricted Internet access in Papua and West Papua […]

The Government will reconstruct public facilities, offices and houses that have been damaged because of riots in Jayapura, Papua Province. “We came to Jayapura to inspect the situation on site. The Government is planning to repair the damages after identifying them,” Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono said after inspecting several buildings […]

As many as 14 Indonesian citizens who became victims of ‘mail-order brides’ crime in China have arrived in Jakarta, Monday (2/9). Those victims are coming from various provinces in Indonesia, including Jakarta, West Java, and West Kalimantan. Their repatriation process was assisted by the Indonesian Embassy in Beijing.

In response to dynamic and rapidly changing economic needs, the Government will propose a new Bill on taxation which is related to three previous laws, namely Law on Income Tax (PPh), Law on Value Added Tax (VAT), and Law on General Provisions and Tax Procedures (KUP). Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati, on Tuesday (3/9), […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Tuesday (3/9) at the Merdeka Palace had lunch with two Papuan winners of the 2019 Gate Festival Competition. On the lunch, President Jokowi listened to a number of proposals from the winners—Tekius Heluka from Nduga Regency and Otniel Kayani from Yapen Islands Regency—regarding development in their respective villages.

In a bid to increase competitiveness in export and investment sectors, tax reform must continue to be carried out in a comprehensive manner, President Joko Jokowi Widodo has said. According to President Jokowi, tax reform should cover regulations, administration, core tax system application, reinforcement of database and taxation information systems, as well as improvement of […]

Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Eko Putro Sandjojo on Monday (2/9), at his office in Jakarta, met with 40 Village Heads, Village Activists and Village Facilitators who will join the Batch II of benchmarking program conducted in the People’s Republic of China and India. “The program aims to accelerate development in […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said that the road map for the implementation of industry 4.0, which has been launched in April 2018, is important to create clear, measurable and integrated measures to deal with a rapidly-changing world, especially the 4th industrial revolution. “To become an industrialized country, we must dare to change and to make […]