The Government is committed to provide facilities and all related matters to follow up 10,000 extra hajj quota for Indonesian hajj pilgrims granted by the Saudi Arabia, according to Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin. “Ministry of Religious Affairs has pledged to be ‘all out’ to provide facilities and all related matters to follow […]

Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko urged the public to remain calm while waiting for the official election results from the General Elections Commission (KPU). “I suggest everyone to be patient and stay calm. Yesterday, the President also asked the people to patiently wait  the official result while maintaining our unity,” said Moeldoko to the press […]

Indonesia (with Malaysia) ranked first in the 2019 world’s halal tourist destination according to Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI). The statement of this success was delivered by the CEO of CrescentRating and halaltrip.com, Fazal Bahardeen, at the Pullman Hotel Jakarta, Tuesday (9/4), which was attended by Minister of Tourism Arief Yahya and Ministry of Tourism […]

Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo called on the public to remain calm and wait for the official results to be announced by the General Election Committee (KPU). “I ask the public to stay calm and maintain national unity,” Tjahjo said in Jakarta, Thursday (4/18).

State Civil Apparatus (ASN) both at central and regional governments must remain neutral after the 2019 Simultaneous Elections for President and Vice President, Members of the House of Representatives, the Regional Representative Council, and the Regional House of Representatives, according to Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform (PANRB) Syafruddin. “They must focus to […]

Ministry of Health pays a serious attention to the handling of post-election stress disorder that may befall legislative candidates who might experience stress after failing to secure seats in the election. To that end, Director of Prevention and Control of Mental and Drug Health Problems of Ministry of Health Fidiansjah said that, all hospitals have been given […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and First Lady Ibu Joko Widodo casted their votes at Polling Station 008, Gambir, Central Jakarta, Wednesday (17/4). Upon the arrival at 10.10 a.m. Western Indonesian Time, the President and First Lady headed to the registration booth and waited for their turn to vote.

The National Statistics Agency (BPS) reported that Indonesia’s Human Development Index (HDI) has managed to reach 71.39 in 2018, or increased by 0.58 point or 0.82 percent compared to the figure in 2017 which stood at 70.81. “Human development index is measured based on three essential aspects, such as a long and healthy life, knowledge, […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo inaugurated Halal Park, located within the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Senayan Complex, Central Jakarta, Tuesday (16/4). The Halal Park is an embryo of Halal District development that will also be built within the Complex. The Halal District will occupy 21,000 square meters land with an approximate of Rp250 billion investment.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that the Indonesian Government received extra hajj quota from the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during his meeting with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, at the King’s Private Palace (Al-Qasr Al-Khas), Sunday (14/4). “After meeting with King Salman, alhamdulilah, praise be to Allah, 10,000 Indonesia’s hajj quota for […]