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 ...

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'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 ...

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.

Since the establishment of Indonesia's new capital, Nusantara (IKN), hydroclimate extremes have emerged as a significant ...

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 ...

In Nikkei Asia News Roundup's latest episode, Jada Nagumo and Brian Chapman talk about Nikkei Asia's annual survey, where readers predict what the new year has in store for markets, trade ...

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 ...

Jakarta is the world's fastest sinking city. But the Indonesian government's plan to move the capital 800 miles away risks draining the country's resources and damaging its reputation as investors ...

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 ...