The Government through Ministry of Industry aims to increase car exports in 2019 to 400,000 units, or 15.6% higher compared to the export in 2018 with 346,000 units. This increase is in line with the growing demand of foreign consumers, especially in ASEAN countries and in new market such as Australia.

Ministry of Religious Affairs confirmed that the Government of Saudi Arabia cancelled the obligation of biometric record for hajj/umrah pilgrims as a condition for visa issuance. “Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Indonesia said that with the issuance of Decision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Number 43313 dated 4/8/1440 Hijri year or […]

Indonesian Ambassador to Jordan Andy Rachmianto distributed humanitarian assistance in a form of an ophthalmology clinic and ear nose and throat/ENT clinic to Palestinian refugees, at their camp in Talbiyah, Jordan, Sunday (21/4). The assistance that is based on cooperation between Indonesian National Alms Agency (Baznas) and JHCO (Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization) is handed over […]

Land certification is part of the national strategic program and will be completed as quickly as possible, according to Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency (BPN) Sofyan A. Djalil. The Minister made the statement in his remarks during the distribution of 5,300 Land Certificates for West Kalimantan residents in Pontianak, […]

Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) whose business capital derive from community initiatives is possible to apply for loans capital to external parties or through third parties, Secretary General of Ministry of Village, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration (PDTT) Anwar Sanusi has said. “This is in accordance with the law and regulations (Law Number 32 of 2014 […]

Coordinating Minister for the Economy Darmin Nasution revealed the need to build a benchmark in tax audit process of a particular business entity to ease the job of tax examiners and to encourage the business entity to fulfill the benchmark if they are still below that standard. “If one company issues its Annual Tax Return […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (24/4) at the State Palace officially inaugurated Inspector General of Police (Ret.) Murad Ismail and Barnabas Nathaniel Orno as Governor and Deputy Governor of Maluku for the period of 2019-2024. On that occasion, Deputy to Minister of State Secretary for Apparatus Administration Cecep Sutiawan recited Presidential Decree Number 189/P […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo stated that the Government aims to consolidate all research institutions to ensure clearer vision and direction for research activities in the future. “(The consolidation process) is underway,” President Jokowi told the journalists after opening Inacraft 2019 at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday (24/4).

Quality of Indonesian handicraft products are getting better as seen in Jakarta International Handicraft Trade Fair (Inacraft), according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. The President said that the products displayed at the exhibition have fulfilled the Government’s expectation, which is an improvement of local products in terms of capacity, quality, competitiveness, design, and prestige, especially […]

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto emphasized that the General Election Commission (KPU) and the Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) are independent institutions, elected by the House of Representatives (DPR), and cannot be controlled by the Government. Wiranto explained it as a respond to rumors saying that the Government together with the KPU […]