President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Sunday (14/4) began his official trip to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The President and his entourage arrived at King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at 08.50 (Saudi Arabia Local Time) or 12:50 WIB (Western Indonesia Local Time) and were welcomed by the Indonesian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia […]

Indonesia has launched two initiatives to mobilize funds to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through philanthropic actions namely through the blended finance scheme and the issuance of sukuk (Islamic bonds), according to Indonesian Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati Sri Mulyani made the statement during the 2019 International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group (IMF-WBG) Spring Meetings […]

Indonesia has been seen as a role model in building a democratic civilization for countries worldwide as the country is about to hold a ‘fiesta of democracy’, according to Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo. As one of the largest democracies in the world, he added, Indonesia is deemed capable of holding Legislative and Presidential […]

Starting the election silence period prior to the simultaneous general elections on 17 April 2019, Ministry of Communication and Informatics and the Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) have controlled the political campaign advertising content through digital platforms. Nevertheless, the ‘control’ will not limit the citizens’ rights of freedom of expression, said Director General of Information Applications […]

Cabinet Secretariat as the Fostering Institution for Indonesian Government Translators (known as Pejabat Fungsional Penerjemah/Translator Functional Officials) has successfully held First Level Functional Translator Education and Training for the third time, involving 22 participants from several Government institutions. “Based on our data, 175 Government Translators from all over Indonesia have participated in Functional Education and Trainings,” […]

Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo said he is optimistic that voter participation in the 2019 General Election could reach 77.5 percent or exceed the target set by the General Elections Commission (KPU). He is also quite sure that the young generation will exercise their voting rights and not be abstained.

Ministry of Communications and Informatics (Kemenkominfo) launched a chatbot service called Chatbot Anti Hoaks (Anti-Hoaxes Chatbot) to tackle hoaxes, fake news, misleading information, and hate speeches. The Chatbot Anti Hoaks is a software designed to answer public questions about dubious information. The service is to anticipate the increasing hoaxes, fake news, misleading information, and hate […]

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ignasius Jonan on Friday (12/4) at the PLN Load Control Center (P2B) in Gandul, Depok, West Java monitored electricity supply and the readiness of state-owned electricity company PLN ahead of the 2019 Presidential and Legislative General Elections. The Minister said that electricity supply in general has been safe, so […]

Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms Syafruddin said that the development of the Integrity Zone in Government working units must be accelerated and every working unit should immediately achieve the status of Corruption-Free Zone (WBK)/Clean and Serving Bureaucratic Zone (WBBM). “Don’t delay the development of integrity zone. Corruption-Free Zone, and Clean and Serving […]

In the past four and a half years, the Government has been focusing on three aspects in developing digital economy, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “The first one is to create digital infrastructure, be it through a broadband connection or by building a Palapa Ring from Sabang until Merauke, from Miangas until Rote Island that […]