Prosecutors have asked the Jakarta Military Court to hand down the death penalty to three soldiers accused of kidnapping, torturing and murdering a shopkeeper from Aceh.

The Jakarta provincial administration has allocated Rp 6.9 trillion (US$446.9 million) to control traffic congestion, with Rp 4.9 trillion set aside for public service obligation (PSO).

Currently, TransJakarta operates 74 electric buses, including the recently added 22 through a partnership with PT Bianglala Metropolitanto, which operate on two integration routes, Manggarai Station to the University of Indonesia (4B) and TU Gas to Bundaran Senayan (4C).

The National Museum will start its restoration process next month following a fire that engulfed six rooms of one of the main buildings of the country's largest museum on Sept. 17.

People who purchased the fake tickets said Ghisca claimed to personally know the promoter and have access to tickets.

As Jakarta enters the rainy season this month, the city administration has started preparing for floods by dredging rivers, forming a team of first responders and urging Jakarta residents to clean up trash.

The Supreme Court ruled against another appeal by the government against the ruling in a civil lawsuit that found President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his administration guilty of negligence for failing to tackle choking air pollution over Jakarta.

The Central Jakarta Police are investigating hundreds of reports alleging ticket scams after many would-be concert goers failed to get into Coldplay’s first-ever concert in Jakarta.

Jakarta has provided various applications and services to ease its residents' lives, but critics say the digital transformation has yet to reach everyone.

The Transportation Ministry has plans to extend the Greater Jakarta Commuter Line to Karawang, West Java, four years after the plan first emerged in 2019.

The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has stated that Jakarta’s ground surface subsided from 0.04 to 6.30 centimeters yearly from 2015 to 2022.

Three key officials, Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi, acting governor of Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono, and Nagai Katsuro, deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of Japan, signed an agreement for the appraisal work on Monday.

The suspect was alleged to have resorted to the option after failing to pay her Rp 100 million (US$6,300) debt to an online lending scheme.

The Bike to Work (B2W) Indonesia community announced that Jakarta has failed to maintain its title as a “Bicycle Friendly City”.

The Jakarta Environment Agency processed 70 tonnes of waste after a series of heavy downpours in the Jabodetabek area in the first few days of this month.

KCI is considering importing three trains due to rising passenger numbers, it expects them to be operational in 2024–2025.

Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway operator PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC) has said a viral video of a leaking ceiling posted on social media on Sunday did not show Halim station but an area outside the south arrival lobby.

KAI said the inundation was due to clogged pipes instead of damage to the newly built LRT station, which connects the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) building, the nearby TransJakarta (TJ) bus stop and another government-run office building across the highway.

Several organizations, including the local fire agency, the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) and the Depok disaster response team (Tagana), joined forces to provide assistance to residents in the affected areas.

Jakarta was dropped from the Formula E-Prix roster for the 2024 season because of a scheduling conflict caused by the campaign season for the presidential election.

The two-month remote working for Jakarta public employees that ended recently was largely ineffective in reducing severe traffic congestion and air pollution in the capital, analysts have said.

A platoon commander from the Bekasi Fire Department says that methane is the suspected cause of the fire that broke out on Sunday afternoon, which has now been extinguished.

The Jakarta administration's Rp 7.5 billion allocation for bicycle lane expansion has been shifted toward maintenance, including replacing traffic cone partitions with cat's eye reflectors.

BMKG shared the information on it’s Instagram account, @infobmkg, also noting significant temperature increases recorded at weather stations in Bandar Lampung, Banten, Surabaya, Central Sulawesi, South Sumatra and Semarang, among others.

A days-long fire at the Rawa Kucing landfill in Tangerang, Banten, began to wane on Wednesday after local authorities enlisted the help of neighboring cities and regencies to put out the blaze.

The central government, through the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), deployed on Monday a water bomber helicopter to extinguish a fire in the Rawa Kucing landfill in Tangerang, Banten, that has been raging since last week.

Fire continues to rage at Tangerang's Rawa Kucing landfill, burning through 80 percent of the area in what is suspected to be a self-sustaining combustion involving methane from decomposing waste.

While Jakarta has several parks and open spaces, the quantity and distribution of these areas are limited, making them largely inaccessible to the city's low-income households, according to a recent study.

The Jakarta Transportation Agency has clarified that the removal of bicycle lane dividers is not part of a plan to remove the lanes permanently.

The Home Ministry has extended the tenure of interim Jakarta governor Heru Budi Hartono for another year, giving him another crack at tackling perennially worsening air pollution and leading a transitional period for the 496-year-old metropolis that is about to lose its status as Indonesia’s capital.