BALIKPAPAN, Indonesia — As the small red car came to a halt, the window slid down and a hand emerged, tossing some yellow crackers on the ground. Seconds later, a group of southern pig-tailed macaques ...

Indonesia is poised to streamline measures to draw more foreign investors and banks into emissions-cutting projects, with a ...

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

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 promise ...

Indonesia's Constitutional Court has capped the maximum duration of land rights for investors in its planned new capital city ...

On 15 February 2022, the Indonesian Government formalised its intention to relocate the capital from Jakarta to an undeveloped area in Kalimantan island, to be named “Nusantara” under Law No. 3 of ...

Children play on a flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. Landslides and floods triggered by torrential downpours have left dozens of people dead in and around Indonesia's capital ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Millions of Indonesians in the capital Jakarta are electing a governor Wednesday after a polarizing campaign that undermined the country's reputation for practicing a tolerant ...

SINGAPORE — Indonesia was in search of a new city to replace its overcrowded and smoggy capital. The site had to be centrally located and offer ample land to build a city from scratch — requirements ...

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.