A new UN report highlights the rise of Asia’s megacities and the urgent need for them to have the infrastructure for climate ...

Jakarta is sinking by centimeters each year while floods, pollution, and rapid urbanization push the city toward a breaking point. This video explores how history, climate change, and government ...

As a result, Jakarta is now estimated to have almost 42 million residents, overtaking greater Tokyo as the world’s biggest ...

The risk is most severe in North Jakarta, where studies cited by the World Economic Forum have warned that up to 95% of the area could be submerged within the next 25 years. Built on swampy ground ...

Most of us assume cities stay exactly where they are. The streets feel solid, the buildings feel permanent. But in many ...

The capital of Indonesia surpassed Tokyo as the world’s most populous city after the United Nations overhauled how it measures urban populations. By John Yoon Jakarta, Indonesia’s vibrant, overcrowded ...

Despite congestion, flooding and its looming replacement as Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta is buzzing with new energy. Discover the creatives, chefs and designers breathing life into Southeast Asia’s ...

Indonesia has spent years preparing one of the most ambitious capital relocations of the 21st century: moving its political ...

Jakarta has launched the Rp2.62 trillion JakTirta program to strengthen embankments, expand water retention and upgrade flood ...

Indonesia's president wants to move his country's capital from Jakarta to the island of Borneo. That's because Jakarta is sinking. It is also plagued by pollution and infrastructure problems.

With 42 million inhabitants and record growth in urban Asia, a record threatened by flooding and subsidence, Jakarta is sinking as Indonesia prepares its new capital. Here are the UN's top 10 ...