Head of Presidential Secretariat Heru Budi Hartono on behalf of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo visited a number of Indonesian police officers who are being treated at Kramat Jati Police Hospital following the post-election riot on 22 May. “Since we received the news that some police officers are wounded, the President immediately instructed me as Head […]

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto has said that the Jakarta riot occurred on 22 May 2019 was planned to delegitimize election organizers, delegitimize the Government, disqualify the election winner and assassinate high-ranking officials. Wiranto added that the security forces have succeeded in preventing planned terrorist attacks during the riot and in […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday (28/5) received Syamsuri Firdaus, a qari (Quran reciter) from Bima Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province who won first place in Quran recital at the 7th International Quran Recital Competition  (MTQ)  on  20-25 May in Istanbul, Turkey. During the meeting at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, the President was enthusiastically hearing […]

The volume of plastic waste has significantly increased from 11% in 2005 to 15% in 2015, according to Director General of Waste, Toxic, and Hazardous Waste Management from Ministry of the Environment and Forestry Rosa Vivien Ratnawati. The waste mostly comes from food and beverage packaging, consumer goods packaging, shopping plastic bags, and other packaging […]

There is a mastermind behind the recent post-election rally on 22 May that ended in chaos, according to Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto. The Minister made the statement during a press conference in Jakarta on Tuesday (28/5) and asserted that there is mass mobilization to stage a rally in front […]

The Indonesian Government and Japanese Oil Company Inpex have reached an around-USD20-billion-agreement in the development of the giant gas field of Masela Block in the Arafuru Sea, Maluku. “Both parties have achieved a win-win solution through a revenue-sharing scheme, where the Government would receive at least 50%,” Minister of  Energy and Mineral Resources Ignasius Jonan […]

The Indonesian Government seeks to reduce the impact of hoaxes and hate speeches spreading through social media and instant messaging platforms in order to minimize and avoid conflicts. “Just one hoax is enough to trigger mass action that leads to casualties, as happened to Mohammad Azam in India, in 2018, for instance. In fact, there […]

Ahead of this year’s mudik (annual exodus ahead of Eid Day), Ministry of Transportation has facilitated and ensured the readiness of Eid transportation modes by carrying out Ramp Check on vehicles, providing free mudik programs, be it by bus, train or ship, establishing Eid integrated post, and introducing policies to limit goods transported during mudik. […]

Responding to a statement that the Constitutional Court (MK) should not be a ‘calculator institution’, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo called on all parties not to insult state institutions. “Don’t degrade any state institution. I don’t think that’s good. The institutions are established based on our constitution to maintain public trust,” President Jokowi told the press […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said that Cabinet Ministers in the next period of his administration should be able to execute various programs and have good management skills. “The appointed ministers should have the capability to run various programs, have good integrity, and have good management skills,” President Jokowi told the journalists after attending Indonesian […]