Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung has pledged to upgrade all of the city’s slum areas by 2027 without relocating any residents, but many remain skeptical, recalling past administrations that ...

T he Jakarta administration has launched a major revitalization project in South Jakarta’s Blok M, aiming to transform the long-standing commercial area into a 24-hour economic hub as part of ...

Indonesia’s capital Jakarta is the world’s most polluted city, according to a new study, and the country’s president may have the cough to prove it.

Jakarta would need at least 44 such stations to cover the whole city, according to the city administration. The Beijing government also ramped up efforts to deter companies from polluting the air.

Jakarta itself is home to about 10 million people and three times that number in the greater metropolitan area. It has been described as the world's most rapidly sinking city, and at the current ...

Photos: Jakarta, the Sinking Megacity The Indonesian capital is one of the world’s fastest-growing megacities. But with the triple threat of a booming population, climate change and miles upon miles ...

Late last week, president Joko Widodo of Indonesia told the AP that he’s fast-tracking a decade-in-the-making plan for a giant seawall around Jakarta, a city that’s sinking as much as 8 inches ...

At the same time, graveyards and slums are just round the block from these homes. And for decades now, the government has strove to resolve the housing and urban development challenge in Jakarta.

Jakarta, home to 10 million people, should be famous for its rich Betawi culture and thriving arts scene. Instead, it is notorious for biblical floods, sprawling slums and soul-crushing gridlock.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The mood was tense in this capital city on July 6, 2014, the last day of the presidential campaign. Indonesian progressives, in particular, were frantic.

Access to healthy food is also a problem in Jakarta, Indonesia's slums. Craig Redmond of Mercy Corps is working with street food vendors, which provide many of the meals to poor people in Jakarta, to ...