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Indonesian authorities locate the black boxes of the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 PK-CLC that crashed into the sea soon after taking-off from Jakarta, as human body parts and debris from the plane are found. Loss of everyone onboard is considered almost certain.
2021-01-10

Jakarta surpasses 100,000 total COVID-19 cases, becoming the first province in Indonesia to reach that milestone.
2020-10-24

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

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

The death toll from tainted alcohol in Jakarta and West Java, Indonesia, reaches at least 82.
2018-04-11

An explosion in a fireworks plant located west of the Indonesian capital Jakarta kills at least 47 and injures 35.
2017-10-26

Approximately 200,000 Muslims protest in the Indonesian capital Jakarta against the Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama for alleged blasphemy. This is the second mass protest in a month against the minority Christian governor.
2016-12-2

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

An Indonesian man is charged with blasphemy after saying that God does not exist on his Facebook page.
2012-01-20

An Indonesian court delivers a guilty verdict in the terrorism trial of radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir in the Sοuth Jakarta District Court and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
2011-06-16