Some villagers have raised the floors of their homes with soil and cement, creating “dwarf houses” that people must stoop or ...

Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 departed Surabaya with 162 people aboard and ended in the Java Sea minutes later. A recurring computer warning, a risky circuit-breaker move, and a sudden loss of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock An $80 billion sea wall stretching more than 500 kilometers (311 miles) along Java's north coast is at the ...

Naval forces of Indonesia and Russia began their first joint military training drills in the Java Sea on Monday, the Indonesian navy said, which analysts say shows the Southeast Asian country's ...

FILE PHOTO: People walk near the sea wall built along Muara Baru port in North Jakarta on Feb. 5, 2025. - Antara via The Jakarta Post/ANN JAKARTA: Indonesia is pressing ahead with its giant sea wall ...

Indonesia plans to build a "giant sea wall," more than 500 kilometers long, to defend Java's north coast from rising sea levels. The proposal includes a large lagoon behind the colossal concrete wall, ...

The four companies allegedly colluded to cut container output to raise prices. The companies account for nearly all of the world's standard shipping containers. China is likely to view the charges as ...

The Justice Department indicted four shipping container manufacturers, alleging that they conspired to restrict the output and fix prices of shipping containers for at least four years. The ...

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Iran and its Houthi proxies may target the Red Sea as they look to inflict economic pain using critical transit points beyond the Strait of Hormuz, experts told The Post. The Iran-backed Houthis in ...

Chinese and Taiwanese container liner earnings are showing how the industry is dealing with global ructions as the Iran war dims hopes of a Red Sea reopening and pushes up freight rates, a welcome ...