Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Cakra Nagara, director of building construction, and directorate general of creative works at the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR), admitted tha
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March 22, 2024
March 20, 2024
Antara, Jakarta – The National Civil Service Agency (BKN) revealed that 25 ministries and institutions have currently expressed readiness to move to the Nusantara Capital City (IKN).
Antara, Jakarta – State apparatus serving at central government institutions, including ministries and agencies, should not refuse to be relocated to the new capital city of Nusantara (
March 19, 2024
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Defense minister and presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto went to the new capital Nusantara on Monday – just a few days before the official election resul
March 18, 2024
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Indonesian House of Representatives' Legislative Body and the government has agreed to change the rules for the Jakarta Gubernatorial election.
Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's capital of Jakarta is in need of long-term plans that might require 20 years of implementation for it to emerge as a world-class business metropolis, state
March 15, 2024
Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – The Nusantara Capital City Authority (OIKN) has refuted any plans to forcibly remove the indigenous community of Pamaluan, Penajam Paser Utara, East Ka
Antara, Jakarta – The Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Infrastructure Development Task Force at the Public Works and Housing (PUPR) Ministry was expediting the completion of the central gov
Daniel A. Fajri, Jakarta – Stanford University has denied that it planned to build a campus in Indonesia's Nusantara Capital City (IKN), North Penajam Paser, East Kalimantan.
March 14, 2024
Jakarta – The people of Jakarta should fight any attempt to deny them their right to elect their leader directly, otherwise, the metropolis will lose much of its vibrancy and deep-roote
March 13, 2024
Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – Bambang Susantono, the head of the Nusantara Authority, has announced that Stanford University is considering establishing a research center in the upcoming Indone
Jakarta – The development of the Nusantara Capital City has the potential to cause massive environmental damage.
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March 8, 2024
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A proposed law to scrap local government elections for Indonesia's capital Jakarta and have its governor appointed by the Indonesian President has drawn
Savero Aristia Wienanto, Jakarta – Wahana Lingkungan Hidup (Walhi) Indonesia warns of the potential for population migration to the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) as infrastructure develo
Imam Suhartadi, Jakarta – Presidential Special Staff for Legal Affairs, Dini Purwono, confirms that Jakarta retains its status as the Special Capital Region (DKI) and it will remain the
March 7, 2024
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Nusantara authority body said Thursday that civil servants would not need to worry about moving to the yet-to-be-built capital city as it would have al
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The US Trade and Development Agency, also known as USTDA, announced Thursday a grant worth over $2 million to help Indonesia make its future capital Nusant
March 6, 2024
Riri Rahayu and Yohanes Maharso (Antara), Jakarta – Senior economist from Universitas Indonesia Faisal Basri said investors are hesitant to invest in the Nusantara Capital City or IKN i
March 5, 2024
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March 1, 2024
Fuad Iqbal Abdullah, Nusantara, East Kalimantan – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Friday that he is considering a move to the new national capital, Nusantara, as early as July, p
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Antara, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi stated that the construction of the presidential palace in the new capital of Nusantara (IKN) was initiated to ensure that the country
February 28, 2024
Melynda Dwi Puspita and Daniel A Fajri, Antara, Jakarta – Minister for Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform (Menpan RB) Abdullah Azwar Anas postponed the schedule for transferr
Fuad Iqbal Abdullah, Nusantara, East Kalimantan – Democratic Party Chairman Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono confirmed on Wednesday that he no longer opposes the ongoing construction of the new
February 27, 2024
Bella Evanglista, Whisnu Bagus Prasetyo, Jakarta – The government plans to relocate 6,000 civil servants to the future national capital, Nusantara, in East Kalimantan starting in July,
February 22, 2024
Jakarta – The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has warned of potential flooding in Kalimantan, especially in the new capital city Nusantara area, in the middle of March th
February 21, 2024
Hans Nicholas Jong, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – As the Indonesian government embarks on a massive push to reforest the area around the country's new capital city in Borneo, it is turn
February 20, 2024
Amelia Rahima Sari, Jakarta – Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform (Kemenpan RB) Abdullah Azwar Anas revealed the transfer scheme of state apparatus including civil servan
February 13, 2024
Hans Nicholas Jong, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – Planners building Indonesia's new capital city in eastern Borneo say they're far from their target of reforesting the site that the cou
February 6, 2024
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) and the government will begin discussion on the Special Jakarta Region Bill, which is a result of Indonesia's capital relocat
February 1, 2024
Johannes Nugroho – Indonesia's ambitious goal to become a digital nation has prompted scepticism over the purported benefits of technology and Jakarta's capacity to implement initiative
January 31, 2024
Yohanes Maharso, Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – Suharso Monoarfa, Minister of National Development Planning/Head of Bappenas, denied the notion that investors are hesitant to invest in Nusant
January 30, 2024
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A German diplomat said Tuesday that his country was keeping a close eye on Indonesia's capital relocation amidst the government's attempts to convince fore
Defara Dhanya Paramitha, Jakarta – IKN Authority head Bambang Susantono said the Nusantara capital city (IKN) will be built differently than other Indonesian metropolitans.
January 26, 2024
Tria Dianti, Jakarta – Next month's presidential election in Indonesia will determine the fate of outgoing President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's gargantuan dream project of moving the countr
January 24, 2024
Antara, Jakarta – Throughout 2023, the State Asset Management Institute (LMAN) has spent Rp1.426 trillion for the development of the Indonesian Capital City (IKN) in East Kalimantan.
January 17, 2024
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said Wednesday that the future capital, Nusantara, will have other places of worship, as the city began construction on a mo
January 16, 2024
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Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is set to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for a series of projects, including a mosque and a memorial park, in Indonesia'
January 15, 2024
Adinda Jasmine Prasetyo, Jakarta – Indonesian Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi met with his Chinese counterpart Li Xiaopeng in Beijing, China, on January 12, 2024.
January 11, 2024
Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – Presidential candidate and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has announced plans to expedite the construction of coastal and giant sea wall defenses along the shor
Antara, Jakarta – Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono emphasized the importance of ecology in the efforts to manage coastal areas through construction of
January 10, 2024
Faris Mokhtar and Chandra Asmara – Indonesia is reviving plans to construct a giant sea wall in the latest of measures to prevent its capital city of Jakarta from sinking at a faster ra
January 8, 2024
Jakarta – Presidential candidate Anies Baswedan has criticized the Jakarta administration for denying former residents of Kampung Bayam the necessary permission to occupy the Rusun (low
Jakarta – Presidential candidate Anies Baswedan claims that he was unable to fulfill his promise of divesting the Jakarta provincial administration's stake in beer producer PT Delta Dja
January 4, 2024
Jakarta – Last month, the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority unveiled a plan to offer tax breaks to private companies willing to rehabilitate damaged forests around the planned capi
Indah Handayani, Jakarta – Transportation and logistic company MPX Logistics International aims to operate 100 trucks in Indonesia's New Capital Nusantara (IKN) in East Kalimantan by th
January 1, 2024
Savero Aristia Wienanto, Jakarta – Several residents of Jakarta and the vicinity voiced their opinions on the capital city relocation scheduled to be executed in 2024.
December 29, 2023
Dewi Tan – Living among 13 rivers and flood canals, the residents of Jakarta are no strangers to the presence of water flowing through the city.