Jakarta, where former president Barack Obama spent some of his formative years, is one of the world’s fastest sinking cities, but the crisis is not a new one, and -- while many have attributed ...

Jakarta, home to over 11mn people, is literally sinking. It’s a city of dreams for many, yet whole communities are facing a nightmare, worsened by climate change, patchy urban planning and ...

Jakarta is sinking at the rate of 25 centimeters (9.8 inches) a year. Today, about 40 percent of the city already lies below sea level, and in coastal districts, the sinking has been as much as 4. ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — 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 ...

Jakarta has been described as one of the world’s fastest sinking cities — a result of geographic misfortune and mismanagement. The city sits on swampy ground, with 13 heavily polluted rivers ...

Floods Inundate Sinking Jakarta, Leaving Dozens Dead After Torrential Rain Thousands left homeless, highlighting plight of Indonesia’s capital of 30 million as one of fastest-slumping megacities ...

Although Jakarta is a booming city of nearly 10 million, it’s also one of the fastest sinking cities in the world, according to the BBC. Groundwater pumping has caused the city to sink by 8 feet ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s president said in an interview that he wants to see the speedy construction of a giant sea wall around Jakarta to prevent the low-lying capital from sink… ...