7.4 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Banten, Jakarta; Tsunami Warning Issued
A 7.4 Magnitude earthquake has shaken Banten and its surrounding areas on Friday, 2 August. The tremor was felt in...
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Prabowo’s Niece Candidate for Jakarta Deputy Governor
Rahayu Saraswati Djojohadikusumo, niece of the Great Indonesia Movement Party chairman Prabowo Subianto, has expressed her interest to take over the...
Jakarta Planetarium’s Uncertain Future due to Ageing Equipment
Jakarta Planetarium’s projector, a Zeiss Universarium Mark VIII, has allowed its visitors to explore the wonders of the vast universe every...
Three Killed in Traffic Accident on Jakarta’s Inner City Toll Road
A traffic accident involving a tanker truck belonging to the state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina and a private car...
Formula E Not Confirming Anies’s Claim that Jakarta will Host Race in 2020
On 14th July 2019, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said that Jakarta will host a Formula E Race in 2020, after...
Golfing in Jakarta: A Guide for Golfers Visiting or New to Jakarta
Daily walking would be nice, yeah? Indonesia, the world’s 4th most populous country, came in dead last for the number...
Pavement Renovations in Jakarta Causes more Traffic and Congestion
The renovation of pavements along the streets of Kemang, South Jakarta and certain areas of central Jakarta has reportedly led...
New Cameras Detect over 1,000 Traffic Violations in Jakarta in 10 Days
Electronic Traffic Law Enforcement (ETLE) cameras have recorded over 1,000 cases of traffic violations since the launch on 1st July...
Jakarta Prone To Fire Outbreaks During Dry Season
As Indonesia enters the dry season, the West Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service Agency has warned residents to actively take...
Light Pollution Makes Stars Invisible in Jakarta
Ronny Syamara, an astronomer at the Jakarta Planetarium and Observatory, has said that Jakarta not only suffers from water and...
Jakarta: Pick of the Perils
JAKARTA is not a dangerous city. That sinking feeling you get when arriving here isn’t a sensation of dread, it’s...
President Announces Capital City Relocation – Will It Solve Jakarta’s Traffic and Congestion?
Skyscrapers dot Jakarta with lights, shimmering like visions from the future. Executives glide imperiously down the corridors of corporate places....
STA Names Jakarta One of Most Improved Cities – Observer Credits Previous Administration
The Sustainable Transport Award (STA) has named Jakarta as one of the world’s top three most improved cities in terms...
Tom Tom Traffic Index: Traffic in Jakarta Sees Great Improvement since 2017
Jakarta’s traffic has improved in the last two years, and has shown the biggest improvement last year according to the...
Tito Karnavian: Jakarta’s Returning Traffic worse than Home-Coming Traffic
In order to reduce traffic at the end of Idul Fitri holidays, National Police Chief General Tito Karnavian has warned...
Jakarta Streets Re-open after Protests, Bawaslu Still Blocked
Most of the roads around Central Jakarta have re-opened today, following days of demonstrations along the streets surrounding the KPU...
Thousands of Illegal Liquor Bottles Crushed by Steamroller in Jakarta
Approximately 18,000 bottles of bootleg alcohol were crushed by a steamroller in Jakarta on Monday 27th May 2019. The illegal...
2019 Jakarta Property Market Outlook
Jones Lang Lasalle, a world leader in real estate services, has published its Jakarta Property Market Update for the first...
Jakarta Aquarium: The First Indoor Animal Conservation Centre in Indonesia
Inaugurated by Ibu Susi Pudjiastuti, Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries on October 16, 2018, Jakarta Aquarium is the first...
Indonesia’s New Capital to be Moved to a 300,000 Hectare Plot of Land
Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning (BPN) chief Sofyan Djalil has said that Indonesia’s new capital will be moved to a 300,000-hectare...
Widodo: Capital to Move Away from Jakarta
Incumbent president Joko Widodo has announced his intentions to relocate the capital of Indonesia away from Jakarta. The city has...