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Jakarta 5 days ago
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‘Ondel-ondel’ poised to disappear from Jakarta streets
Jakartans may no longer see street performers wearing the giant ondel-ondel effigies anymore, as the city administration is pressing ahead with banning such street performances to respect the dignity of Betawi people, the indigenous inhabitants of Jakarta.
Jakarta 1 week ago
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Dozens of children hospitalized in East Jakarta after eating free school meals
At least 72 children from four different schools in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta have shown symptoms of food poisoning after consuming school lunches prepared under the government's free meals program last week, prompting the shutdown of the participating kitchen due to failure to meet food safety standards.
Academia 2 weeks ago
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Why Jakarta ranks 71st?: A case for a non-aligned cities index
Jakarta is more than a 71st-place ranking; it is a rising laboratory for a new kind of global city built on social resilience and kampung innovation. By championing a "Non-Aligned Cities Index," Jakarta can stop chasing Western ideals and start leading an urban future defined by the Global South.
Jakarta 2 weeks ago
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Senen shantytown residents in limbo over promised homes
People who were living along the railway tracks in Senen were forcibly uprooted on Friday when heavy equipment allegedly rolled in to tear down their makeshift dwellings, before authorities had arranged temporary housing and the groundbreaking for a new Rusun project still weeks away.
