The Cengkareng Police in West Jakarta have arrested a man for allegedly abusing a maid working at his house for the past nine years and not paying her a single penny.

The legendary Betawi figure of Si Pitung should have his stories rewritten, historians say, so that the narrative goes beyond Robin Hood-style heroism to reveal more about the cultural context and values.

In a city where pedestrians are second-class citizens and even harassed by motorcyclists on the sidewalks during peak hours, demolishing their only space to walk, albeit temporary, exposes them to danger by forcing them to walk among the vehicles.

Meteorological stations across the country recorded the highest air temperature of 37 C since Oct.19.

Lawyer and National Mandate Party (PAN) politician Eggi Sudjana was also a member of the WhatsApp group. Eggi was examined as a witness by investigators from the Jakarta Police on Sunday.

They are now challenged with the task of completing deliberations on the 2020 city budget by Nov. 30, a deadline set by the Home Ministry.

“When we cut parts of the ships that are filled with fuel, the fumes are heavy, which tightens our chests. We often ease this by drinking milk to remove the air impurities coming in,” said Ahmad Jaelani, a 33-year-old scrap metal worker.

A psychiatrist has confirmed that Suzethe Margaret, who is standing trial for blasphemy, should be treated in a mental health hospital for paranoid schizophrenia.

No updates have been provided in the past few weeks, leaving reporters wondering about the city’s latest developments and lacking confirmation on the Jakarta administration’s programs.

A Quran teacher, identified only as AI in Jatinegara, East Jakarta, is suspected of molesting seven elementary school girls.

Residents of a fishermen's village in Kamal Muara, North Jakarta, have said that they are suffering from a decrease in seafood sales, with reports stating that green mussels from Jakarta Bay carry serious health risks.

Regardless of the fun of seeing things from up above, there are rules that drone pilots must obey to ensure that their drones do not pose a danger to other flying objects and to the people underneath them.

A lack of available land has long been a stumbling block for the administration as it works to meet a stipulation set in the 2007 Spatial Planning Law that requires the city to reserve 30 percent of its total area for green spaces.

Transjakarta says the decision to resume operating the Chinese buses follows a ruling on a dispute over the 2013 procurement contract and subsequent delay in delivery, despite the buses' poor operational record.

The Commuter Line has adjusted its rail services in anticipation of traffic restrictions ahead of the presidential inauguration on Sunday.

Some Jakarta residents choose to rely on funeral homes to take care of their future funerals.

Due to her illiteracy, she was manipulated into signing documents that transferred the ownership of her land to other people. 

According to the power purchase agreement, 1 kilowatt hour of power will be purchased at 11.88 US cents (Rp 1,671).

A psychiatrist at Udayana University, Luh Ketut Suryani, called on psychiatric organizations and medical associations to take action to support Suzethe.

Imagine living in a house of just 24 square meters with a family of three – and renting out half of the space to someone else.

Two teenagers in Bekasi, West Java, are reportedly so addicted to mobile gaming that a local foundation has diagnosed them with a mental health disorder.

The discrimination aimed at left-handed people also stems from the fact that only around 10 percent of the population is left-handed

Anies claimed that he had run 14 flagship programs this years as part of efforts to realize Wajah Baru Jakarta (the New Face of Jakarta), a catchphrase he introduced as an umbrella program to differentiate his policies from those of his predecessor.

Elderly people in Jakarta remain active despite limited options offered by the city.

As people regularly use app-based ojek (motorcycle taxi) services to get to MRT or commuter line stations, shelters for ojek have become an apparent need at stations, some of which have equipped themselves with such spaces.

The speaker and deputy speakers of the Jakarta City Council (DPRD) for the 2019-2024 term were sworn into office on Monday amid mounting pressure to complete the city budget deliberation in a timely manner.

In the survey, it was more apparent in how the respondents  differed in their opinions on various city policies.

The Jakarta Police have decided not to issue protest permits from Oct. 15 until the presidential inauguration on Oct. 20

A 30-year-old Public Facility Maintenance Agency worker in Gambir has been selected to represent Indonesia at an international event in South Korea.

Misliyati and her husband had spent the past month desperately searching for their 11-year-old son, Muhammad Del Piero, after he did not return home from school one day in September.