Indonesia

Amidst the loss of passengers in the recent plane crash, Rear Admiral Abdul Rasyid the Chief of the First Fleet Command of the Indonesian Navy shared that he had suspended a diving mission to retrieve the crashed Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ-182 cockpit voice recorder. The suspension was made because the Baruna Jaya IV research vessel is performing a seafloor mapping …

The Indonesian Food and Drug Monitoring Agency  approved a COVID-19 vaccine produced for emergency use by China’s Sinovac Biotech, the chairwoman of the office, Penny K. Lukito. The approval for emergency use was given after a thorough review of the interim results of  Sinovac’s late clinical trials in Indonesia, Brazil, and Turkey of the vaccine. The results of Sinovac and …

It is important to expand the agricultural sector on a vast economic scale, on food lines, through the optimum use of infrastructure and technology in order to increase productivity and minimize imports. President Jokowi stressed that it is no longer possible to grow the agricultural sector in a traditional and routine way, but that it needs breakthrough and creativity. He …

President Joko Widodo shared strong sympathy for the crash of the Sriwijaya Air plane in the waters of the Seribu Islands. Shortly after the tragedy happened, the head of state was told of the plane crash on Saturday evening. Since then, updated accounts of the disaster have been received, including updates in the hunt for casualties and aircraft wreckage that …

The Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno urged companies in Labuan Bajo, the popular tourist destination of East Nusa Tenggara, to derive full mileage to reap benefits from the G20 Summit hosted by Indonesia in 2022. In order to host the G20 Summit in 2022 and the ASEAN Summit in 2023, President Joko Widodo chose Labuan Bajo, the …

It’s 2021 but there are more challenges being faced by a lot of people. This is when shortly after feeling tremors of a 4.9-magnitude earthquake that shook the city, many petrified residents of Bahodopi Sub-district in Morowali District, Central Sulawesi Province rushed out of their homes. Bayu, a local resident shared that the earthquake hit at about 3:13 early in …

In accordance with the plan last year, The Istiqlal Grand Mosque will be under construction in compliance with the orders of President Joko Widodo, and construction on Public Works and Public Housing was scheduled to be finished last year. In view of this, President Joko Widodo wanted to highlight that the refurbishment of the Istiqlal Grand Mosque was not performed …

Amidst the Struggle facing by the nation, It was never too late to look forward to the plans that will give proper order in the country, For this reason, Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi shared that her two diplomatic goals for 2021 will be national health security and democracy. She highlighted that their priority is on meeting vaccine …

As the nation continues to combat the virus, The Health Ministry Spokesman for the vaccination program revealed that Indonesia’s first phase of the national COVID-19 vaccination program is expected to take 15 months to deliver the vaccines to 181 million citizens. In view of this, the government has set a goal for some 181.5 million individuals, including 1.3 million paramedics …

Indonesia’s top militant prisoner, Abu Bakar Bashir, the spiritual leader of the Jemaah Islamiah terror organization in South-East Asia, is expected to be released from jail on the 8th of January. Since being detained in 2009, the 82-year-old conservative cleric has been in prison. Mr Imam Suyudi, head of the West Java Law and Human Rights Regional Office, said Bashir …