Indonesia has made a historic decision to move its national capital from Jakarta to Nusantara, located in East Kalimantan on ...

Because Indonesia’s capitol of Jakarta is polluted, prone to natural disasters, and rapidly sinking, the country is planning to move the capital to the island of Borneo instead.

Worker uses his equipment at the construction site of the new capital city in Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Indonesia began construction of the new ...

However, for Indonesia, the primitive landscape of Nusantara proved a more attractive option than its current capital, Jakarta, dubbed by some experts as the world’s fastest-sinking megacity.

Indonesia is marking 79 years of independence with a ceremony in its future new capital of Nusantara, a city still under construction.

Medan, Indonesia – Nusantara, the new capital city of Indonesia, will host Independence Day celebrations on Saturday, as the country looks to a future without Jakarta as its capital.

Jakarta to remain national capital until decree is issued, says presidential aide A presidential special staffer confirmed that Jakarta remains the capital city of Indonesia until a presidential ...

Indonesia’s capital Jakarta faces such climatic challenges that a new city is being built more than 1,000km away.

Indonesia prepares to change its capital city and challenges await Other nations, including Brazil and Nigeria, have established a new capital. But if you build it, will people come?

So, in 2019, Indonesia's government approved an ambitious plan to build a new capital city 100 miles away from Jakarta. Nusantara, the new capital, is not scheduled to be fully completed until 2045.

Indonesia's new capital, Nusantara, is set to be inaugurated this week. Plenty of questions linger around this symbol of the country's economic ambitions, from it being largely unfinished to ...

PENAJAM PASER UTARA, Indonesia (AP) — Orange-red ground has been broken in the jungle of East Borneo, where the Indonesian government has begun construction of its new capital city. Officials ...