After almost two years of getting by without one, Jakarta may soon have a deputy governor again. A new chapter was opened in the selection process when the Gerindra Party reached an agreement with the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS).

"I was asked to sit, and I got electrocuted for about half an hour. I was forced to say that I threw rocks at the police officers, while in fact I did not," Luthfi said.

The city administration has allocated Rp 360 billion (US$26.35 million) for the project since 2017.

Transjakarta served a total of 264.6 million passengers throughout 2019 – rising from 188.9 million in 2018 and 144.8 million in 2017.

Susan Cain’s highly acclaimed book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking argues that society undervalues introverts. She explains that introversion is not the same as shyness.

Besides installing thousands of injection wells, the city administration recently drained several retention basins in the satellite city as part of its flood prevention program.

Ridership suffered a roughly 40 percent decline after the LRT’s free-trial period ended, which ran from June 11 to Nov. 30.

Rehabilitation, including construction of land and water conservation infrastructure, and law enforcement to curb illegal mining and forestry are among the efforts for mitigating future disasters.

The congestion-riddled, flood-prone Jakarta is expected to remain a business and economic center on a national, regional and global scale even after it no longer has the status of capital.

A student from State Junior High School 147 in Jakarta died two days after jumping from the fourth floor of a school building in an apparent suicide attempt. 

The honorable mention for Jakarta was based on the success of the capital city’s Transjakarta bus network, which has seen a 200 percent increase in passengers in less than three years, as well as its success in improving the integration of public transportation hubs.

"We’re now in the process of changing the land certificates of the 63 markets," he said.

The Pondok Gede Permai housing complex was built on low-lying land that once held rice paddies and a swamp.

The Cipayung dumpsite provides a livelihood for a community of scavengers that live in the area.

A total of 87 restaurants and formal businesses are situated along the street.

About 40 blind and visually impaired people were invited to watch a movie at a Central Jakarta mall on Jan. 12 with the assistance of whisperers: people who describe the movie to the former.

The new regulation is a response to residents' complaints that rampant on-street parking has disrupted the flow of traffic in the city.

Some people in South Tangerang have contracted rashes, itching and blistering after contact with the caterpillars

Now, traces of their green past are only reflected in the names of such places, such as Rawa Belong (rawa literally means swamp), Rawamangun, Taman Anggrek (Orchid Park) and so on, rather than their actual condition today.

The National Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas) is planning to procure a vehicle crusher to destroy and recycle automobiles that are no longer operable or those that have had their vehicle registration certificates (STNKs) blocked due to tax arrears.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has been the subject of public debate since the widespread flooding that claimed 16 lives hit the capital at the beginning of 2020.

A multi-vehicle collision on Jl. Raya Muchtar in front of Telaga Golf Housing in Depok, West Java, on Tuesday killed an online motorcycle taxi (ojek) driver and injured three other people.

Agnes Setia Oetama is used to ordering food through the GoFood feature on ride-hailing app Gojek. However, after placing an order on Jan. 7, she found she had lost Rp 9 million (U$656) from her bank account.

Two groups held rallies at the same time at City Hall in Central Jakarta on Tuesday, with one group comprising dozens of people rallying against Anies and the other group comprising dozens who defended the governor.

Based on a report released by the advocacy team — which asked Jakartans to email the losses they had incurred because of the massive flooding — the losses from 243 verified reports amounted to Rp 43.32 billion.

Jakarta is a concrete jungle with almost 90 percent of its area built over, leaving only 10 percent for green space, a leading cause of flooding in the capital. While the blame is often put on skyscrapers and business districts, residential areas are not entirely free from the problem.

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.

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

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.

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