Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan has told Jakarta governor-elect Anies Baswedan and deputy governor-elect Sandiaga Uno that the Jakarta Bay reclamation project shou

Ivany Atina Arbi and Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat has expressed his support of the central government's plan to relocate the capital city, saying that it would help

Jakarta – The government has announced that it fully intends to move the capital from Jakarta and that it will start the preparations next year.

Jakarta – Following a regulation issued by the Transportation Ministry requiring angkot (public minivans) to install air-conditioning, Jakarta will continue to prioritize the Transjakarta busway as

Jakarta – The team of Jakarta governor-elect Anies Baswedan and Sandiaga Uno has proposed turning reclaimed islets in Jakarta Bay, North Jakarta, into nightlife centers.

Jakarta – Despite the Jakarta administration's threat to slash the regional performance allowance (TKD) of those who extended their Idul Fitri holiday without notice, thousands of civil servants di

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has announced that all civil servants, unless officially on leave, must return to work on Monday, the first day of work after the extended Idul Fitri holiday, o

Jakarta – Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said holiday travelers should return early to Jakarta after their Idul Fitri break to avoid traffic gridlock on toll roads entering the capital.

Jakarta – Deputy governor-elect Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno said on Tuesday that he planned to establish a sharia tourism zone in Kwitang, Senen, Central Jakarta.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration wishes to see a smaller inflow of unskilled newcomers from other regions after the Idul Fitri holidays end, Governor Djarot Saiful Hi

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Most crimes in Jakarta are committed by people between the ages of 15 and 34, a study has found.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) plans to demolish illegally built settlements in the Bukit Duri area in South Jakarta and Pasar Ikan area in North Jakarta, according to a city

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – It's official: Djarot Saiful Hidayat is now Jakarta governor, replacing Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, who was convicted of blasphemy last month.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Council will return the draft 2018 budget to the city administration if it does not accommodate the programs of governor-elect Anies Baswedan and his deputy Sandiaga Uno, a co

Jakarta – Next year, some people will be able to enjoy using helicopters as a mode of public transportation to travel around Greater Jakarta and to Bandung in West Java.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has confirmed it will tear down semi-permanent dwellings that started to reappear near the newly transformed Kalijodo area in Penjaringan, Nor

Jakarta – Jakarta deputy governor-elect Sandiaga Uno has reminded the current city administration to maintain order in Kalijodo, a former red-light district in North Jakarta that is now a public pa

Sherly Puspita, Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor elect Sandiaga Uno has elaborated on his idea about how to solve the problem of thuggery (premanisme) in Jakarta.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Islamic Center (JIC) in North Jakarta is encouraging street children in the neighborhood to read and memorize Asmaul Husna (99 beautiful names of God) by offering them money d

Jakarta – Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi on Tuesday inaugurated the operation of bus services named the "Jabodetabek Airport Connexion (JA Connexion)," connecting Soekarno-Hatta Internat

Jakarta – Maritime Coordinating Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has warned Jakarta Governor-elect Anies Rasyid Baswedan over the latter's plan to stop the Jakarta Bay reclamation project, saying t

Jakarta – Deputy governor-elect Sandiaga Uno has apologized for using the Transjakarta lane on Jl. Salemba Raya, Central Jakarta, which is off limits to private vehicles, on Friday.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The central government is slowly putting together all the pieces of the puzzle needed to restart the controversial Jakarta Bay reclamation project, which has been halted si

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – During an election debate on Jan.

Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – Indonesia's capital Jakarta is a city under pressure, with its infrastructure unable to cope with the growing population.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama still has another six months to lead the city before officially passing the baton to Anies Baswedan, who defeated

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, South Tangerang – Jakarta deputy governor-elect Sandiaga Uno said he plans to reach out to thugs in Kalijodo park, North Jakarta, who reportedly illegally ask for parking

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Few people outside of Indonesia would have heard of Palangkaraya.

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Jakarta – Public transportation provider PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta) recorded that the number of Transjakarta passengers in the first three months climbed 41.3 percent to 36.7 million pa

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) approved a petition filed by fishermen and a rights group in relation to permits issued for the construction of three artifici

Jakarta – Several areas in Greater Jakarta, including Cipinang Melayu in East Jakarta and Bekasi in West Java were inundated on Sunday afternoon, causing hundreds of residents to flee to higher gro

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration aims to provide affordable apartments for low-income residents in the capital that are integrated with markets or bus terminals.

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – More and more Jakartans are using face masks on public transportation and motorcycles and while walking on the streets.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – On Dec.

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Acting Jakarta governor Sumarsono has halted the allocation of grants for the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police in the 2017 city budget.

David Munk – A proactive Jakarta community is fighting back against the threat of demolition by turning itself into an example of what the city it sits in is not – a beacon of environmental protect

Oliver Holmes, Jakarta – Millions of Jakartans spend hours a day sitting in gridlock, wondering how to better avoid what has been officially declared the world's worst traffic.

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Pass the security guards in their navy blue uniforms and white epaulettes, through the metal detectors that invariably beep (although no one seems to care), and you're inside J

Philip Sherwell – With her hand stretched upward, the elderly storekeeper in batik dress and white headscarf indicates the height of the waters that poured into her home in Jakarta's gr

Jakarta – For 22-year-old female student Ricke, safe and comfortable public transportation means separation from male passengers, as she has had several bad experiences involving men on buses.

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – The audience, mostly evictees, turned silent when they saw the scene showing their houses being demolished in a documentary titled "Jakarta Unfair", which was screened by the

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Jakarta's newly appointed acting governor, "Soni" Sumarsono, has confirmed he will continue the Jakarta Bay reclamation projects, including the controversial islet G.

Jakarta – The city administration should not follow through with its sewer rat eradication program, in which residents would be rewarded Rp 20,000 (US$1.54) for each sewer rat they exterminated, as

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The infamous Jakarta rat is wanted dead or alive (preferably alive) with a hefty price on its head, as the city outsources its vermin eradication progr

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – A report by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) presented at the Habitat III summit in Quito showed that Greater Jakarta is among cities in the wor

Ian Wilson – Sri rummaged through shopping bags stuffed with kitchen utensils. "Where's that clothes line?" she sighed. The sky was overcast and beginning to darken.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Activists from 70 civil organizations nationwide grouped under Gema Demokrasi (Democratic Resonance) expressed their solidarity with Bukit Duri evictees, saying

Corry Elyda and Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Ranto Poltak Tambunan, a 48-year-old resident of Bukit Duri, South Jakarta, looked dazed as an excavator escorted by 550 personnel from the Jakarta Police and