BREAKING: Today (19/9), South and North Korea has just agreed to disarm a jointly controlled border village, with the removal of land mines will be the first step. Also, the North has agreed to permanently dismantle a missile engine test site and a launch pad.
The odd-even traffic regulation in Jakarta is extended until 13th of October, 2018, with few modifications. Now, the regulations are no longer applied on weekend and national holiday. It’s also no longer applied on Pondok Indah arterial road.
Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita will replace Idrus Marham as Minister of Social Affairs.
Agus, also from Golkar, is the treasurer of Jokowi-Maruf Amin national campaign team. He’ll be sworn in this afternoon.
Breaking: Minister of Social Affairs, Idrus Marham, resigns from his position in the cabinet.
Idrus, a Golkar politician, has an investigation on him regarding a graft allegation.
Today (10/8) is the last day of registration period for Indonesian president and VP candidate. There are already two pairs of candidates, Jokowi-Ma’ruf and Prabowo-Sandiaga. The former have arrived at the General Election Commission (KPU), with the latter will be later today.
Happy Indigenous People’s Day!
We hope that the rights of education, freedom, and protection can be realized for all the indigenous people around the world.
#IndigenousPeoplesDay#Asumsi
Today (9/8) is D-1 before the deadline of registration period for Indonesian president and vice president candidates. Though there are some strong speculations, none of them have made an official statement nor registering themselves to the General Election Commision (KPU).
Today (8/8) marks the 51st anniversary of the establishment of @ASEAN.
All the wishes for ASEAN to be more advanced as a regional organization as well as more contributive, not only for Southeast Asia’s, but also world’s peace in general.
#ASEANDay#Asean51
Today (8/8), former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pleaded not guilty to three charges of money laundering. It’s reported that the total number of money he received for those three charges is as much as RM42 million. The trial date will be on Friday (10/8).
Today (7/8) @SpaceX has confirmed that Merah Putih satellite of Telkom has been successfully deployed to a geostationery transfer orbit. It’s reported that this satellite is able to cover communication network over South and Southeast Asia.
Yesterday (5/8), an earthquake struck Lombok Island of Indonesia. It’s reported today (6/8) that 98 people have died and 236 people are wounded. The rescuing operation is still going on but the tsunami warning has been lifted.
Less than 2 weeks to the registration period of 2019 presidential election. So many meeting held by political big names, but Prabowo and SBY meeting last Tuesday considered as the most notable, for it may or may not start the coalition between the Democratic Party and Gerindra
The General Election Commision (KPU) has closed the registration period for legislative candidates last night. As it stands, there are 8.401 candidates from 16 parties that will compete for 575 People’s Representative Council seats available in the 2019 general election.
Today (11/7) Rupiah drops to Rp14.380 from Rp14.367 on tuesday. Not only Rupiah, other currencies such as Japanese Yen and Korean Won also experienced similar drop. This global situation is caused by trade war that is currently happening between USA and China.
Today (10/7) the operation #ThaiCaveRescue is done! All the children, coach, divers, and doctors are now safely out of the cave. The last four children and the coach are rushed to the hospital to be given the best treatment.