President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has expressed appreciation for India’s support for the “ASEAN Outlook on Indo-Pacific” as an Indonesian cooperation initiative to be adopted by the group at the ASEAN 34th Summit in June this year. “I am sure the ASEAN and India can boost the Indo-Pacific cooperation,” President Jokowi said during a bilateral meeting […]

After meeting with the President of South Korea Moon Jae-in, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, on Friday (28/6), held a bilateral meeting with the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping. Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi who attended the meeting asserted that at […]

On the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, Friday (29/6), President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo had a cordial talk with Saudi Arabian Minister of Energy Khalid al-Falih and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf. Indonesian Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani and Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi accompanied President Jokowi during the conversation. […]

Cabinet Secretary on the 2019 National Family Day (Harganas) has said that family role is important in preventing early teen marriage in Indonesia. “Many parents allow their children who are below marriage age, especially the girls, to get married. In terms of easing the family’s poverty, it often becomes the reason for the parents for […]

During a bilateral meeting with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit, Osaka, Japan (28/6), South Korean President Moon Jae-in expressed his government’s support for the ASEAN Indo-Pacific concept, Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi has said. The Indo-Pacific concept, which was recently agreed by ASEAN leaders at the 34th […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has proposed the need to build a Digital Media Accelerator Hub (IDEA Hub), a platform for curating and managing the sharing experiences on digital business models from G20 member unicorns. The President made the statement during the second session of the G20 Summit on the innovation of the digital economy, in […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and the First Lady Iriana, will attend the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28th– 29th 2019. Accompanied by the State Secretary Pratikno, the President departed from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Jakarta, on Thursday (27/6). After delivering press statement about the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the election lawsuit, President Jokowi accompanied […]

Global economic growth is expected to be slower this year due to escalation of US-China trade war and the rise of global protectionism, according to Indonesian Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati. “Christine Lagarde (Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund) has said that the trade war will cause the world economic growth to decline by […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo attends a series of the G20 Summit at INTEX Osaka, which was officially opened by Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe on Friday (28/6). After a photo session with other G20 member leaders, President Jokowi is slated to attend Leader’s Side Event which adopted a theme “Digital Economy” that will be […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Friday arrived in Osaka, Japan, to attend G20 Summit to be held on 28-29 June. The President has previously announced main issues to be raised in  the Summit, including global economy and finance, particularly on trade and investment, the needs to speed up the development of the digital economy and […]