Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has ordered police to arrest residents that attempt to block trucks transporting garbage from Jakarta to a waste treatment facility in Banta

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto says his party has not officially voiced support for Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama as a candidate in the 2017 gubernatorial election,

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration's decision to implement an odd-even license plate scheme on the capital's thoroughfares has been lambasted as a setback by the Indonesian Consumer Foundation (Y

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has declared its political support for Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama in next year's gubernatorial election.

Jakarta – A journalism professional group has slammed Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, or Ahok, after he expelled a local media reporter, saying the move is a threat to press freedoms in In

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Decades of uncontrolled urbanization has led to mounting problems in cities across the country as urban populations keep spreading, resulting in people being unable to

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration will establish two new parks that Jakartans can use to voice their aspirations, Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama said on Thursday.

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Anira, a fishmonger from Muara Angke in North Jakarta, could not hold back her emotions when the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) moved on Tuesday to halt the constr

Safrin La Batu and Corry Elyda, Jakarta – In 2012, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the Gerindra Party, eager to burnish their underdog status, nominated political outsiders

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) announced on Sunday (22/05) it would select a retired army general linked to one of the worst civilian massacres in East Timor,

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Commuters will have to revise their strategies to get to and from Jakarta during the week as the city administration is set to fully revoke the three-in-one traffic policy nex

Jakarta – The Environment and Forestry Ministry has told the Jakarta city administration to prevent developing companies from continuing their land reclamation work, while the ministry carries out

Jakarta – Jakarta citizens care more about track records and programs offered by candidates in the upcoming gubernatorial election than sectarian or racial issues, researchers find.

Agnes Anya – Residents have criticized the city administration for ignoring suburban development, accusing it of having prioritized specific projects in a bid to beautify the capital ahead of the 2

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Despite its hasty move to evict Pasar Ikan residents and plans to kick out residents of Luar Batang in North Jakarta, the city administration has not made a detailed plan on

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya – Motorcycle riders mounting the sidewalk is a common practice across the city, particularly when roads are packed with other vehicles.

Corry Elyda – Saying that walking in Jakarta is a pernicious activity is not an exaggeration considering the poor condition of sidewalks or the lack of them in the capital.

Haeril Halim – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says its investigation into the multitrillion-rupiah Jakarta Bay reclamation megaproject has confirmed that the project contravenes the la

Eighty-six children rode 27 becak (three-wheeled pedicabs) on a parade in Muara Baru, North Jakarta, on Friday.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya – The Jakarta city administration through its city bus management company, PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta), kicked off the operation of women-only buses when the co

Corry Elyda – The Jakarta administration had evicted more than 8,145 families and 6,283 small businesses last year and the number is increasing as the first four months of this year has already see

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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