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 ...

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 ...

Negotiations between workers, business owners and the city administration led to an agreement to set the alpha coefficient ...

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 ...

Jakarta’s air pollution has been worsening recently, with the Indonesian capital routinely ranked top of the list of the world’s most polluted major cities. Much of the pollution is generated outside ...

Air pollution in Jakarta has hit such dire levels recently that the Indonesian capital has been named the most polluted city on Earth. Both the city and national governments blame vehicle emissions ...