THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
October 1, 2023 at 13:00 JST
Passengers in a high-speed train during a test ride at Halim station in Jakarta on Sept. 18 (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
JAKARTA--Indonesia is launching Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway, a key project under China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative that will cut travel time between the capital and another major city from the current three hours to about 40 minutes. [Read More]
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