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China's first overseas high-speed railway project, connecting Jakarta and Bandung in Indonesia, is expected to ease the lingering congestion problem on Java Island, increase productivity and promote more balanced development across the region, BBC reported.

China's first overseas high-speed railway project, connecting Jakarta and Bandung in Indonesia, is expected to ease the lingering congestion problem on Java Island, increase productivity and promote more balanced development across the region, BBC reported.

Due to recent earthquakes in Indonesia, more than 250 people have died and over 1,000 have injured.

Indonesia Earthquake: President Joko Widodo visited Cianjur on Tuesday and pledged to rebuild infrastructure, including the main bridge connecting Cianjur to other cities, and to provide government assistance of up to 50 million rupiahs (USD 3,180) to each resident whose house was damaged.  

The death toll from the magnitude 5.6 earthquake on Java Island in Indonesia on Nov. 21 exceeded 100, according to the country's disaster management agency.

Rescue operations were going on in Indonesia's Java island for survivors on Tuesday (November 22) morning after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake on Monday (November 21) killed at least 162 and injured hundreds.

Java Island: The death toll from the deadly earthquake that shook Java island of Indonesia on Monday rose to 268 and many of the killed and injured were children. 151 people are still missing, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said on Tuesday. The children were in school when the quake rattled the buildings and the concrete structures collapsed.  The head of the National

Indonesia wants to make it vastly more expensive to see the country’s famous Komodo dragons. The local tourism industry is up in arms.

Earthquake hits Indonesia: Information was still being collected about the extent of casualties and damage

The magnitude 5.6 quake was centred in the Cianjur region in West Java province at a depth of 6.2 miles.