Hundreds of Jakartans were drawn into the excitement of the post-Lunar New Year celebration of the Cap Go Meh festival in the capital’s Chinatown area of Glodok in West Jakarta on Saturday, with visitors enjoying the various performances that celebrated diversity and the fusion of Chinese and local traditional cultures.

Although Indonesia has yet to confirm any cases of infection, people have rushed to buy N95 masks, driving prices up to Rp 1.3 million (US$92.86) and more per box of 20.

The celebration of Cap Go Meh, which translates to "the fifteenth night", closes 15 days of Chinese New Year festivities.

A three-story rooming house in the Pela Mampang district of South Jakarta collapsed on Saturday morning.

The city administration is not allowed to asphalt some parts of the Monas area in Central Jakarta to use as a circuit for the race.

The average price of the popular red bird’s eye chili jumped to Rp 110,556 per kilogram on Tuesday, costing almost as much as beef at Rp 117,778 per kilogram.

The Meteorological, Climatology and Geophysics Agency is warning that floods might still occur in Greater Jakarta in the second and third week of February despite no heavy downpours or strong winds being predicted for the capital anymore.

Life motivator and clinical psychologist Tatiana SP Basuki from the University of Indonesia explained that the fear of public speaking, what is termed glossophobia, could stem from unpleasant experiences of being laughed at, rejected, unappreciated, or made to feel incompetent, which made an individual ashamed. 

The poverty rate -- the ratio between the number of poor people and the total population -- in Jakarta was recorded at 3.42 percent in September last year, the third lowest since widespread reforms were introduced in 1998.

Acting president director Yoga Adiwinarto said the head-shaving was in response to a challenge from Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan who issued a dare to the directors and managers after they set a record of 500,000 customers on March 20, 2018.

The city administration temporarily halted the project on Jan. 29  following the Jakarta Council's demand and a public outcry.

The government has told the Jakarta administration to revise its plans for the east-west line of the light rapid transit (LRT), saying the route, as currently planned, overlapped with that of the MRT.

After a tiring day at the office, many Jakarta commuters face an arduous journey home on stuffy and jam-packed buses – and some have found a way out for themselves.

Traffic congestion in Greater Jakarta caused annual losses equivalent to some Rp 67.5 trillion (US$4.9 billion), 2017 data from the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) showed.

The record was achieved thanks to the Jak Lingko angkot (public minivan) service launched by the city, which was integrated with Transjakarta services.

The front side of the Land Rover was heavily damaged and the driver was taken to a hospital for treatment.

A blasphemy case started after a video of Suzethe Margareth entering Al-Munawaroh Mosque in Sentul, Bogor regency, went viral last year. Believing that her husband was marrying another woman inside the mosque, she stormed inside with her pet dog and wearing her shoes.

Spicy food sellers in Jakarta are fretting about the future of their business as chili prices in the area have skyrocketed. 

A e-ticketing system is having a limited impact on roads of Jakarta, with hundreds of traffic offenses logged in the first days after police set up clever cameras to catch motorcyclists violating the rules.

After the presidential election, the two parties parted ways. Gerindra decided to join President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo's administration, while PKS remained in opposition to the government.

It has been four days since flooding impacted several areas in Tangerang, including the Garden City Residence Periuk housing complex, yet water levels keep increasing, much to residents’ dismay.

Paperboys and conventional photographers are losing their jobs as the world around them grows more and more digitalized by the second.

The five plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which was registered on Jan. 13, represent flood victims from each of Jakarta’s five municipalities. The lawsuit cites Law No. 24/2007 on disaster mitigation, which stipulates that the central and regional governments are responsible for disaster mitigation.

The controversial revitalization project in the southern part of Monas is located on a 34.481-ha plot of land or around 0.05 percent of the city’s total green spaces.

Once a center of nightlife and popular spot among foreign tourists, Jl. Jaksa in Central Jakarta has lost its luster, with business owners there struggling to stay afloat.

Pongkor is known to attract miners searching for gold despite their lack of skills and proper tools.

The Gandhi underpass was hit with 3 meters of inundation following heavy rain on Sunday morning. 

Despite acknowledging that her male counterparts at her law firm also put effort into their looks, the beauty standards imposed on the two genders differ.  Often, her coworkers comment on how they thought she would be pretty if only she could lose weight. Meanwhile, her male counterparts with a similar physicality do not receive the same comments, Riska noted, pointing out to how “girls get fat-shamed”.

Residents of Kebon Jeruk Baru suspected that the nearby Anak Kali Pesanggrahan water channel was clogged and was unable drain water, but the Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD Jakarta) reported that the channel was functioning normally.

Ainie said she bought three N95 masks online last year for Rp 45,000 (US$ 3). However, the same shop was now selling the set of three for Rp 1.4 million.