Jakarta’s floods worsen, displacing thousands as extreme weather, poor planning collide
Extreme weather and poor urban planning have exacerbated Jakarta’s annual flooding, displacing residents and highlighting critical infrastructure failures.
Over 1 in 5 young Indonesians are out of work. Fixing that won’t be easy
Southeast Asia's largest economy has the world's fourth-largest workforce, but it's outshone by its neighbours like Malaysia ...
The Jakarta Post1d
50 Sekolah Rakyat for poor students to open this year
The government is planning to roll out around 50 "community schools" across the nation this year in an interministerial ...
The Manila Times on MSN3d
Indonesians seek mobility, escape as anger rises over quality of life
Indonesian private tutor Patricia has been learning German for two years, armed with a dream of leaving for Europe and driven ...
The Star1y
Spending discrepancy in Jakarta: Land of the rich, home of the poor
JAKARTA: Newly released data from Statistics ... As the same figure also accounts for a large number of penny-pinching poor, it is not reflective of the typical lifestyle in the capital.
The Jakarta Post8d
‘Paralyzed’ Bekasi scrutinized for poor urban planning, disaster mitigation
Recent large-scale flooding in Greater Jakarta, which has had a particularly dire effect in Bekasi, West Java, has drawn ...
Tempo.co English9d
Understanding Jakarta Floods: The Mesoscale Convective Complex Phenomenon Explained
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Jakarta has once again been hit by severe flooding following days of heavy rain. As of 7:00 PM on Tuesday ...
Dawn19d
Jakarta’s last carriage horses endure harsh lives
JAKARTA: In a dark stable under a heaving highway ... leading to malnutrition and poor living conditions. There are about 200 carthorses still in service at around 20 stables, according to ...