Nusantara, which means “Indonesian archipelago,” has become the alternative for Indonesia, given the problems facing its ...

Indonesia’s capital could no longer be overcrowded, sinking and polluted Jakarta after the country’s president approved a long-term plan to move the capital elsewhere. The plan, approved by President ...

Indonesia is getting a less crowded, less polluted capital city, removing the “burden” on sinking Jakarta, the country’s president announced Monday. President Joko Widodo said the new capital city – ...

The design for civil servant flats in Capital City Nusantara (IKN), East Kalimantan. ANTARA/HO - PUPR Ministry Rheyna (26), a resident of South Jakarta, said that she knew about the capital relocation ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Jakarta will become Indonesia's business and financial center after the government shifts base to the new capital city Nusantara, head of the Nusantara Capital City Authority (OIKN ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Jakarta is congested, polluted, prone to earthquakes and rapidly sinking into the Java Sea. Now the government is leaving, and moving the country’s capital to the island of Borneo ...

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The 16th century metropolis is one of the world's fastest sinking cities. LONDON -- This week, Indonesia's president announced that the capital Jakarta was sinking at an alarming rate -- and that the ...

Some 322 homes were inundated and 553 residents affected across south Jakarta as at Nov 1. Read more at straitstimes.com.