Rina Chandran, Bangkok – Thousands of indigenous people may be uprooted from their ancestral lands on Borneo island as large areas of forests are cleared to make way for Indonesia's ne

Natalia Santi – Abandoning Jakarta for a new capital in Borneo won't save the fast-sinking Indonesian megacity from disaster and could even spark a fresh environmental crisis in a regi

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The fifth Indonesian president and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri hopes that President Jokowi's decision to mo

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said some of the government buildings left vacant after the Indonesian capital is relocated to East Kal

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police's traffic division has blocked 9,169 vehicle registration certificates (STNK) belonging to vehicle owners who had been caught by the Electronic Traffic Law

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – The announcement to relocate Indonesia's capital city to East Kalimantan province provides an opportunity to shift the developmental focus to other parts of the

The choice for the location of Indonesia's planned new capital city in East Kalimantan province, which was announced yesterday, has sparked speculation of backdoor political dealings a

Jonathan Watts – Indonesia has announced plans to move its capital from the climate-threatened megalopolis of Jakarta to the sparsely populated island of Borneo, which is home to some

Stanley Widianto and David Crawshaw, Jakarta – Indonesia is draining the swamp.

James Massola, Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ended months of speculation and finally revealed the country's national capital will move to a newly const

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday announced the location of Indonesia's next new capital in East Kalimantan Province.

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The long-discussed plan to move Indonesia's capital away from Jakarta is getting more real by the month.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo formally proposed to parliament on Friday a plan to relocate Indonesia's capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan on the island of Borneo.

Jakarta – Time is running out for Jakarta.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Motorists and businesses were generally sceptical towards the government's latest attempt to expand the odd-even traffic scheme, saying that the move to curb pr

Jakarta (Antara) – Jakarta Legislative Council (DPRD) deputy speaker, Triwisaksana, expressed his doubt over the effectiveness of the extended odd-even policy which aims to curb conges

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Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Jakarta Food, Marine, and Agriculture Security Agency (KPKP) determined to build urban farming, which is being initiated in the City Hall, in every mayor's office

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Following the major power outage, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is eyeing to install solar panels in all the city administration buildings as an alternate el

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Indonesia will move its capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan by 2024 at the earliest, with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo expected to announce the final choice

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – It's Thursday and the residents of Jakarta's Cosmo Park are out jogging, watering their plants or walking their dogs along neat asphalt roads.

Bayu Marhaenjati & Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is mulling over a plan to extend its limited road ban on cars based on their number plates, known as t

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan yesterday signed a Gubernatorial Instruction (Ingub) instructing the provincial government to adopt several measures related to carbon emissions in the

Jakarta – The decades-old plan to relocate the capital from Jakarta has reached new heights as President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has decided on Kalimantan – the Indonesian part of Borneo

Jakarta – The discovery of at least 300 rusty abandoned buses bearing Transjakarta logos in a field in Dramaga subdistrict, Bogor, West Java has led the Jakarta city government to file

Indonesia's president said in an interview that he wants to see the speedy construction of a giant sea wall around Jakarta to prevent the low-lying capital from sinking under the sea,

Jakarta – Non-biodegradable waste has been found clogging sewer pipes in Mega Kuningan, one of the Jakarta's most high-end business districts.

Jakarta – The removal of a bamboo art installation titled Getah Getih from near the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle on Wednesday has left an empty spot in the area.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Fire and Rescue Agency's acting head, Subejo, has said the capital needs more fire stations, considering the significant number of fires in the capital.

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta Council's head of Democrat Party faction Taufiqurrahman reminded the Indonesia Solidarity Party (PSI) to avert from spreading disinformation regard

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Head of Jakarta Council's Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) faction, Abdurrahman Suhaimi, guarantees that his party is not involved in money politics througho

Jakarta – The City Council special committee tasked with selecting the new deputy Jakarta governor is still preparing the procedures.

Jakarta – The number of passengers in the free public trial run of the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) has increased tenfold in comparison to 2018's test, an executive has said.

Jakarta's ETLE (Electronic Traffic Law Enforcement) traffic cameras got a software upgrade this week, broadening the scope of traffic violations they can capture to include the likes o

Jakarta – A plan to operate electric buses in the capital, lauded by many as a means of reducing pollution, is facing legal hurdles.

Stania Puspa, Jakarta – For those living in North Jakarta, regular coastal flooding is a fact of life.

Jack Board, Samarinda, Indonesia – In the late 1970s, it is told, Indonesian president Suharto embarked on a journey along the coast of East Kalimantan, a lush flank of land stretching

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – An observer from the Indonesian Transportation Society (MTI), Djoko Setijowarno, opined the achievement of Jakarta in the transportation sector is the resu

Andi Aqil, Jakarta – Jakarta is set to receive an honorable mention at the 2020 Sustainable Transport Award in Fortaleza, Brazil, for the city's efforts to develop the Transjakarta bus

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – United Kingdom-based international property consultancy firm Savills has ranked Jakarta as the 20th most resilient city in its recent real estate index.

Less than two weeks after the presidential election, with the official result yet to be announced, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo declared his intention to establish a new capital city

Jakarta – The Save Jakarta Bay Coalition, which was established by activists, students and fisherpeople, held an action in front of the Jakarta City Hall on Monday June 24 opposing the

Jakarta – The Jakarta provincial government's (Pemprov DKI) decision to issue 932 building permits (IMB) for land reclamation project islets in the Jakarta Bay is aimed at providing po

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – A public attorney from the Jakarta Legal Aid (LBH) institution Ayu Eza Tiara, mentioned that there were dozens of procedures that must be taken before Jakar

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has allocated Rp 20 billion (US$1.42 million) for a series of events to celebrate the capital city's 492nd anniversary, making it the most lavish c

One of Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan's main campaign promises was stopping the land reclamation project in Jakarta Bay, but he has effectively reneged on that promise and blamed his

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration will receive a total of Rp 100.47 billion (US$6.257 billion) in dividends from publicly listed beer firm PT Delta Djakarta, in which

Antara & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – MRT Jakarta, the operator of the capital's first underground and overground metro system, said the Jakarta MRT's second line, from the Hotel Indonesi

Indonesia is all but certain to move its capital city from Jakarta, with the Ministry of National Development (Bappenas) already outlining plans to start the process within the next fe