For many singletons and couples , living in the dubai marina area is the only place to be , near the palm jumeirah , the first of the completed palm archipelagos .
Indeed , much of society , excluding an anti-nuclear fringe , happily accepted the " safety myth " that enabled japan to cram 54 nuclear reactors on one of the world 's most earthquake-prone archipelagos .
Relations between the two countries worsened after hanoi 's legislature passed a new law last week claiming vietnam 's sovereignty over the spratlys and paracels archipelagos , which are also in the south china sea .
Its members ( which include indonesia , malaysia , the philippines , thailand and vietnam ) have only 3 % of the world 's land area but 11 % of its coastline , which extends for 173000 kilometres around the region 's peninsulas and archipelagos .
