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 […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has congratulated ride-hailing app Go-Jek for becoming Indonesia’s first decacorn after its valuation hit US$10 billion according to research institution CB Insights, in its Global Unicorn Club report. “Undeniably, digital economy gives a big hope for our economic growth in the future. We know that in 2018 the portion of digital economy already reached US$27 […]

The National Civil Service Agency (BKN) from January 2018 to March 2019 recorded 900 cases of violation of state apparatus neutrality ahead of the 2019 General Elections. The data shows that 99.5 percent of the cases are dominated by state apparatus working for regional governments including provinces, regencies, and municipalities.

Violations of Government Regulation Number 53 of 2010 on Discipline of Civil Servants (PNS) Article 3 Number 11 on Compliance with Working Hours has once again dominated disciplinary violations involving civil servants. The Civil Servants’ Personnel Advisory Agency (BAPEK) together with Cabinet Secretariat, Attorney General Office, and Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reforms on Thursday […]

In response to an issue of voted ballots for the presidential candidate pair number 01 Jokowi-Ma’ruf found in Malaysia, Ministry of Home Affairs urged the public to wait for the official information from the General Elections Committee (KPU). “We are still awaiting an explanation from the KPU team who are still investigating the matter,” Minister […]

Indonesian startups has grown very rapidly in the last 5 years and currently the country ranks first in ASEAN and fifth globally in number of startups, according to  Minister of Research, Technology, and Higher Education Mohamad Nasir. “Indonesia has the largest number of startups in ASEAN and ranks fifth in the world,” Nasir said at […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that in the past 4.5 years, Village Funds have been used to enhance village development such as constructing 191,000 kilometers of village roads, 24,000 Integrated Health Posts (posyandu), 50,000 Early Childhood Education Program (PAUD) centers, and 8,900 village markets. “Village Market is important since it is a place where all […]

The Government is committed to consistently resolving land disputes that widely occur in Indonesia, particularly those related to mosques, Islamic boarding schools, musallas or other places of worship. To that end, Ministry of Agrarian and Spatial Planning through the Complete Systematic Land Registration (PTSL) program on Wednesday (10/4) distributed 1,507 waqf (religious endowment) land certificates to […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (10/4) inaugurated the operation of Pasuruan-Probolinggo (Paspro) Toll Road at the East Probolinggo toll gate, Sumber Kedaung Village, Leces District, Probolinggo Regency, East Java province. The President expressed belief that with the operation of this toll road, mobility of people and goods will increase and in turn it will […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ensured the village budget raise for development purpose. “I have strong connection with village as I born in the village, but that is not the only reason. To develop village is to develop Indonesia,” said the President at the National Village Administrators Gathering at Indoor Tennis Stadium of Gelora Bung Karno, Central […]