Yerica Lai, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo says he is preparing to appoint four interim governors from a pool of high-ranking officials for Central Java, West Java, Bali and N

Jakarta – State Administrative Bureaucratic Reform Minister Abdullah Azwar Anas on Thursday launched 14 public service malls across 10 provinces.

Jakarta – The Environment and Forestry Ministry has recently won the best award for the development of network nodes and the increased utilization of geospatial information for mapping

Richo Andi Wibowo, Yogyakarta – The government has repeatedly shown signals that the state's policies have not been based on research, which raises the question of whether the nation's

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo remembered his own experience with the government when he explained on Wednesday why the ease of doing business became one

Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH Jakarta) has given a red report card to the administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin marking their

Rangga PAJ, Rahmad Nasution, Jakarta – A report book documenting the commitment and achievements of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in accelerating regional development in the provinces

With most Indonesians transfixed by the government's messy management of Covid-19, one issue has unexpectedly cut through the noise – growing questions over the relevance of "millennia

Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo asked parliament on Friday to delay debate on changes to labor laws that were part of a sweeping bill to remove red tape and in

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The central government could use a more coherent public communication strategy as it looks to address the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, with analy

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch's coordinator, Adnan Topan Husodo, said on Friday a government regulation in lieu of law, or Perppu, on state financial policies an

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Ministry will close down or merge state-owned companies that have consistently failed to post profits as part of the governme

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – The West Java administration has launched a mobile application that will enable local residents to engage in a two-way communication with administration

Jakarta – Indonesia's government and a consortium of 56 insurance companies signed on Friday the first contract to protect state assets against disasters in the seismically active Sout

Jakarta (Antara) – Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD asserts that he will focus on cultural and humanitarian approach – without eliminating other a

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said the government will reduce spending in the coming months as revenue growth was slow in the first half of 2019.

Jakarta (Antara) – Institute Criminal of Justice Reform (ICJR) Executive Director Anggara criticized the speech delivered by president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo entitled "Visi Indones

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Jakarta – The government has decided to increase the salaries of board of directors of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) this year, based on a regulation issued by the SOEs minister on Ma

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Director of Research at the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF) Berly Martawadaya says he has analyzed the policies that need to be handle

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has signed a regulation on Satu Data Indonesia an integrated data-management service, in accordance with a recent presidential regulation (Perp

Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Rini Soemarno has expressed her appreciation for the significant increase in SOEs' profits, which had grown by Rp 57 trillion (US$4.04

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Rini Soemarno has ordered all state-owned companies to eliminate duplication of business lines to increase

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Paulina Quintao – The Chief of Suku of the Suku of Kaikoli, in the administrative post of Vera Cruz, Dili municipality, Hipolito Marques, said drains are full of rubbish because the go

Simone Rensch – Timor-Leste needs to "sustainably manage" its public finances to ensure it doesn't spend too much too quickly as its natural resources run low, the World Bank has warned

Paulina Quintao – The representative of Catholic Church and Bishop of Dili Diocese Dom Virgilio do Carmo da Silva urges the new government to unify all Timorese and their dreams and to

Paulina Quintao – Based on the results of monitoring activities conducted by the Office of the Human Rights and Justice Ombudsmen (PDHJ), high rates of violations against defined criter

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo says that the drafting of budgets at both the ministries, state institutions and regional bodies focus more on supporting activities rath

Antara, Jakarta – State Administrative Law Lecturers Association (APHTN) chairman Mahfud MD stated that regulations in Indonesia are not well-structured and it causes inefficiency.

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The Religious Affairs and Home Ministries have received an unqualified opinion – meaning the ministries fully comply with auditing standards – for their 2016 financial r

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – East Timorese leader Jose Ramos Horta has lashed out at what he calls "outrageous" claims before an Australian parliamentary committee that his country could be heading towa

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman has recorded a continuous increase in complaints about the delivery of public services, showing that people are no longer reluctant to report poor services to the

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Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Thursday (29/12) denied rumors he is considering another cabinet reshuffle. "No such thing," he told journalists in South Jakarta.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration should increase the number of women holding strategic decision-making positions in the government if the country really applied meritocracy

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – With only 10 days left in the second phase of the tax amnesty, participation in the program has fallen behind government expectations.

Jakarta – The government will form a new dedicated body to promote the Pancasila state ideology, named the President's Working Unit for Reinforcement of Pancasila Ideology, known as UKP-PIP, in res

Jakarta – Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung has signaled that another Cabinet reshuffle is likely to take place should Indonesia fail to narrow its position gap with regional powerhouses in the World

Venidora Oliveira – MPs have approved more than $17 million for the National Parliament's 2017 budget at a plenary session.

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Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The government will focus its first phase of the national legal reform package on five key points, which include eradicating illegal fees and smuggling, accelerati

Prima Wirayani, Djemi Amnifu and Wahyoe Boediwardana, Jakarta/Kupang/Surabaya – With more than 500 regencies and cities in 34 provinces across the archipelago, Indonesia often faces difficulties in

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Indonesia's external debt amounted to US$324.2 billion in July, a marginal increase from $323.8 billion in the previous month, according to the latest data from Bank Indon

Prima Wirayani and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Indonesia's state budget deficit is set to soar to its highest level in decades and almost reach the legally allowed limit due to massive revenue shortfall

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Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The abrupt sacking of Arcandra Tahar from his post as Energy and Mineral Resources Minister shows the tug of war between two influential camps in President Joko Wid

Ina Parlina and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo officially dismissed on Monday Arcandra Tahar from his position as energy and mineral resources minister after serving just th

Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla said newly appointed ministers should do their job according to the policies set by the central government.

Prima Wirayani, Farida Susanty and Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – While announcing a second round of cuts to this year's state budget, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, installed as finance minister only a week ago