This photo taken with a mobile phone shows a view of Jakarta seen from the top of National Monument in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 19, 2024. Located on the northwest coast of Java Island, Jakarta is the ...

Jakarta will soon begin dismantling the long-abandoned monorail structure in South Jakarta, clearing dozens of concrete ...

Jakarta’s fire crisis deepened in 2025 as higher death tolls and mounting losses revealed enduring risks in overcrowded ...

Tens of thousands of Muslim protesters rallied in the heart of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta to demand the city’s Governor Basuki T. Purnama — popularly known by his Chinese nickname Ahok — to be ...

Jakarta surpasses Tokyo as UN names it worlds largest city Change in UN counting method groups Jakarta with surrounding ...

Indonesia’s central government has allowed work to resume on a project to build 17 artificial islands off the coast of Jakarta. The project, which proponents say will help address the city’s land ...

Stopping Jakarta sinking cannot happen overnight, but the city is finally taking the action needed to stop groundwater extraction. If the government accelerates the provision of piped-water to all ...

The Indonesian capital of Jakarta is home to 10 million people but it is also one of the fastest-sinking cities in the world. If this goes unchecked, parts of the megacity could be entirely submerged ...