The Rural Multipurpose Mechanical Vehicle (AMMDes) produced by PT Kreasi Mandiri Wintor Indonesia (KMWI) will be available on April 2019, according to Minister of Industry Airlangga Hartarto. The Minister said that the marketing of AMMDes-KMW in April 2019 will be accompanied by the sale of supporting production equipment such as irrigation pumps, rice threshers, corn […]

The General Elections Commission (KPU), the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) and Ministry of Home Affairs have removed foreign citizens from final voters list (DPT) of the April’s election, Director General of Population and Civil Registration Agency of Ministry of Home Affairs Arif Zudan Fakhrullah has said. He also denied the rumor saying that millions of […]

Following numerous complaints from the public on high price of domestic flight tickets, the Government through Ministry of Transportation is currently discussing new regulations on airfares. “The Legal Bureau and the Directorate General of Air Transportation of Ministry of Transportation are still formulating the regulations. We cannot explain further the details yet,” said Hengki Angkasawan, […]

General elections are a democratic fiesta and an important opportunity to elect leaders and representatives, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto has said. “Do not let elections and different political preferences divide us,” Wiranto said at the opening of the National Coordination Meeting on the National Awareness for 2019 General Elections at […]

Indonesia’s economic outlook this year will remain positive amidst volatile global economy and structural challenges, Governor of Bank Indonesia Perry Warjiyo has said. “Coordination between Bank Indonesia, the Government, OJK (Financial Services Authority), and related authorities is a key in facing various challenges to improve national economic performance in 2019,” Perry said during the release […]

The Indonesian Government condemned  Israel’s excessive force against Palestinian civilians which have violated the human rights and international law. “Israel has not implemented UNSC Resolution 2334 (2016) and have violated the UN Security Council Resolution,” said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs A.M. Fachir at the UN Security Council meeting on Palestine on Tuesday (3/26), at […]

Minister of Communication and Informatics Rudiantara asked the journalists to combat hoaxes. “The role of mass media is very important. The role of the journalists is very important in combatting hoaxes. This is one form of Bela Negara (State Defense) in the digital world,” the Minister said in his remarks when opening the National Education […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has insructed regional heads to pay attention to disaster risk reduction for development planning in their areas. The President’s directive was read by Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo during the Governor Working Meeting of the Regional Cooperation Forum in Bandung, West Java, Tuesday (26/3).

Ministry of Finance has allocated a total budget of Rp25.59 trillion for the upcoming simultaneous elections on 17 April 2019, or a 61% increase compared to that of the 2014 Elections amounting to Rp15.62 trillion. “We allocated a budget of Rp465.71 billion and Rp9.33 trillion in 2017 and 2018 respectively. In 2019, we allocate Rp15.79 […]

Ministry of Communication and Informatics has announced it will monitor online political campaign ads during the 2019 Simultaneous Elections’s silence period. “We will filter advertisements, so there should be no political campaign ads carried out by anyone during the silence period because each ad that has been registered and published by the platform will be […]