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Daytime hustle forces Jakartans to find joy in nighttime workouts

Exercising in the evening may help improve physical and mental health, but working out too hard at nighttime may disrupt one's sleep pattern and quality, experts have warned.

1 day ago
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Jakarta gears up for free private school program

The city administration is still preparing the free private school initiative that is expected to launch as early as this year, but officials said that 40 schools, some in East Jakarta, will be selected for the program's initial stage . ...

3 days ago
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Thousands of Kapuk Muara fire victims need safer, more permanent housing

Thousands of fire victims in Kapuk Muara, Penjaringan, North Jakarta, remain in precarious conditions after a massive blaze destroyed their homes last Friday, prompting calls for the Jakarta administration to provide reconstruction aid or relocate them to safer, more permanent housing. ...

6 days ago

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Jakartans find relief from urban stress in classic calligraphy

Inside a small and quiet craft shop in Pluit, North Jakarta, 10 people work with oblique pens, pointed nibs and ink in a calligraphy course held by 30 year-old calligrapher Sri Ratna.

5 years ago
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Attacks on journalists increase in 2019 with rise in doxxing, cyber attacks: LBH Pers

The Legal Aid Institute for the Press recorded 79 attacks against journalists in 2019, including doxxing and online threats.

5 years ago
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Jokowi calls for speedier progress in Jakarta's flood control projects

The President is pushing the Jakarta administration and the public works ministry to accelerate the projects following the New Year's Day flooding in the capital.

5 years ago
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Flood-affected retailers demand compensation

As businesses suffer massive losses from the floods that struck the capital city over the New Year, some retailers have asked for compensation from the Jakarta administration

5 years ago
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‘Fur-tunately’ Jakarta provides health services for flood-affected pets

By Saturday, the agency had received visits from 1,263 animals, including 206 dogs, 811 cats, 11 weasels, five monkeys, and one rabbit. 

5 years ago
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Traffic diversion in place for motorists as Tangerang road connecting to Jakarta collapses

Head of the Disaster-Risk Reduction Technology Center at the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Nur Hidayat, said the road damage was probably caused by local factors, not the floods that happened earlier this month.

5 years ago
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Anies joins hands with ministries to upgrade city transportation

The joint venture company will integrate Transjakarta buses, the MRT, Jakarta LRT, Greater Jakarta LRT and Commuter Line services.

5 years ago
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Jakarta Police seal stem cell clinic in Kemang, name three suspects

The crackdown followed reports of stem cell injections that had purportedly taken place at the clinic without an official permit.

5 years ago
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Advocacy teams set to file class action suit as hundreds lodge complaints over deadly floods

Alvon Kurnia Palma, one of the lawyers of the 2020 Jakarta Class Action Lawsuit Advocacy Team, who has been gathering evidence for the legal action, told The Jakarta Post that as of Thursday, they had received 600 reports via email and had input 243 reports into their document. 

5 years ago
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Retailers seek compensation from Jakarta administration for flood losses, damages

Retailers in Greater Jakarta are estimated to have lost more than Rp 1 trillion (US$71.91 million) as shops had to cease operations on account of severe flooding since New Year’s Eve, according to the Indonesian Retailers Association.

5 years ago
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Depok mayor calls for more anti-LGBT raids in wake of Reynhard Sinaga case

The Depok administration reacts to the Reynhard Sinaga case.

5 years ago
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South Tangerang to build waste power plant to solve two problems at once

South Tangerang is moving up from simply recycling its trash to turning it into a source of energy, solving two problems at the same time: The lack of space to dump waste and the need for electricity by its 1.8 million residents.  

5 years ago
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Jakarta attempts to reverse all-time low foreign tourist numbers

The Jakarta administration seeks to rebuild the capital city’s reputation for safety to revitalize its tourism amid a downturn of foreign tourists visiting in the past few months.

