President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo accompanied by First Lady Ibu Iriana Joko Widodo watched a Javanese Wayang Kulit (Leather Shadow Puppets Show) entitled “Gatot Kaca Winisudha” performed by Shadow Puppet Master (Dalang) Nyai Dwi Puspita Ningrum, at the Purworejo Square, Central Java, Thursday (29/8). Upon arriving at the square, the President was welcomed by Regent of […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has introduced the under-renovation Manahan stadium, which becomes the new icon of the Central Java city of Solo. The renovation is scheduled to completed in September.

Ministry of the Environment and Forestry has announced it will conduct environmental studies on the new capital. As previously reported, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday (26/8) announced that the Government would relocate the country’s capital from Jakarta to part of North Penajam Paser regency and part of Kutai Kertanegara regency in East Kalimantan province.

The island of Kalimantan is the only island in Indonesia with the lowest level of seismic activity, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has stated. “Kalimantan is safer compared to other islands in Indonesia, such as Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi and Papua, which have historical records of destructive earthquakes that caused human casualties,” Head of […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered his Cabinet to conduct the strict monitoring on waste import with an aim of protecting the people’s lives. “President Jokowi said that the most important thing is to protect our people’s lives. There will be no tolerance for imported waste contaminated with toxic or hazardous materials,” Minister of the […]

The waiting time of Indonesian hajj pilgrims is not the longest even in ASEAN region although the country’s average hajj waiting time is around 20 years. “The waiting list of Malaysian hajj pilgrims is up to 120 years. Meanwhile, in Singapore, it is 34 years. In Indonesia, the length of the waiting time on average […]

State civil apparatus (ASN) must be ready to be assigned in all regions in Indonesia, Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform (PANRB) Syafruddin has said commenting on the government’s capital relocation. “State civil apparatus have signed a contract with the state to be willing to be posted anywhere. It has been stated in […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered his Cabinet to carefully handle the issue of rising waste import. According to the President, waste import, especially scrap paper and plastic, on one hand can meet demands from industry for raw materials, but on the other hand the big amount of waste can potentially give rise to environmental […]

Relocation of Indonesian capital from Jakarta to part of North Penajam Paser regency and part of Kutai Kertanegara regency in East Kalimantan province will not damage conservation areas there, the Government has ensured. In fact, the Government said it would continue to preserve the conservation area, including the Bukit Soeharto Conservation Forest, which was previously […]

A Ministerial Meeting on National and Public Holidays 2020 led by Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (PMK) Puan Maharani held at the office of Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture in Jakarta, Tuesday (28/8, has agreed to determine 16 days of National Holidays and 4 days of Collective Holidays in 2020. The […]