President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Tuesday (21/5) received Indonesian fifth President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Indonesian sixth Vice President Try Sutrisno at the Merdeka Palace. “They both congratulated me for the KPU’s (the Indonesian General Elections Commission) announcement from (which stated) Jokowi and Ma’ruf Amin (as President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia for […]

Lieutenant General (ret) Hinsa Siburian, the newly appointed Head of the National Cyber and Encryption Agency (BSSN) has said that he is committed to improving the Agency’s programs. “I thank God for this mandate. I also respect him (the President), for his judgment. I must maintain the trust he gave me as well as possible, […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday (21/5) at the State Palace officially inaugurated Lieutenant General (Ret.) Hinsa Siburian as Head of the National Cyber and Encryption Agency (BSSN). Hinsa was appointed based on Presidential Decree Number 56/P of 2019 on the Appointment of Head of the National Cyber Body and Encryption Agency recited by Deputy […]

Following the official announcement of 2019 elections by the General Elections Committee (KPU), President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo urged public to start focusing on nation-building. “Let us unite to build our nation for the prosperity of our future generations,” President Jokowi said to residents in Deret village, Jakarta, Tuesday (21/5).

Principles in implementing fiscal policies for 2020 Fiscal Year are designed to meet short, medium and long-term economic development targets, according to Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati. Sri Mulyani made the statement during a Plenary Meeting with lawmakers on Monday (20/5) to deliver an introduction and government statement on macro economic framework and principles […]

Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing, on behalf of the Government, has completed a renovation of an old house belongs to Lalu Muhammad Zohri, an Indonesian sprinter who bagged a gold medal in the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championship in Tampere, Finland, and has also completed the construction of his new house located in […]

The General Elections Commission (KPU) on Tuesday (21/5) announced the official result of the 2019 Presidential and Legislative Elections. The final tally showed that the Jokowi-Ma’ruf  pair won the election by securing 85,607,362 votes (55.5%), while the Prabowo-Sandiaga pair won 68,650,239 votes (44.5%).

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday (20/5) inaugurated Rotiklot Dam in Belu Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province. According to the President, water is the key to achieving prosperity in the province and that the Government is set to build seven dams there, namely Raknamo, Rotiklot, Napun Gete, Temef, Manikin, Mbay, and Welekis.

The third President of the Republic of Indonesia Prof. Dr. Baharudin Jusuf (BJ) Habibie called on all Indonesian people to obey the constitution to response to potential growing discontent over simultaneous elections results to be announced on 22 May 2019. “Do not take measures that only increase polarization and sharpen division within the society,” Habibie […]

The Indonesian founding fathers have left us Pancasila (the Five Principles, the Indonesian state ideology) and the 1945 Constitution, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung has said. According to Pramono, those legacies are enough to be a reason for us to overcome laziness and pessimism as well as to catch up with other countries.