President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Tuesday (31/5) inaugurated the first Indonesian outlet of United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based retail major, LuLu Hypermarket, in Cakung, East Jakarta. The store is expected to be the gateway for Indonesian tropical fruits to enter the Middle Eastern market. “I hope not only big enterprises that reap benefits from LuLu, but […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has asked Norway to accelerate the implementation of the scheme to mitigate climate change called Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus (REDD+). Relations between Indonesia and Norway are in good condition and Norway is one of Indonesia’s main partners, President Jokowi added. President Jokowi made the statement during a […]

Eight ambassadors submitted their Letters of Credentials to President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo and presented their cooperation priorities as they officially began their duties in Indonesia. The statement was delivered by Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi after accompanying President Jokowi during a ceremony to receive Letters of Credentials from Ambassadors of Serbia, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Afghanistan, […]

The Indonesian Government has yet to discuss the possibility of issuing a Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) that aims to improve the country’s judicial system, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said. The Government has been following the development of Indonesia’s judicial system as many cases involve the country’s judges and law enforcers arose, including […]

In the possibility of internal conflicts related to the nomination of candidates for regional elections by political parties during the registration process, Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna H. Laoly asserted that the Government upholds the principle of legal certainty. Yasonna said that political approaches were used to resolve at last year’s simultaneous regional […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo instructed the Government to keep the good points in the Law Number 1 of 2015 on the Regional Elections for Governor, Mayor, and Regent, including the current minimum percentage of public support needed by a political party and an independent candidate to propose themselves. It is because the implementation of the […]

The Indonesian Government hopes the French Government can give its support so that the deliberation of the country’s plan to impose taxes on palm oil products will be scrappedby the French Senate and Indonesia can continue exportingits palm oil to France. The statement was delivered by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ on Friday (27/5) at Shima Kanko […]

On the sidelines of G7 Summit, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday (27/5) to discuss cooperation to develop Patimban deep-sea port project in Subang, West Java. The seaport is aimed at supporting the flow of goods to and from industrial estates in regencies east of Jakarta that are […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that the Asia-Pacific region is the safest region compared to other regions; hence, it is not surprising the economic growth in Asia during 2016-2017 is projected to have a relatively better economic growth at 5.3 percent, compared to the global average of 3.2 percent. President Jokowi made the statement in […]

On the first day of his working visit to Japan, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodomet with President of Sri Lanka MaithripalaSirisena to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries, including Indonesia’s plan to export trains to Sri Lanka. The meeting was held on Thursday (26/5) at Nagoya Kanko Hotel.