Prabowo to court Chinese investment for project that critics say will only increase exposure to climate risks instead of ...

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.

Retired General Prabowo Subianto will be sworn in on Sunday as the president of Indonesia, the world's third-biggest ...

The former general won 96 million votes—the most ever for a single candidate anywhere in recorded history—in a landslide ...

The best-known example of a sinking city is Jakarta. Large sections of the Indonesian city have dropped by three to four meters since the '80s, and continue to do so by up to ten centimeters annually.

As the largest economy in Southeast Asia and the fourth most populous country in the world, the prospects for Indonesia’s construction and real estate sectors are enhanced by sustained urbanization ...

Years after the president unveiled his $32-billion flagship plan, aimed at easing the burden on congested, sinking and overpopulated Jakarta, the new capital has battled problems from construction ...

As the world's nations gear up for this year's climate conference next month in the Azerbaijani capital, the COP29 ...

The multi-million dollar projects funded and spearheaded by firms from China, Russia and Australia, will include luxury ...

OJK and BPS survey shows that financial literacy has grown from 38.03 percent in 2019 to 65.43 percent in 2024 ...

The following is a summary of Prabowo's policy pledges: Prabowo has set a target to accelerate economic growth to 8%, from 5% ...

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