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ABC Online
April 13, 2018
Controversial former special forces commander Prabowo Subianto has accepted his party's nomination to run for president in next year's Indonesian elections. Mr Prabowo accepted the Gerindra (Great Indonesia Movement Party) nomination last night and celebrated by ripping off his shirt to the cheers ofÃâà...
Independent Newspapers Limited
April 12, 2018
Mr. Godwin Obaseki, the Edo State governor, the President of Indonesia, Mr Joko Widodo, were among political and industrial experts, who on Tuesday at the ongoing Africa-Indonesia Forum in Bali, highlighted the barriers to sustainable trade between Africa and the Asian country and profferedÃâà...
Radio New Zealand
April 12, 2018
Indonesia's President has presided over an event to hand over thousands of land ownership certificates in Papua province. Around 3,000 Papua residents received land certificates directly from Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, in Papua's capital Jayapura yesterday. The Governor of Papua Province, LukasÃâà...
Vanguard
April 11, 2018
The Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, the President of Indonesia, Mr Joko Widodo, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs, in Indonesia, Mr Luhut Pandjaitan, and President & Chief Executive Officer, PT Pertamina (Persero), Mr. Elia Massa Manik, on Tuesday at the ongoing Africa IndonesiaÃâà...
The Sydney Morning Herald
April 11, 2018
Jakarta: Thousands of members of Prabowo Subianto's Gerindra party will demand that he run in the 2019 Indonesian presidential elections at a national conference on Wednesday. But the former military strongman, who lost the 2014 Presidential election to Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, is hedging his bets aboutÃâà...
The Straits Times
April 5, 2018
JAKARTA (BLOOMBERG) - Indonesia wants to lower its reliance on natural resources and President Joko Widodo is turning the spotlight on films, fashion and handicrafts. Growth in these creative industries is set to exceed the pace of the nation's gross domestic product of about 5 per cent, said Mr TriawanÃâà...
The Sydney Morning Herald
April 4, 2018
Jakarta: The daughter of Indonesia's former president Sukarno has apologised to all Indonesian Muslims after she was accused of reading a poem that blasphemed and insulted Islam. In the poem, read at Indonesia's Fashion Week, Sukmawati – sister of former president Megawati Sukarnoputri – isÃâà...
Radio New Zealand
March 17, 2018
The Indonesian President Joko Widodo arrives in New Zealand today for a brief visit following the meeting with ASEAN leaders in Sydney. Indonesian President Joko Widodo. The Indonesian President Joko Widodo Photo: AFP. Mr Widodo will be in New Zealand for just a day. He will meet the PrimeÃâà...
The Australian Financial Review
March 15, 2018
Banten Province, Indonesia | Indonesian President Joko Widodo has sought to reassert his country's role as a regional leader saying he wants to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership and seal a free trade deal with Australia as well as closer defence and diplomatic ties. The president, who goes by the nameÃâà...
ucanews
March 13, 2018
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, center, walks next to Jakarta Governor Anis Baswedan, right, and Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono during their visit to the athlete's village for the upcoming Asian Games in Kemayoran district, central Jakarta on Feb. 26. (Photo by AdekÃâà...
TASS
March 1, 2018
Russian security chief discusses joint war on terror with Indonesian president ... Secretary of Russia's Security Council Nikolai Patrushev discussed with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta bilateral cooperation in countering terrorism and boosting contacts in security area, the Council's pressÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
February 21, 2018
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo has delayed signing a draft law that would allow parliament to crack down on criticism aimed at its members or the legislature, suggesting it could undermine the quality of the country's democracy. Members of parliament have proposed modifying lawsÃâà...
The Straits Times
February 14, 2018
JAKARTA (BLOOMBERG) - Standing before thousands of soldiers, Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto delivered a blunt message intended to resonate far beyond the army's strategic command headquarters in East Java. The Indonesian military's neutrality in upcoming elections is "non-negotiable", he toldÃâà...
The Australian
February 12, 2018
President Joko Widodo has condemned an attack by a sword-wielding man on a church service in the university city of Yogyakarta, warning there was “no place for intolerant people in Indonesia”. The attack on Sunday in which an elderly priest and two congregationists were wounded came a day after MrÃâà...
New Straits Times Online
February 8, 2018
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (centre) today launched the republic's second most celebrated day, the Indonesian National Press Day (HPN) 2018. ... “Firstly because no less than the President of Indonesia will launch the HPN, who will make a working visit to the province and surely announce manyÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
February 6, 2018
Indonesia haze Indonesian firefighters put out a fire in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra. Haze across much of Southeast Asia mostly comes from forest fires on Indonesia's western island of Sumatra, many of which are lit to clear land for plantations. (Photo: AFP/ABDUL QODIR). New Content Item. By ChandniÃâà...
The Diplomat
February 5, 2018
Indonesian President Visits South Asia, Boosting His Image at Home and Abroad. In South Asia, Jokowi ... Jokowi's visits to Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, for example, took place 38 and nearly 60 years, respectively, since the last time an Indonesian president set foot in these countries. Jokowi's trip thus marksÃâà...
P.M. News
December 31, 1999
Indonesian opposition politicians and citizens criticised President Joko Widodo on Monday, a day after he rode a highly-modified motorcycle through the town of Sukabumi alongside several cabinet ministers. Opposition politician and deputy parliament speaker Fadli Zon referred to the move as nothingÃâà...
Nasdaq
December 31, 1999
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has signed a government regulation authorising the energy and mineral resources minister to set the price of coal for the domestic market, Coal and Minerals Director-General Bambang Gatot said. Further details on the pricing plan will be outlined in a ministerial decreeÃâà...
Radio New Zealand
December 31, 1999
Indonesia's President is pushing for completion of talks over the purchase of a majority stake in the Freeport mine in Papua before May. Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (L) arrives at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (. Photo: AFP. Last August, the American miner Freeport McMoran agreed toÃâà...
International Monetary Fund
December 31, 1999
Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), met today with the Indonesian President Joko Widodo. Following the meeting, Ms. Lagarde made the following statement: “I would like to thank President Widodo and the people of Indonesia for their very warm welcome andÃâà...
NPR
December 31, 1999
Indonesian President Joko Widodo Is A Huge Metal Head ... with a signed, limited-edition vinyl box set from Metallica. Ethics officials said the gift belonged to the state. So to avoid any conflict of interest, the Indonesian president has paid about $800 to keep the albums for himself. It's MORNING EDITION.
