Every morning, a gentle welcoming sun brings up the sea colors around the pier of Sabira Island in the Thousand Islands regency, a stone’s throw from the home of a 79-year-old elder who is known for her notable devotion as a community unit head.

The Greater Jakarta LRT or LRT Jabodebek's curved section in Kuningan, South Jakarta, has not only received two awards from the Indonesian World Records Museum (MURI) but also praise from President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

Greater Jakarta Transportation Body head Bambang Prihartono said people are still reluctant to take the bus or train to work.

DH is suspected of having hit the six GrabWheels users early on Sunday morning, two of whom died.

After a long debate during deliberation of the capital’s 2020 budget priorities (KUA-PPAS), held prior to deliberating the 2020 city budget, the City Council’s commission D overseeing development affairs, and the Jakarta Bina Marga Road Agency decided to cut Rp 204 billion (US$14.53 million) from the sidewalk renovation budget for next year.

In 2014, hundreds of trees in North Jakarta were cut down to make space for the Tanjung Priok-Pluit toll road, while in 2017, around 1,500 trees along the Sisingamangaraja, Sudirman and Thamrin roads also had to be chopped down to make way for the mega MRT Jakarta project.

The capital will host three separate festivals on Saturday and Sunday, with aspects of each to have international appeal to promote Jakarta culture to a wider audience.

Many urban parents are opting to enroll their children in private schools that cost a fortune even though the government provides free nine years of compulsory education in state schools.

The Jakarta Transportation Agency is currently drafting a regulation on electric scooters.

The agency started flood prevention efforts in July by, among other things, clearing debris from several bodies of water like rivers, reservoirs, drainage ditches and lakes.

Jakarta Bina Marga Road Agency claimed that 80 percent of residents approved of a roofless pedestrian bridge on Jl. Sudirman.

A discussion involving urban experts, developers and city officials explored the issues and possible solutions to Jakarta's dearth of affordable housing.

The victims were thrown quite far by the speeding car.

Kampung Hijau Berseri has built a reputation for community efforts to reuse, reduce and recycle trash.

The city's tourist destinations will be characterized into five categories: heritage, nature, urban, youth and cuisine.

Jakartans don’t need to go to South Korea to get authentic Korean food. They just need to drive to the south of the capital and find “Little Seoul” to satisfy their Korean cravings.

 Jatinegara Station, which was declared a cultural heritage building in 1999, is undergoing a major renovation with the addition of three platforms and a sky bridge to better serve commuters.

City officials say that a stronger legal basis needs to be provided to drive transit oriented development (TOD) projects. 

The Jakarta City Council's Commission A, which oversees governance, suggested that the source of funds for the team, which was given a budget of Rp 19.8 billion (US$1.4 million), come from Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan’s operational funds since they reported directly to him.

Sakinah, a vegetable vendor, said she had no idea why she was attacked.

In the suit, the woman is demanding the school let her son pass into the 12th grade and pay Rp 551 million (US$39,213) in compensation

The station will replace Gambir Station in Central Jakarta as the central station for long distance trips by 2021 and become the city’s largest central station.

Aside from providing transportation and delivery services, on-demand motorcycle taxi drivers have formed their own communities to help each other as well as general motorists.

The worldwide rise in environmental consciousness has been accompanied by increased awareness of the importance of reducing waste at the household level, prompting an ever growing number of bulk stores to encourage customers to bring their own containers to carry the items they purchase.

Photos of tree stumps on Jl. Cikini Raya have previously made the rounds and gone viral on social media, with netizens lamented the fellings, which the Jakarta Forestry Agency said were part of the sidewalk renovation project in the area.

The Jakarta administration has scrapped its budget for the procurement of 118 plots of land for the Ciliwung River normalization project as the city faces a 2019 budget deficit.

A design thinking program is helping youth and other communities develop their own solutions to local urban issues.

A dead body has been found inside a suitcase wrapped in plastic and a blanket.

Hundreds of people were seen roaming around Cincin Lake (Ring Lake) under the blazing hot Sun in Papanggo subdistrict in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, on Saturday. Cincin Lake Festival, a two-day event held at the end of the dry season over the weekend, is what brought the visitors.

White Samoyed Popeye and light gray Alaskan malamute Arran, both 18-months old, were jumping around in their playroom at Kelapa Gading Mall, North Jakarta, occasionally running up to guests visiting for an early dinner.