President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday (22/4) chaired a limited meeting on Budget Availability and Indicative Ceiling for the 2020 Fiscal Year at the Presidential Office, Jakarta. In his directives, the President said that challenges that the Government will encounter next year are expected to intensify and it will not be easy to respond to […]

In a bid to provide convenience and to ensure safety ahead of this year’s mudik (an annual exodus ahead of Eid al Fitr) and reverse flow traffic (arus balik), Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi has called on all stakeholders to provide transportation that meets safety standards. “We have gathered all stakeholders so that we […]

The election contestants may claim victory, as long as they do not violate law or disturb public order, according to Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto. “(The contestants) may make any comments or claim victory as long as they do not violate the law or disturb public order. Our nation is based […]

Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo expressed concern about the large number of 2019 election officials who died from exhaustion while carrying out election-related works. To date, there are around 86 election officials who died after securing simultaneous elections held on Wednesday (17/4).

In conjunction with Earth Day, which falls on Monday, 22 April 2019, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ignasius Jonan launched electric taxi fleet for Indonesia’s taxi operator Blue Bird, in Jakarta. In the first phase, Blue Bird uses 25 units China’s BYD electric cars and 5 Tesla cars for Blue Bird and Silver Bird. […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo strongly condemned a series of blasts in various locations in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday (21/4) at around 9 a.m. local time. “Indonesia strongly condemns the attacks in Sri Lanka. On behalf of all the people of Indonesia, I express deep condolences to the Government of Sri Lanka and the entire family […]

A number of election officials, including police, KPPS officers (Voting Organizing Groups), witnesses, and election supervisors died while carrying out election-related duties in the 2019 presidential and legislative elections. The Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) reported that as of Sunday (21/4), 14 Election supervisors died, 85 were hospitalized, 37 were under ambulatory care, 15 experienced violence, […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo called on all Indonesian women to keep reviving national heroine Raden Ajeng Kartini’s spirit (popularly known as Ibu Kartini), a Javanese feminist and women’s rights activist. “To all Indonesian women and mothers of the nation, let’s continue to revive the fighting spirit of Ibu Kartini,” President Jokowi tweeted in his twitter […]

Indonesian women have gone one step further than their sisters in the United States, according to Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung. “Today, dichotomy between men and women does not matter anymore because women can do any jobs/professions as men do,” the Cabinet Secretary said in an interview to commemorate Kartini’s Day, on Sunday (21/4), at his […]

Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency (BPN) Sofyan A. Djalil on Friday (19/4) reviewed the location of abandoned land to relocate the 2018 earthquake survivors in Palu, Sigi, and Donggala, Central Sulawesi. The relocation will be carried out by utilizing the 900,000 meter square of former HGU (Building Rights Title) […]