President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 7 August, 2019 signed Presidential Instruction Number 5 of 2019 on the Termination of Granting of New Permits and Improving Management of Primary Natural Forests and Peatlands in order to save the primary natural forests and peatlands, as well as to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. In the […]

The Government has allocated Rp21.48 trillion of Special Autonomy Funds for Papua, West Papua and Aceh Provinces, as well as for Additional Infrastructure Fund in the Bill on the State Budget (RAPBN) for the 2020 Fiscal Year. Based on Book I on the Bill on the State Budget for the 2020 Fiscal Year and Its […]

Innovation and creativity are important amidst the rapidly-changing world, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung has said. “The world has undergone changes. I hope all echelon officials, including all staffs will live in a more inspiring and more dynamic atmosphere,” Pramono said during the inauguration ceremony of new echelon III and echelon IV officials at Cabinet Secretariat […]

The Agency of the Implementation of State Ideology of Pancasila (BPIP) gave its appreciation to 74 people considered to be Pancasila icons during the BPIP concert entitled “Appreciation of the Achievement of Pancasila in 2019” at De Tjolomadoe, Karanganyar Regency in Central Java, Monday (19/8). Those 74 people were selected from four categories, namely science […]

The Government regretted the protests that broke out on Monday morning in the Papuan town of Jayapura and the West Papuan cities of Manokwari and Sorong on Monday (19/8). The protests were sparked by the incident of racial abuse of Papuan students in Surabaya who were accused to have discarded the Indonesian flag near their dorms.

In the wake of protests that broke out in Papua over racism abuse, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on the public to remain calm and to forgive each other. “My fellow citizens, pace (brothers) and mace (sisters), and mama-mama (mothers) in Papua and West Papua, I know there are some grievances. However, as fellow […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that Indonesia should be grateful that amidst global economic turmoil, its economic development during the past five years has recorded tremendous achievements. Nevertheless, he added, Indonesia should be ready to face the upcoming economic challenges which would be more complicated. “Indonesian economic growth had a tendency to increase from 4.88 […]

Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education Mohamad Nasir has given his response regarding the demonstration and riot happened in Manokwari, Papua, last Sunday (19/8). “We must safeguard the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI),” the Minister told the reporters in Jakarta.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has given his approval on the plan to hire foreign rectors for state universities in Indonesia, according to Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education Mohamad Nasir. “The President has agreed on the plan but he asked for revisions on the regulations so that the Government will not violate the prevailing […]

The Government has drawn up the State Expenditure to reach the amount of Rp2,528.8 trillion in the 2020 Bill on the State Budget, or about 14.5 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The State Expenditure will be utilized for improving human resource quality and continuing social protection programs to meet demographic challenges, according to […]