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President inaugurates National Maritime Coordination Meeting

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) opened the National Maritime Coordination Meeting at the Beautiful Indonesia Miniature ...

Ro-Ro ferry service to bring Indonesia, Philippines closer

A Roll on-Roll off (Ro-Ro) ferry service to be officially launch by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and President ...

Indonesia, Philippines ink declaration on RoRo ship route

Indonesias Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi signed a joint declaration with his Filipino counterpart Arthur ...

Jokowi meets wife of Bill Gates

President Joko Widodo met Co-Chair and Trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda Gates, here on ...

Indonesia to cancel plan to join Trans-Pacific Partnership

Indonesia will stop its plan to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) after President Donald Trump announced that ...

House leaders, president discuss legislative institutions law

House leaders met President Joko Widodo to discuss revisions in the 2016 national priority legislation program ...

VP agrees to proposal for full day school

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has agreed to the Education and Culture Ministrys proposal for a full day school system but ...

President Jokowi hints at presence of political lobbying during funds allocation

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has assessed that political lobbying occurred while finalizing the distribution of the ...

Indonesian govt on track to revitalize old markets

The government has kept its promise of renovating 5,000 traditional markets in the country in the next five years. ...

Investment board inaugurates first plant in Suge Industrial Zone

Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Franky Sibarani inaugurated the first plant operating in the Suge ...

President Widodo not worried about declining popularity

- President Joko Widodo said he was not worried about his popularity declining for implementing unpopular policies as ...

Indonesia should protect its agriculture sector

With some 60-70 percent of its 240 million population hailing from the farming community, Indonesia needs to protect ...

Indonesian govt to boost development of fertlizer industry

Indonesian farmers need some 14 million tons of subsidized fertilizers annually, whereas the governments allocation ...

Disaster mitigation needs international cooperation: VP Kalla

The Indonesian Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla said every country, including Indonesia, needs international cooperation ...

More botanical gardens are needed to reduce carbon emissions

Indonesia only has a few botanical gardens, but they are expected to contribute to a great extent towards conserving ...