After infrastructure development and downstream industrialization, the Indonesian Government will develop and strengthen human capital, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “We are promoting vocational education and job skills training,” President Jokowi said in his remarks at the opening of the 2018 Kompas100 CEO Forum at the Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Tuesday (27/11).

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressed appreciation to central bank Bank Indonesia (BI) for the extra efforts in protecting Rupiah exchange rate amidst global turmoil that continues to affect national economy. “I am very much aware of how hard the battle is from time to time,” President Jokowi said at the Bank Indonesia Annual Meeting at […]

The Indonesian Government at the end of this year is expected to inaugurate several infrastructure projects that have been built in the past 4 years, including Jakarta-Surabaya toll road, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said at the opening of 2018 Kompas 100 CEO at Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Tuesday (27/11). As for Merak-Banyuwangi toll road, […]

In last four years, the Indonesian Government has made every effort to recover the country’s economic condition and had worked hard to build new economic foundations, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “The minerals and coal boom period is over. There is no other option left, but to make changes. Therefore, we must improve our […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asserted that the Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) must maintain its neutrality. In addition, political stability and security are crucial in the development both for now, and medium and long terms. This was enunciated by the President to reporters after delivering an internal direction to the participants of the 2018 Centralized […]

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has monitored and analyzed rainfall which showed that several regions in Java Island have been raining for the past few weeks and causing hydro meteorological disasters such as floods and landslides. Deputy for Meteorology of the BMKG, Mulyono R. Prabowo, explained that the existence of fairly persistent closed […]

On Monday (26/11, )President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo, on Presidential Aircraft Indonesia-1, departed from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport to Bandung, West Java, to conduct a working visit. Upon his arrival at Husein Sastranegara Airport, Bandung, West Java Province at 09.15 a.m. Western Indonesian Time, President Jokowi was welcomed by Deputy Governor of West Java Uu Ruzhanul Ulum, […]

Government translators and interpreters (known as Pejabat Fungsional Penerjemah/ Translator Functional Officials) play a strategic role in supporting government programs, Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Cabinet Work Support Yuli Harsono said during a seminar on Translator Functional Officials in Jakarta, Monday (26/11). Yuli said that the Government currently has 172 government translators and interpreters in 55 […]

The Indonesian Government has taken various steps to boost the price of palm oil and rubber which significantly drops and in the last four years, the Government has been sending teams to the European Union and several countries to solve the matter, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “This is actually a matter of business; […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has instructed Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono to buy rubber from the people’s plantation as the price of the rubber drops significantly in global market. “I have instructed Minister of Public Works and Public Housing to start buying rubber from cooperatives or farmers from the beginning of […]