Asia Indonesia’s new capital isn’t ready yet. The president is celebrating Independence Day there anyway Congestion in Jakarta costs the economy around $4.5 billion annually ...

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 ...

Why Indonesia moved its capital to a jungle hundreds of miles away. The new city, ... (In 2022, nearly 1 in 10 Indonesians lived in poverty, according to the World Bank.) By 2045, ...

Indonesia is in the process of building an entirely new capital city 800 miles away. Skyscrapers are seen beyond residential buildings standing in the Tanah Abang district of Central Jakarta ...

As Indonesia builds a new capital on the island of Borneo, conservationists worry about the impact on orangutans, dolphins and other wildlife in the area.

Indonesia also has one of the world’s highest rates of deforestation linked to mining, farming and logging, and is accused of allowing firms to operate in Borneo with little oversight.

This week, Indonesia is slated to inaugurate a brand new city.Nusantara is set to become the capital of the world’s fourth most populous country. And the city’s construction comes with a price ...

More than 1,000 kilometers northeast of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, construction crews are carving a new administrative headquarters for the country out of the Borneo rainforest. Nusantara ...

PENAJAM PASER UTARA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia marked 79 years of independence on Saturday with a ceremony in the unfinished future capital of Nusantara, which was planned to relieve pressure ...