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

Safrin La Batu and Dewanti A.

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.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – More squatters and people occupying state land will be forced to abandon their homes this year as the city administration intends to bulldoze their houses to ma

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Transportation agency head Andri Yansyah revealed his vexation over the lack of coordination between the city administration and the central government in handling giant tran

Jakarta – The South Jakarta administration will continue in its ambition to reshape the Ciliwung River even though the project necessitates the eviction of residents and the destruction

Jakarta – Due to a lack of public transportation, commuters are forced to rely heavily on private vehicles for day-to-day transportation between residences outside Jakarta and workplace

Jakarta – Dozens of Metro Mini bus drivers and conductors staged a demonstration on Saturday to protest the Jakarta Transportation Agency's confiscation of their vehicles.

Jesslyn Angelia, Jakarta – An important part of Udin's daily routine involves buying 20-liter containers of water from a city vendor.

Jakarta – It's better to control the production and distribution of alcoholic beverages than to ban them outright, Jakarta Deputy Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat said on Wednesday, point

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

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – A string of recent assaults against women on footbridges has raised concerns about the safety of pedestrians on the capital's many footbridges, some of which ar

Jakarta – The capital city is not equipped with a sufficient surveillance system, according to Jakarta Police chief Ins. Gen. Tito Karnavian.

Jakarta – A LIPI researcher has recommended that the Jakarta administration limit construction on coastal areas in North Jakarta as a measure to prevent worse land subsidence and floodi

Edna Tarigan, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has annouced that the city's transportation department has suspended route permits for more than a thousand Metro

Jakarta – An accident involving a commuter train and a Metro Mini bus that killed 18 of the bus' passengers in Tambora, West Jakarta, on Sunday and the skidding of a Kopaja bus that kil

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has accused certain parties of politicizing fishermen to oppose a reclamation project in Jakarta Bay and has stressed that no Ja

Jakarta – Entering into his second year in office, Jakarta Governor "Basuki" Tjahaja Purnama still faces considerable problems related to traffic congestion.

Edna Tarigan, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has taken initial steps to ban all forms of cigarette advertising in the city by taking down billboards and banners in Mampang Prapata

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – After being heavily criticized for issuing a regulation that restricted public protest, Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has revised the controversial Guberna