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Rebels of the West Papua National Liberation Army kill nine Indonesian military personnel as the group accuses Jakarta of refusing to hold negotiations.
2023-04-15

Indonesia reports its first two cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, first discovered in India, in two people from Jakarta. The country also reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.351 variant, first discovered in South Africa, in a person from Bali.
2021-05-3

A Thai foreign ministry spokesman announces that Burmese junta leader Min Aung Hlaing will attend the next ASEAN Summit on April 24 in Jakarta, Indonesia, thereby marking his first foreign trip since taking power in the February 1 coup that deposed Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint. Local junta spokespeople refused to comment.
2021-04-17

Former vice-governor of Jakarta and former vice-presidential candidate Sandiaga Uno tests positive for COVID-19.
2020-12-7

It is announced that the Indonesian capital Jakarta will restart its "transitional" eased large-scale social restrictions effective tomorrow, after a pace of infections has slowed within two weeks, according to a statement from the governor Anies Baswedan.
2020-10-11

Authorities in Jakarta were cleaning up burned-out cars, government offices and bus shelters that were set ablaze by protesters enraged over an omnibus law they critics say will cripple labour rights and harm the environment. The authorities estimate the damage from the protest is Rp. 55 billion (US$3.7 million).
2020-10-10

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has decided to relocate the nation's capital from Jakarta, on the northwest coast of Java island. The new location and timing are not yet known. Jakarta, home to over 10 million people, is sinking at one of the fastest rates in the world; almost half of its area is below sea level.
2019-04-29

Prisoners at a detention centre for terrorists in Jakarta revolt, killing five officers and taking a sixth hostage. Negotiators accept a demand for an audience between the rioters and Aman Abdurrahman, an inmate who is the head of ISIL in the country.
2018-05-9

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the current governor of Jakarta, faces charges of blasphemy for allegedly insulting Islam.
2016-11-30

Indonesia blocks access to radical Islamist websites and social media sites after the recent terror attacks in Jakarta.
2016-01-16