An unprecedented crowd of hopeful jobseekers have flocked to Jakarta City Hall in the past few weeks to apply for jobs as sanitation workers, highlighting mounting concerns over unemployment and rising layoffs in the capital.
6 hours agoAt least 10 people have been named suspects in a violent clash that broke out on Jl. Kemang Raya on April 30 that caused traffic congestion in the area. ...
1 day agoA record-breaking surge in gold prices has sparked a citywide rush, with Jakartans flocking to shopping centers to buy the precious metal as a safe haven during a time of global economic uncertainty. ...
2 days agoThe Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) Jakarta office has said that it would remove Cinta Mega from her seat on the Jakarta City Council after she was caught playing a mobile game during a plenary meeting last week.
1 year agoState-owned train operator PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) temporarily stopped on Tuesday morning Commuter Line services from two stations connecting South Tangerang and South Jakarta following a truck accident.
1 year agoChief of Pesanggrahan Police in South Jakarta Sr. Comr. Tedjo Asmoro said that the truck driver, identified as 51-year-old Edy Sarwono, switched to using Google Maps to find the way to his destination, a convenience store in Bintaro, South Tangerang, shortly after exiting the toll road in Tanah Kusir.
1 year agoA day after causing LGBTQ controversy in Kuala Lumpur, British band The 1975 announced on Sunday that they canceled shows in Jakarta and Taiwan, where the band was scheduled to headline a three-day music festival called We The Fest in Jakarta on Sunday, as well as a standalone show in Taipei on Tuesday.
1 year agoTwo Alaskan Malamutes were wedded Friday at a mall in Jakarta, donning traditional Javanese costumes alongside their owners and relatives at a fake ceremony that reportedly cost 200 million rupiah ($13,350).
1 year agoAfter only four days of operation, the Transportation Ministry has halted the limited public trial of the new Greater Jakarta LRT.
1 year agoThe trial has been divided into two phases: the first for invited public officials and the press from Wednesday to July 26 and the second for registered members of public from July 27 to Aug. 17. The LRT will begin full operations on Aug. 18.
1 year agoThe Jakarta Police have continued to advocate for staggered working hours to alleviate Jakarta's perennial traffic woes, even after failing to convince workers and employers to alter their schedules last year.
1 year agoDuring the trial, the LRT will offer a total of four trips a day stopping at three stations: Dukuh Atas Station in Jakarta; Harjamukti Station in Cibubur, West Java; and Jatimulya Station in Bekasi, West Java.
1 year agoJakarta is in the second spot among provinces with the greatest personal debt via online lending platforms, most of which are illegal and thus preventing growth in P2P lending, according to the country's top financial authority.
1 year agoBuilt on 26.5 hectares of land, the JIS has 82,000 seats, more than the capacity of GBK at 77,197. The multipurpose stadium is 73 meters tall with nine floors offering various facilities, including commercial space and parking.
1 year agoThe artificial intelligence will calculate the optimal green light duration based on the number of vehicles passing through a road segment and projected time they needed to go to the next intersection.
1 year agoAs the masses jostled around, stalls were packed, halls swarmed and amusement rides filled to the brim.
1 year agoDespite infrastructure improvements over the past decade, problems for an increasingly overburdened Jakarta have begun to rear their ugly heads once more as the city prepares to celebrate its 496th anniversary.
1 year agoJakartans rejoiced last weekend as the sidewalk in front of the United States Embassy compound in Central Jakarta was reopened to the public after more than two decades.
1 year agoThis year's month-long Jakarta Fair opened on Wednesday as part of the capital’s 496th anniversary celebrations.
1 year agoThe state-owned airport operator has backpedaled following online backlash about its proposal for city-owned TransJakarta to provide what would essentially be an employee shuttle service, saying that the new route would prioritize airport workers while also serving the public.
1 year agoJakarta has crept into the top of a list of cities with the worst air quality in the world, and its residents are having none of it.
1 year agoAs Indonesia moves closer to treating COVID-19 as an endemic, the Jakarta Transportation Agency on Friday lifted the mask requirement on public transportation, with city-owned public transportation operators implementing the ease of restrictions to immediate effect.
1 year agoThe dry season has once again exacerbated Jakarta's chronic pollution issue, with the capital routinely topping the list of the world’s most polluted major cities in recent weeks.
1 year agoOrganizers, buoyed by the success of this year’s competition, are already preparing for a third next year.
1 year agoAmid rising excitement over British rock band Coldplay’s upcoming first-ever concert in Indonesia, the Jakarta Police have arrested a married couple on charges of fraudulent ticket scalping, as reports of more fraudulent ticket transactions emerged from several other places outside the capital.
1 year agoAfter previously failing to convince workers and employers to alter their work schedules to alleviate the city's chronic traffic issues, the Jakarta administration has once again started a conversation surrounding staggered working hours to ease the capital's infamous gridlocks.
1 year agoJakarta is expected to see up to 40,000 newcomers flocking to the already densely populated city in search of a better life after the Idul Fitri holiday.
2 years agoThe Jakarta Police are investigating the alleged suicide of one of its middle officers, Adj. Sr. Comr. Buddy Alfrits Towoliu, who was found dead on the side of train tracks after he was thought to have jumped onto an oncoming train on Saturday.
2 years agoJakarta will see the peak of the return flow of people celebrating Idul Fitri on Tuesday, the end of the seven day holiday period, a senior minister has said.
2 years agoThe agency has admitted that there was an error in the design of the project and that it would soon reopen an intersection on Jl. Tendean, including its bike lane, to allow for smoother traffic flows.
2 years agoThe Jakarta Transportation Agency recently decided to close the bike lane connecting Jl. Walter Monginsidi and Jl. Tendean in South Jakarta and set up a concrete barrier to block access for riders and pedestrians looking to use the path.
2 years agoReversing course, the House of Representatives on Wednesday pushed the government to immediately make a decision on importing used Japanese trains to replace the aging fleet currently used in the Greater Jakarta Commuter Line (KRL) network.
2 years agoA Jakarta man has been accused of replacing mosques’ charitable Quick Response Indonesia Standard (QRIS) codes, which can be scanned with a smartphone to make cashless payments, with ones connected to his own newly created bank account, called “Mosque Restoration”.
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