JAKARTA: A number of roads across Jakarta were inundated during Chinese New Year on Wednesday (Jan 29), hindering access for vehicles in the capital during the long holiday.

West Java governor-elect Dedi Mulyadi plans to recruit former ministers and technocrats Ignatius Jonan and Susi Pudjiastuti to help him develop the province’s strategic infrastructures in the next five years.

The inundation in several locations in East Jakarta due to long rain duration on Tuesday night (1/28), started to recede today, Wednesday (1/29) morning.

At least 17 people have died after being swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the Indonesian‘s main island of Java, officials said on Tuesday.

Indonesian rescuers have recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of Ja

The breathtaking non-metro destinations of West Java now witness an enhanced flow of tourists thanks to the newly-added Embraer flights from Scoot, the affordable carrier of Singapore Airlines. From September last year, Scoot’s carriers are being scheduled twice a week from Singapore to Kertajati in Greater Bandung.

Japan will provide Indonesia with an additional 83.4 billion yen ($530 million) in low-interest loans for an ongoing project to build a new international seaport east of Jakarta. The loans are for the development of Patimban Port in Subang Regency in Indonesia's West Java Province and it is hoped the port,

Lion dancers perform in front of passengers to celebrate the Chinese New Year at the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway's Padalarang Station in Padalarang, West Java, Indonesia, Jan. 29, 2025. (Photo by Septianjar Muharam/Xinhua)

Wisps and clouds of smoke rose into the air at Buddhist and Daoist temples around Asia on Wednesday as people lit incense to pray for good luck in the Year of the Snake.

The department’s head, Deden Saepul Hidayat, announced plans to summon the school’s management for clarification.

Instead of addressing the practice itself, an education department official criticized the school for posting the video online.

Fireworks, parades and other Lunar New Year rituals are centred around removing bad luck and welcoming prosperity.