Indonesian Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi targets Jakarta’s Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) to be operational in early March 2019. The MRT will operate from the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle MRT Station to the Lebak Bulus MRT Station.

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Puan Maharani on Thursday (14/2) met with Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen at Peace Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. During the meeting, Puan expressed gratitude for humanitarian assistance from the Cambodian Government for Tsunami victims in Central Sulawesi and for condolence message over Sunda Strait Tsunami disaster.

The newly-inaugurated East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa said she has prepared programs during her first 99 days in office. “(We will do) a response acceleration through a system called CETAR (stands for fast and responsive),” Khofifah said on Wednesday (13/2) after her inauguration as East Java Governor at the State Palace.

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Wednesday (13/2) at the State Palace inaugurated five new Indonesian ambassadors to friendly countries. This inauguration is held based on Presidential Decree Number 17/P of 2019 on the Appointment of Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia stipulated in Jakarta, 12 February 2019.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo received credentials from eleven Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Indonesia, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Wednesday (13/2). Accompanied by each country’s national anthem, the eleven Ambassadors in turn arrived at the courtyard of the Presidential Palace. Subsequently, they submitted the Letter of Credence to President Jokowi.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (13/2) at the State Palace, Jakarta inaugurated Khofifah Indar Parawansa and Emil Elestianto Dardak as Governor and Deputy Governor of East Java for the term of 2019-2024 and Fachrori Umar as Governor of Jambi Province (replacing Zumi Zola) for the remaining term of 2016-2021. The inauguration ceremony began by […]

In a bid to lower price of domestic flight tickets, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has instructed related ministers to review the price of avtur or jet fuel which considered have been playing a significant role in domestic airfares hike. “We just discussed it in a meeting. I have instructed (the minister) to review and recalculate […]

The Indonesian Government on 11 February 2019 issued a new policy to simplify export procedures for Completely Build Up (CBU) vehicles through Regulation of Director General of Customs and Excise number PER-01/BC/2019 on Export Procedure of Completely Build Up Vehicles. The Regulation aims to accelerate export by providing the following facilities: (i) the entry of […]

A Facebook’s photo sharing application Instagram has fulfilled a request from Ministry of Communication and Informatics to shut down an account, @alpantuni, over its pornographic content . “Starting Wednesday (13/2) at 5 a.m., the account can no longer be accessed,” Acting Head of Public Relations Bureau of Ministry of Communication and Informatics Ferdinandus Setu said […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo wished a speedy recovery for former Indonesian First Lady Ani Yudhoyono, who is currently under an intensive medical treatment for blood cancer at the National University Hospital in Singapore. “All of us pray that she will quickly recover and return to Indonesia,” President Jokowi told reporters at the State Palace, Wednesday […]