Coastal embankment project expands to other sinking cities: Tangerang and Bekasi.

Patients often opt to remain in the leper colony instead of returning to their hometowns for fear of being ostracized in the outside world.

Some sellers have complained that the days were not so bright for their sales in the market months after they were relocated in February.

“The more I talk about that fateful day, the lighter my feelings become. I'm happy to know that my story can move those involved in terrorism to repent for their acts,” a survivor said. 

Jakarta Bina Marga Road Agency head Hari Nugroho said that while the existing bicycle lanes did not connect to one another, the expansion would make a network by connecting the existing lanes with the new ones.

More than 6,400 angkot operate in Bogor city, 2,400 of which have permits from the city, while rest come from Bogor regency.

Locals have complained about the heavy pollution in the air that has left stains on walls and floors in addition to raising healths concerns.

City-owned developer PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro) is set to proceed with the construction of mega project the Jakarta International Stadium in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, despite objections from the losing bidder over the result of the tender.

A decision to cease operations on the Bekasi route is the latest blow to the Jakarta airport train, which has struggled to gain passengers ever since it was first launched in January last year.

Many Jakarta residents struggle to get proper housing within the capital’s area of 662 square kilometers inhabited by 10 million people. Available land is scarce and property prices keep rising, making it challenging for people to purchase a place of their own.

A riot broke out in front of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta as protesters in support of the KPK law revision burned banners and flower boards and threw bottles and sticks into the building on Friday afternoon.

The impact of the Tanjung Priok massacre in 1984 resonates through the decades and generations.

The city administration has scrapped the Rp 39.3 billion [US$2.75 million] budget it allocated this year to the ERP management unit. 

While city officials have been recently encouraging the public to commute by bicycle, those who have done it for years have bitter stories of being disregarded and even harassed by other road users.

Most urban areas in the world were designed to accommodate cars, not people. The situation poses a threat to residents, particularly children, when commuting.

Dozens of rare breeds of poultry of various sizes and looks are the major attraction at the annual flora and fauna expo at Banteng Square in Central Jakarta where they spark the curiosity of visitors.

The exemption applies to Jl. HR Rasuna Said, Jl. Gatot Soebroto and Jl. MT Haryono, all in South Jakarta, during morning rush hours, but the regulation comes back into effect for the afternoon rush hour.

And because the phenomenon is taking place in the middle of the dry season, temperatures are even higher than usual.

Applying the ETLE system has become more urgent as Transjakarta recorded a decrease of clear dedicated Transjakarta lanes from 55 percent in 2016 to 51 percent last year.

Commuters said public transportation was not good enough to ease their daily commute. 

The restaurant is open every day at 10 a.m. and closes whenever the dishes sell out, which usually happens  around 2 p.m. 

Motorists in Jakarta will have noticed more police officers standing by on thoroughfares and new traffic signs warning about the extended odd-even license plate traffic policy since Monday.

Vendors enjoy lucrative business at MRT stations thanks to large passenger numbers and low rent.

Businesses around stations had been suffering while the MRT was under construction but have been reinvigorated since operations for the first phase began in March, taking advantage of the increasing number of people using the new mode of transportation.

There were only 1,726 policewomen as of August, accounting for 5 percent of the force’s 31,526 members.

Deputy Bekasi City Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Eka Mulayana said he had asked the victim to make a report but she declined to press charges.

According to the Jakarta Police there were 243 truck accidents in Greater Jakarta last year, accounting for 4.11 percent of the 4,286 traffic accidents in the area. Meanwhile, a 2017 study of state-owned toll road operator PT Jasa Marga revealed that 64 percent of accidents on highways involved freight trucks.

Amid the bustle of people getting off and boarding a commuter train at Central Jakarta’s Tanah Abang Station on Saturday, a security staff member on the train serving the Tanah Abang-Parung Panjang route, Mustamin, was eyeing passengers entering the car he was in charge of. 

The operational halt is temporary. 

Despite a regulation that requires car owners to have a garage in their home, residents still park their cars on the side of the road. Now, the city administration is planning to review the regulation.