5 years ago
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From direct warnings to restoring embankments, cities beef up for potential floods

In anticipation of possible floods following a warning about heavy downpours in Greater Jakarta until Jan. 12, city administrations in Greater Jakarta area have been preparing measures, from directly warning residents to fixing embankments.

5 years ago
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Private school reports residents in land dispute to police

PT Jakarta Utilitas Propertindo (JUP), a subsidiary of city-owned developer Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro), plans to build a three-story building for the private Bina Tunas Bangsa (BTB) school on the 3,999-square-meter lot, which Jakpro claims to legally own.

5 years ago
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Jakarta needs to step up efforts or environmental woes may get worse in 2020: activists

A restoration campaigner for the Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), Rehwinda Naibaho, raised concerns that with the current trend, Jakarta may face a worsening environmental crisis in 2020.

5 years ago
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Transportation Ministry plans land auction for transit-oriented developments

The planned auction aims to boost Greater Jakarta's transit passenger population.

5 years ago
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MRT 'priority pin' sees general welcome, but critics point to passenger education

While the new pin to identify priority passengers has been generally welcomed, some have pointed out that education was needed to improve passenger behavior.

5 years ago
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Right as rain: National Archives offers restoration services for damaged documents

People have been advised to photocopy important documents or take pictures of them as a means of backup. 

5 years ago
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Clowns bring laughter to flood evacuation sites

Members of Aku Badut Indonesia have visited several flood evacuation shelters in South Jakarta to entertain flood victims.

5 years ago
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Cars line up at repair shops following massive flooding

After flooding subsided, many car owners found their vehicles far from their neighborhoods. 

5 years ago
City

BMKG warns of intense rainstorms across Greater Jakarta in coming days

The BMKG's analysis of atmospheric dynamics indicates that monsoon activity remains high, with winds exhibiting convergence patterns from the north of Banten to Nusa Tenggara.

5 years ago
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Complex measures, partnerships needed to deal with floods in Jakarta

"Thorough measures and multi-stakeholder partnerships between ministries and officials in Jakarta, Banten and West Java are necessary to solve flood problems in the capital city," urbanists say.

5 years ago
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'This is part of mainstream movement': Jakartans welcome single-use plastic bag ban

The capital is finally among the regions in the country that have banned single-use plastic bags, after other cities such as South Kalimantan’s Banjarmasin, East Kalimantan’s Balikpapan and Bali’s Denpasar enacted similar policies.  

5 years ago
City

Man arrested for alleged child molestation in North Jakarta

The Pademangan Police in North Jakarta arrested a 19-year-old man on Friday for allegedly molesting at least six boys. Police suspect there are more victims as the alleged crimes have been occurring for 10 years.

5 years ago
City

Stop talking about Anies vs Basuki, let's get on with more important things in flood mitigation: Experts

Severe flooding that struck Jakarta, Banten and West Java has sparked an old debate between Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono.

5 years ago
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Food poisoning scare as eight fall ill after dining at Vietnamese restaurant in West Jakarta

Vietnamese restaurant chain Saigon Delight has found itself at the center of a food poisoning scare after eight customers claimed to have fallen ill after eating at the restaurant’s outlet at Lippo Mall Puri in West Jakarta.

5 years ago
City

Only 15 percent of Jakarta hit by recent floods, Anies says

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has implied that the majority of the capital was safe from the recent floods, claiming that floodwater only inundated 15 percent of Jakarta at the beginning of the year.

5 years ago
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Lawyers, flood survivors unite for class action lawsuit

A week after the massive flooding that inundated many areas of Greater Jakarta and Lebak, Banten, several public lawyers and flood survivors in Jakarta and Bekasi, West Java, have said they will take legal action and prepare a class action against the relevant administrations.

5 years ago
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Flood management, then Formula E: Netizens petition against Anies' 'misguided' priorities

Netizens are calling on Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to cancel the upcoming Formula E, an all-electric racing series, in Jakarta as they say they believe the budget should be directed to a more urgent matter: flood management. 

5 years ago
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