Callistasia Anggun Wijaya – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has declined to meet with fishermen protesting in front of City Hall on Tuesday and insisted that fish caught in the Jakar

Callistasia Anggun Wijay – A fisherman's group has demanded that the Jakarta administration repair the environmental damage done to Jakarta Bay by reclamation projects.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Agnes Anya – The central government and the Jakarta administration have agreed to suspend the multimillion-dollar reclamation of land in Jakarta Bay to allow officials tim

An alliance of civil society groups calling themselves People's Decree have called on the Jakarta administration to halt all planned evictions, stating that rights violations have been found to occ

Safrin La Batu – Huge banners were held and the rallying cry "stop reclamation" was chanted as hundreds of fishermen packed Muara Angke Port in North Jakarta on Sunday morning.

Jakarta – The police will reinstate Jakarta's controversial 3-in-1 carpooling system until the alternative electronic road pricing system is ready.

Jakarta – More than two thirds of Jakartans polled in a recent survey have indicated that they want the 3-in-1 carpooling system permanently scrapped, arguing that it is ineffective in reducing tra

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya – Hundreds of residents of Pasar Ikan in North Jakarta on Monday staged a protest in the neighborhood against their eviction by the Jakarta administration as part of a pro

Adam Harvey, Indonesia – Tunnellers building Jakarta's first subway have hit the halfway point of the crucial six-kilometre underground section, raising hopes the long-delayed $1.6 billion Mass Rap

Jakarta – Jakarta's three-in-one system will be permanently scrapped while the even-odd policy will be implemented if traffic on affected roads increases again early next week, an official said on

Adam Harvey, Indonesia – Indonesia has pulled 1,600 private buses off its roads after a weekend bus crash in which 18 people died.

Callista Anggun Wijaya – Environmental researchers have noted flaws in the environmental impact analysis (Amdal) documents used as green lights by the city administration to grant developers permis

Jakarta – Anti-tobacco activists slammed Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama for allowing a planned international exhibition on tobacco machinery to be held in the capital this month, as well a

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has said that his administration failed to monitor and halt the construction of buildings by PT Kapuk Naga Indah (KNI) on

Jakarta – Jakarta's controversial three-in-one carpooling system, suspended temporarily this week (5-8 April) and next week (11-13 April), could be replaced with a new system restricting access to

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – It could be the end of the road for one of the few beneficiaries of Jakarta's traffic-snarled streets – paid hitchhikers known as "jockeys" – with the

Jakarta – The chance of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama staying on in the capital's top post next year might be open wide as Jakartans are most likely to choose him despite his minor

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration will rehabilitate hundreds of damaged school buildings as part of its program aimed at providing Jakarta students with proper facilities in 2017.

Jakarta – Religious issues have come to the fore in the political arena prior to the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election, with Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama claiming that a rival has start

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration plans to support the realization of a helicopter transportation service proposed by publicly listed property developer PT Jababeka to boost business

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Police fired warning shots after taxi drivers were attacked in ugly scenes during a massive protest against online ride-sharing services Uber and GrabT

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – In a fishing village located on the North Jakarta coast, Siti Haminah sits in front of her house gazing vacantly toward the early morning sea, an activity that she has enga

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Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The incoming Jakarta Police chief, Insp. Gen.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – A lawsuit challenging a Jakarta gubernatorial permit for the construction of artificial islets F, I and K off the city's northern coast kicked off at the Jakarta State Admi

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Political parties have challenged Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama to prove his claim that political parties asked him for Rp 100 billion (US$7.65

Jakarta – Rainwater causing overflow at the Ciliwung, the longest river in the capital, early on Tuesday has led to flooding in at least five districts of East and South Jakarta, forcing hundreds o

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – The struggle of Jakarta's residents who oppose water privatization is back to square one after the Jakarta High Court overturned the lower court's decision and granted the ce

Jakarta – After being evicted from the Kalijodo red-light district in North Jakarta, sex workers have started to move to the Dadap Cheng In red-light district in Tangerang regency.

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Kalijodo – one of Jakarta's most notorious red light districts since the days of Dutch colonialism – ended not with a bang but with a whimper.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The shutdown of Jakarta's Kalijodo red-light district in North Jakarta reveals a lack of fairness in the way the Jakarta administration clears areas for develop

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Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The police and military should not be supporting Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's plan to demolish the Kalijodo red-light district in West Jakar

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Corry Elyda, Jakarta – The city administration and the Jakarta Police are apparently taking it in turns to throw their weight around over red-light district Kalijodo, which stretches between the We

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Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – A clash between security forces and Kalijododo residents seems unavoidable as the latter has vowed to fight the Jakarta administration's plan to shut down the r

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police has suggested that measures be taken to control the increase in private vehicles in a bid to tackle road congestion in Jakarta, which has the world's wo

Jakarta – Becak (pedicab) drivers across Jakarta are seeking help from the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) to mediate a meeting with Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama that see

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has turned over a new leaf by announcing the contracts for its procurement projects this year, the first time it has made such a disclosure to t

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Hundreds of fishermen from Muara Angke in North Jakarta staged a rally in front of the Jakarta City Council (DPRD) offices on Thursday against the ongoing man-made islet p

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – A survey by the Jakarta-based think tank Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has revealed that incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has

Indra Budiari and Dewanti Wardhani, Jakarta – The sun was scorching over the coast of North Jakarta as Siti Haminah sat in front of her shack, her toddler in her arms.

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Police observers have called on the Jakarta Police to more closely monitor officers in the wake of a report pointing to a steep rise in the number of city police officers impl

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Indra Budiari, Jakarta – With a trial judging the Jakarta administration's decision to allow construction of artificial Islet G still ongoing, the Indonesian Traditional Fishermen's Association (KN

The Indonesian capital, Jakarta, is seeing a boom in transport services catering exclusively to women, offering better security and comfort when compared to packed public buses and trains.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Ina Mariana, 30, could not take her eyes away from the second floor of her nearly finished house as her son ran around the neighborhood.

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – The much anticipated Light Rail Transit (LRT) project is in limbo once more after the city administration decided to halt groundbreaking work indefinitely.

Evi Mariani and Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – Hendrik Thee has been fuming for months about what is happening in front of his house on Jl.