Kanupriya Kapoor and Randy Fabi, Jakarta – On the congested streets of Indonesia's capital, chained monkeys are a surreal sideshow.

Camelia Pasandaran – The National Commission on Violence Against Women said on Monday that the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) should stop using religion to try to force Lenteng Agung war

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SP/Deti Mega Purnamasari – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo did not say a word to the employee caught playing video games during a surprise visit to the offices of the city's small-and-medi

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – One year after Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama assumed the reins of the Jakarta administration, the public has a good idea of their dis

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Fikri Zaki Muhammadi and Corry Elyda, Jakarta – During the 2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election campaign, then governor candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his running mate Basuki "Ahok"

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Fana FS Putra – Public ignorance and poor urban planning are among the factors that have been blamed for the 712 blazes Jakarta's fire department has recorded

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Fana FS Putra – The Jakarta administration is being urged to implement a moratorium on private vehicle sales and road construction to prevent the city from su

Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi on Tuesday completed a humiliating climbdown from comments made last week in which he said that an urban ward chief should be transferred on account

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) condemned on Saturday Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi's suggestion that the city administration should bow to the demands of har

SP/Hotman Siregar – Deputy Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama condemned Home Affairs minister Gamawan Fauzi's suggestion that the city administration should transfer a Christian wa

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – New shopping malls will continue to open in Jakarta in the future because a planned moratorium does not annul permits for new malls issued by the previous adminis

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Hotman Siregar – Only by boosting economic opportunities outside Jakarta can the annual influx of people into the capital following Idul Fitri celebrations be

Jakarta – The Indonesian Labor Institute has announced its estimates that approximately a million newcomers, most of them are unskilled workers, will seek work in the capital after the

Hotman Siregar – A fatal MetroMini bus accident on Tuesday has led to calls for the Jakarta city administration to take over the long-running public transportation operator.

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The head of Cisarua subdistrict in the Bogor highlands has backed a plan by Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo to buy up and destroy all the holiday villas illegally built in the Puncak water

Jakarta – The reshuffling of high-ranking officials in the Jakarta administration was seen as shock therapy for the bureaucracy which, according to Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, is in

Jakarta saw another bout of heavy rains and attendant flooding on Wednesday afternoon, with reports of multiple main thoroughfares rendered impassable, downed trees and the capital's Ho

Wahyu Sudoyo – The recent floods in Jakarta and surrounding areas are estimated to have caused Rp 32 trillion ($3.3 billion) in losses.

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Jakarta – Urban planners are urging the central government and the Jakarta administration to leave behind their old-fashioned ways to counter the capital's endemic flooding problem and

Chris Brummitt, Jakarta, Indonesia – Cheering crowds greeted the new leader of this Asian megacity as he toured its flooded business district atop a handcart typically used to haul garb

ID/Grace Dwitya Amianti, Gita Rossiana & Tito Summa Siahaan – Companies and consumers have started to calculate damages and losses from the widespread floods that hit Jakarta last w

Jakarta – In response to the current inundation affecting parts of Jakarta, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's actions in recent days have prompted many to speculate that he is compet

A noted political scientist has thrown his weight behind Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo over the motives of political parties' assistance to flood victims, saying that helping with ulteri

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – More than 18,000 people have been displaced by the floods that have struck Jakarta. Some report facing hunger, dysentery and poor sanitation.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Depok – The condition of the environment in Jakarta and the upstream areas of West Java have contributed to the current floods, the worst since 2007, experts say.

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Heavy monsoonal rains triggered severe flooding in large swathes of the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Thursday, with many government offices and businesses were forced to close because

Ronna Nirmala – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo on Thursday placed the entire capital under emergency status following the massive flooding that paralyzed the city.

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Jakarta – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo placed third in the 2012 World Mayor Prize after Iqaki Azkuna Mayor of Bilbao in Spain and Lisa Scaffidi of Perth in Western Australia.

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – It is estimated that Jakarta will face total gridlock in 2014.

Lenny Tristia Tambun – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo on Saturday launched the Jakarta Smart Card initiative, which will grant student holders up to Rp 240,000 ($25) in monthly allowance

Lenny Tristia Tambun – The Jakarta administration's plan to raise the salaries of its civil servants will not be effective in either curbing corruption or boosting their performance, an

Lenny Tristia Tambun – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo said he was just getting started after replacing several senior city officials on Friday in a bid to make the capital's bureaucratic

Ronna Nirmala – Tired of years of mismanagement and costly, but ineffective, cleanup efforts, Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama announced an end to the hiring of private co

Jakarta – Mustaqim, 44, was waiting for his turn to be examined at the Tebet community health center (puskesmas) in South Jakarta over the weekend.

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Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama lashed out at the capital's education agency in a video posted to YouTube, giving the agency an ultimatum, either reform or look for a new

A 46-minute video showing Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama getting tough on public works officials has gone viral on YouTube, getting more than a million views since it wa

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Lenny Tristia Tambun – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo on Thursday redefined the duty of the city's Public Order squad as a "civilian force to help the government preserve public order and

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Recycling is largely unheard of in Indonesia, but this will soon change.

Jakarta – Jakarta will have a new police chief on Tuesday, but doubts linger over whether the incoming chief is capable of making the breakthroughs needed to secure the capital city, wh

Ronna Nirmala – Antigraft activists have urged the Jakarta administration to continue overhauling the city's 2013 budget to prioritize pro-poor programs, in the face of calls by a gover

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Arientha Primanita – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo and Vice Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama to visit the palace to