Sita W. Dewi and Dewanti A.

Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – The city administration plans to evict 12,000 families occupying riverbanks this year, in order to speed up its river normalization program.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has donated hundreds of motorcycles and thousands of anti-riot equipment worth nearly Rp 50 billion, or $3.7 million, to the local military command to help boos

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police chief Ins. Gen.

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Days after CCTV footage appeared to have helped facilitate the safe return of a child abducted from a Jakarta shopping center, the city administration has announced

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – As Jakarta's shortfall of affordable housing deepens, many developers are failing to meet their obligation to build low-cost apartments, a stipulation of permits to construct

Jakarta – A transportation watchdog has bizarrely accused ride-hailing apps such as Go-Jek and GrabBike – which provide gainful employment to motorcycle taxi drivers and are registered tax-paying b

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama said at City Hall on Friday that he did not mind outsiders moving to Jakarta, as long as they were rich or wanted to become domestic workers

Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – Jakartans, especially women, have no one but themselves to rely on for safety on public transportation amid messy management and an absence of law enforcers.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Increasingly infrequent service on most corridors of the Transjakarta bus network has contributed to falling passenger numbers, according to a think tank.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – A recent study released by the Jakarta Transportation Council (DTKJ), reveals that the total number of passengers taking Transjakarta buses between January and April this y

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration and the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) officiated on Wednesday a monument in remembrance of the May 1998 tragedy.

Carlos Roy Fajarta Barus, Jakarta – Marking the 23rd World Water Day, seven ministries on Saturday signed a mutual agreement to revitalize the National Movement of Water-Saving Partnerships at the

Dewanti A.

Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama is recommending that the city administration legalize prostitution in certain areas.

Jakarta – Agencies and organizations have come to an agreement to support the city administration's policy on limiting activities on Car Free Day (CFD), usually held on two major streets in Central

Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has recommended the city legalize prostitution in certain areas, an official stated Monday.

Jakarta – The police, in cooperation with local informal figures, raided a number of hotels in West Jakarta at dawn on Sunday and netted 35 unmarried pairs of youths.

Dewanti A.

Jakarta – Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's plan to hire military and police personnel to maintain security and public order in the city has drawn strong criticism from the public.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Bambang "Ho" Mulyono has the languid sexiness of Bob Marley – waist-length dreads, a T-shirt that says something unintelligibly hippy-dippy and a battered guitar plastere

Charlotte Greenfield, Jakarta – Millions of Jakarta commuters will have to struggle through the world's most congested traffic for almost another decade, authorities believe, and they may have to w

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Anti-corruption activists have said the recent budget spat between Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and the City Council should provide both with a lesson on

Dewanti A.

Jakarta – Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama says he likes the idea of banning any political activities on the weekly car-free day in parts of Jakarta.

Dewanti A.

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Carlos Paath Jakarta – The Jakarta City Council launched a formal investigation against Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama on Wednesday, in a move that could result in his i

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) says it has found at least 454 irregularities in the 2014 budget for the Jakarta Education Agency, estimating that markups were respons

Dewanti A.

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Deti Mega Purnamasari, Jakarta – Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama of Jakarta on Tuesday revealed more irregularities inside the city's budget proposal, which has been revi

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Hari Baskoro, 39, said he was on a mission when attending Car Free Day on Jl. Sudirman and Jl. MH Thamrin on Sunday morning.

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Deti Mega Purnamasari & Carlos Paath, Jakarta – The National Democratic (NasDem) Party on Monday retracted its support for a legislative inquiry that could lead to impeach

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Ezra Sihite & Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – Indonesia's antigraft commission has vowed to follow up on a report by Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama alleging budg

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Deti Mega Purnamasari, Jakarta – The Jakarta City Council on Thursday unanimously decided to launch an inquiry against the capital's governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, for

Dewanti A. Wardhani and Sita W.

Jakarta – Widespread flooding in the capital city has displaced 5,986 residents in 307 neighborhoods located in 97 subdistricts in the capital city.

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Rangga Prakoso & Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Scenes of apocalyptic inundation that paralyzed much of Jakarta on Monday could play out again over the next three weeks, with

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – The capital's police force has promised to crack down on traffic officers taking bribes from road users.

SP/Deti Mega Purnamasari, Jakarta – Jakarta has been named the city with the worst traffic congestion in the world, according to a new study, while Surabaya – Indonesia's second-biggest city – has

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit ranking Jakarta bottom of a list of 50 global cities has been greeted with a degree of disbelief by the capital's police chie

Sita W. Dewi and Sumnima Dewan, Jakarta – Rostiana, 46, lost everything when the city administration demolished her house last December.

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Police in Jakarta rounded up more than 300 people over the weekend in their latest wave of enforcement against street crime and other activities seen as public order dis

Bayu Marhaenjati & Priska Sari Pratiwi, Jakarta – Over 600 people identified by police as "thugs" were arrested on Saturday night in a Jakarta-wide operation against street crime.

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – The Rp 12 billion Manggarai bus terminal in South Jakarta, hailed by then governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as a model for future terminals in the city, has instead proved to be

Dewanti A.

Jakarta – The West Jakarta Social Affairs Agency raided at least 30 street singers donning punk attire, locally known as punkers, during an operation held over the weekend.

Sita W.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The city administration evicted almost 14,000 people from their homes last year and put an end to the businesses of more than 2,000 street vendors, paving the way for river

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Recent research conducted by the Jakarta Residents Forum (Fakta) has revealed that 19 out of 26 evictions undertaken in 2014 in Jakarta by the city administrati

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