Moving the national capital city requires careful and detailed preparation, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has said. “We have to talk about the greater, long-term interests of the nation in facing global competition,” President Jokowi said at his remarks at Limited Cabinet Meeting on the Follow-Up Plan for the Transfer of Capital City, at the Presidential […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 12 April 2019 signed a Government Regulation (PP) Number 25 of 2019 on Implementing Regulation of Law Number 11 of 2014 on Engineering to implement the provisions of Article 5 paragraph (3), Article 8 paragraph (3), Article 17, Article 22, and Article 49 of Law Number 11 of 2014 on […]

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati has sent a letter number S-316 / KMK.02 / 2019 to Head of the General Election Commission (KPU) regarding compensation to the polling stations working committee (KPPS) officers who died or fell ill during and after general elections due to fatigue and exhaustion. “The compensation is valid from January […]

Minister of National Development Planning/Head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Bambang Brodjonegoro said that the new capital city will serve as a center of government, home to the country’s ministries / institutions, including the parliament, the defense security (TNI), the national police, embassies and representatives of international organizations. Meanwhile, financial, trade, and industry […]

Electric cars will create energy diversification, give a significant impact on air quality and reduce the volume of fuel imports, according to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ignasius Jonan. “Because of this strategic value, the Government continues to encourage the use of electric vehicles that have low emissions to be able to compete with […]

In response to 10,000 extra hajj pilgrims quota this year from the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Indonesia, Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin has signed Decision of Minister of Religious Affairs Number 176 of 2019 on the Allocation of Extra Hajj Quota for Each Province. “The Decision was signed by […]

Indonesia faced a significant increase in hoaxes circulation during the 2019 simultaneous general elections as Ministry of Communication and Informatics identified 1,645 hoaxes from August 2018 to 25 April 2019. “We have identified and counteracted 1,645 hoaxes from last August,” Minister of Communication and Informatics Rudiantara said at the Kilas Balik photo exhibition in Antara […]

In an effort to promote Garut’s tourism potentials and to boost economy in the region, state-owned railway operator PT KAI will reactivate the Cibatu-Garut route in West Java which is part of the Cibatu-Garut-Cikajang train routes stretching 47.5 kilometers. Director of PT KAI Edi Sukmoro asserted that reactivation of Cibatu-Garut route will be completed this […]

The Indonesian Government will prioritize elderly hajj pilgrims to be included in the 10,000 extra hajj quota given by the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the 2019 hajj season, Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin has said. “Elderly hajj pilgrims are the priority for the extra hajj quota. I have instructed […]

In a bid to smoothen the traffic flow of the Trans Java toll road on this year’s ‘Eid-al-Fitr  annual exodus—locally known as mudik—, the Government plans to implement one way-traffic during mudik and returning flow. In a coordination meeting led by Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko as well as Minister of Communication and Informatics Rudiantara, […]