Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo handed over awards to a number of mass organizations that were considered to have succeeded in making a major contribution to the country’s development and safeguarding the sovereignty of Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. The awarding ceremony was held in the Forum for Communication Coordination between the […]

After a successful 16-kilometer MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) ride from Hotel Indonesia traffic circle to Lebak Bulus Depot in South Jakarta, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressed his hope that the Government will continue the construction of the Jakarta MRT line from Hotel Indonesia traffic circle, Central Jakarta to Ancol, North Jakarta at the beginning of […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday (6/11) inspected the readiness of Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project by trying to travel on the MRT from MRT Station at Hotel Indonesia traffic circle to Lebak Bulus Depot. The President arrived at the Station at around 09:00 a.m. Western Indonesian Time and was welcomed by Minister of Transportation […]

One week after the Lion Air JT-610 crash, the Government has released temporary report of the progress of the search and rescue operation. A press conference on the evacuation progress was held by Ministry of Transportation, the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), the National Committee for Safety Transportation (KNKT), the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) […]

During a meeting with next-of-kin of the victims of the crashed Lion Air flight JT-610 at Ibis Hotel, Cawang, Jakarta, Monday (5/11), Head of the National Search and Rescue Agency (BNPP) Muhammad Syaugi reported the progress of the operations to search for the victims.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo invited all elements of the community, particularly village facilitators to continue to monitor the Village Fund allocation so that its use is right on target and it provides benefits to the people in the village, said the President when giving a speech at the Dissemination of the 2019 Prioritized Village Fund […]

Indonesia’s economic growth is better compared to that of countries, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. In the third quarter of 2018, Indonesia’s economic growth reached 5.17%, rising by 3.09% compared to that in the same period last year.

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has reported that Indonesia’s economic growth in the third quarter of 2018 reached 5.17 percent, meaning there is a 3.09% increase compared to that in the second quarter of 2018. “The highest growth was achieved by other service business fields at 9.19 percent; followed by information and communication at 8.98 […]

The National Search and Rescue Agency (BNPP), or was previously called Basarnas, decided to extend the search operations in locating Lion Air JT610 for 3 more days. “After we make evaluation and coordination, and also get input from the location, search and rescue operations will be extended for 3 days,” said Head of Basarnas M. […]

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has reported that of Indonesia’s total labor force reaching 131.01 million people in August 2018, 124.01 million people are employed and 7 million people are still unemployed. “Compared to the figure a year ago, the working population has increased by 2.99 million people, while unemployment rate has declined by 40 […]