Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance has sufficient internal resources to fulfill debt repayment obligations for the Whoosh Jakarta–Bandung high-speed ...

On Bali, an island thick with beach tourists, surfing instructor Amri Anjulius is holding out for a 60km (37.3-mile) urban subway to relieve pressure on a maze of two-lane streets, where cars crawl ...

Indonesia’s long-standing ambition to build a high-speed rail network has evolved from a national prestige project into a potential fiscal burden. Whoosh’s continuing losses and mounting debt have ...

Welcome to The Brink. I’m Harry Suhartono in Singapore, where I looked at the new Indonesian sovereign wealth fund and the challenges posed by the restructuring of the country’s high-speed rail debt.

The recent announcement that Indonesia has begun talks with China over the debt incurred from its high-speed rail project connecting Jakarta to Bandung is a wake-up call for Southeast Asia — and ...

Whoosh high-speed train at the Indonesia-China High-Speed Railway Station in Halim, Jakarta, March 19, 2026. Tempo/Imam Sukamto. TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia’s Whoosh high-speed train recorded a 99.4 ...

Indonesia’s first high-speed rail line connecting Jakarta with Bandung in West Java is now staring at a financial abyss. Saddled with heavy debt repayments to China and burdened by high operating ...

JAKARTA: The government's plan to assume direct ownership of the Indonesian stake in the Whoosh Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway is up in the air following the sudden removal of Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa ...

(ECNS) -- More than 105,000 Malaysian travelers took the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway in the first eight months of 2026, accounting for about 40% of all foreign passengers during the period, ...

High-speed rail can be found around the world. Yet so far, the projects haven't tracked in the U.S., where both the public and private sectors have faced ballooning costs and delays.