President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Friday (10/5) attended Iftar dinner at the official residence of Speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) in Jakarta. On the occasion, President Jokowi was sitting together with other guests, including Vice President Jusuf Kalla, Speaker of the MPR Zulkifli Hasan, Chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR) Bambang Soesatyo, […]

The Indonesian Government has called for an immediate cessation of the construction of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. “The continuing expansion of illegal settlements by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories is unacceptable,” Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi said on Thursday (9/5).

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is set to implement an integrated licensing system for the construction of electric power plants through Online Single Submission (OSS) of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), which can be accessed at http://oss.go.id . “There are 6 electricity licenses as well as 4 additional licenses for geothermal generator accessible through the […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, on Friday (10/5) at the State Palace, inaugurated Abdul Gani Kasuba and Al Yasin Ali as Governor and Deputy Governor of the North Maluku Province for the term of 2019-2024. The inauguration started by handing over the excerpts of the Presidential Decree to the Governor and the Deputy Governor by President […]

Members of the State Ideology of Pancasila (BPIP) Steering Committee have advised President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to anticipate division after the recently concluded simultaneous General Elections on 17 April 2019. “After the elections, this nation is rather divided. We should anticipate it. Don’t let this nation be divided by politics. It is very dangerous,” member […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has stated that 51 percent of Indonesian manpower is primary school graduates. “This is a problem that we have to resolve, we must upgrade the capabilities of millions of our manpower,” President Jokowi said in his remarks at the Opening of the 2019 National Development Planning Conference (Musrenbangnas) in Central Jakarta, […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said that he will do his best to serve the country in the next five years. “In the next five years, I cannot run again (for the Presidency). I have nothing to lose and will do my best to serve my country,” the President said in his remarks during the […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has expressed gratitude for the successful simultaneous elections held last April. “I thank all regional heads for the hard work and support so the elections ran smoothly,” President Jokowi said in his remarks at the Opening of the 2019 National Development Planning Conference (Musrenbangnas) at Shangri-La Hotel, Jakarta, Thursday (9/5).

In a bid to maintain the amount of investment of the Indonesian Government in a number of International Financial Institutions, the Government deemed it necessary to increase investments sourced from the State Budget for the 2019 Fiscal Year. Based on this consideration, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati, on 26 April 2019, signed Regulation of […]

Minister of Manpower M. Hanif Dhakiri has asked companies to pay religious holiday allowance (THR) to their employees two weeks before Eid Day. “We hope that the workers can well prepare their mudik (annual exodus),” the Minister said in Jakarta, Wednesday (8/5).