Jakarta, Aug. 25 -- President Prabowo Subianto has established the North Coast Java Authority to fast-track urgent coastal protection efforts, including the long-delayed construction of a Giant Sea Wall to combat rising sea levels and land subsidence.

State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi said here Monday the newly formed body will be led by Deputy Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Didit Herdiawan Ashaf, under Presidential Decree No. 76P/2025.

"It should be noted that the plan to build a giant sea wall or an embankment along the north coast of Java has been in existence since the 1990s," he told the press after the inauguration of Ashaf and other institution leaders by the president.

He explained that the Pantura Authority is ta...