This year’s Eid mudik (annual exodus) traffic is relatively smoother compared to that in the previous years, according to Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi. “Infrastructure connecting cities in the islands of Java and Sumatera and strategies prepared to ease traffic has made this year’s mudik traffic smoother,” the Minister said in a press conference […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has sent out Eid Greetings to Indonesian Moslems who celebrate it. In a video with the background of mudik (annual exodus before Eid) situation at Senen training station in Central Jakarta, the President expressed hope that this year’s Eid Day can be an opportunity to once again strengthen the spirit of […]

Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs on Monday (3/6) completed the isbat (confirmation) meeting and decided that the beginning of Eid Day this year falls on Wednesday (5/6). “This year’s Ramadan will be rounded up to 30 days. Therefore, Syawal 1, 1440 Hijriah will fall on Wednesday,” said Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin in […]

The peak of this year’s Eid Day reverse exodus traffic heading to Jakarta is expected to occur on 8 and 9 June 2019, according to Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi. He added that because this year’s reverse traffic period is shorter than the homebound traffic period, the Minister urges the public to well plan […]

As of Monday (3/6) – three day before Eid Day – no extreme congestion is reported in Merak seaport just like in the previous years, according to Transportation Ministry’s Secretary General Djoko Sasono. Merak seaport is a key transport link between Java and Sumatra and is a major service provider for the heavy passenger and […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo led the military funeral ceremony of late Ani Yudhoyono, wife of the sixth President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery, Jakarta, Sunday (2/6). “On behalf of the state, the nation and the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI), I offer her body along with her legacy to the […]

The Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings has upgraded Indonesia’s rating by one level to BBB, with a stable outlook. The improvement in Indonesia’s credit rating is an exceptional achievement as it jumped from BBB-/stable to BBB/stable, without going through BBB-/positive.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressed condolences over the passing of former First Lady Kristiani Herrawati, better known as Ani Yudhoyono. “We, the Indonesian government and Indonesian people, would like express our deep condolences on the passing of Ibu Kristiani Herrawati, Ani Yudhoyono, the wife of Indonesia’s sixth president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, at age 67 years […]

An advanced nation must have an ideology that binds it and Pancasila state ideology is a final consensus, according to Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung. “If there is any effort that seeks to replace the Pancasila ideology, we have to stop it. Pancasila is the final consensus,” Pramono said in the commemoration of Pancasila Day, which […]

Pancasila should become an inherent value for the Indonesian people, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung has said. “If Pancasila is in the soul of the Indonesian people, then it will unite us in the future and will solve our fundamental problems. I also hope that what happened in the 2019 elections will not happen in future […]