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Dozens of coastal regions around the world, including Jakarta, Lagos and Tianjin are sinking at an alarming rate.
The lessons of the previous administration's IKN megaproject do not bode well for the revived "Giant Sea Wall" project, which ...
JAKARTA--Jakarta is congested, polluted, prone to earthquakes and rapidly sinking into the Java Sea. Now the government is leaving, and moving the country’s capital to the island of Borneo.
According to government estimates, the seawall will span 500 kilometers from Banten on Java’s western tip to East Java.
Coastal cities around the world, including Jakarta, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, and Shanghai, are sinking - posing catastrophic risks to roads, buildings and key infrastructure.
In Chennai, the situation is similar, with some parts of the city, particularly areas like Tharamani, sinking up to 3.7 cm annually. Here, around 1.4 million people live in regions facing gradual ...
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto performed the Umrah pilgrimage as part of his state visit to the Kingdom of Saudi ...
Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) unveiled a plan to deploy bigger vessels in its search for 30 people ...
President Prabowo Subianto plans to establish a special team to explore the development of an Indonesian Hajj village in ...
At least four people were dead and dozens unaccounted for Thursday after a ferry sank on its way to the resort island of Bali, according to local authorities who said 23 survivors had been plucked ...
Dozens of cities are sinking rapidly© AFP via Getty Images A city worker stands on the median of a flooded road on February 20, 2021 in Jakarta, Indonesia.© Getty Images ...
A new documentary released on World Rainforest Day has portrayed the adverse impact on one of Asia’s largest stretches of ...