Indonesia has announced that its new capital will be called Nusantara, meaning "archipelago" in Javanese. It came as parliament approved a bill to relocate the capital from Jakarta, which is ...

An undeveloped tract of jungle on an island known more for orangutans than lawmaking may seem an unlikely place to construct ...

The construction of Indonesia's new capital, which will be developed in five phases, was officially started in mid-2022, and is scheduled to be completed in 2045. The plan foresees that the future ...

Indonesia has celebrated Independence Day in its future new capital city Nusantara for the first time - with scaled-back festivities as construction continues. The country had hoped to officially ...

Indonesia prefers to partner with other countries, not China, in building its new capital city. That's a wake-up call for Beijing. There are a variety of rationales put forward for the decision to ...

JAKARTA--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.

Indonesia's future capital, Nusantara, is under construction, but some believe that it will be difficult to replace Jakarta as the country's administrative and economic center. Source: AP / AP ...

Under current rules, Jakarta will remain Indonesia’s capital until the president issues a decree officially naming Nusantara as the new capital, which is expected sometime this year. The ...

Tehran: After Indonesia, another Muslim nation will likely ... financial burden and logistical challenges it entails. “The new capital will definitely be in the south, in the Makran region ...