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 […]

The Government is preparing a Bill (RUU) on provisions and taxation facilities to strengthen the economy, which includes various important substances. “This Bill aims to improve the economy of Indonesia by increasing investment funding, adjusting the principle of taxation income for individual taxpayers, using territorial principles, encouraging taxpayer compliance voluntarily, creating justice in the domestic […]

According to Circular Letter of Minister of Transportation Number SE 19 of 2019 on Uniform of Civil Servants of Ministry of Transportation, the employees are required to wear traditional attire every Tuesday to show love for the nation as well as to increase awareness of the diversity of Indonesian culture. “Starting today, the employees will […]

The selection committee for the next Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders on Monday (2/9) announced ten candidates who have completed interviews and public tests. The committee has previously met with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo at the Merdeka Palace to submit the list of those ten candidates.

Following the disclosure of the names of ten candidates of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) future leaders, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo told the selection committee to take into account inputs from the public in the selection process. “(The inputs) must be taken into account to assess what has been done by the committee,” the President […]

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has reported that the number of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia in July 2019 reached 1.48 million visits or increased by 2.04 percent compared to June 2019. However, the figure has decreased to 1.55 million visits or by 4.10 percent compared to the same month in previous year.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has granted compensation worth US$ 6.133 million for the victims of Makkah crane collapse, that happened11 September 2015. The compensation provided by the Kingdom is divided into two categories: the families of the deceased victims and injured victims who suffer from permanent disability will receive 1 million SAR or about […]