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May 7, 2022

Jakarta Post Editorial - May 7, 2022

Jakarta – The next governors of Jakarta and the city's residents bear the responsibility to preserve and maximize the use of the newly built Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) in North

April 30, 2022

Jakarta Globe - April 30, 2022

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is hoping for Japan to take part in a megaproject to build the new capital city when leaders from both countries met in Bogor on Friday.

April 25, 2022

Tempo - April 25, 2022

Arrijal Rachman, Jakarta – The plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit against the government and House of Representatives (DPR) in relation to the enactment of Law No.

April 22, 2022

Jakarta Globe - April 22, 2022

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The government has prepared to set aside $1.9 billion to $2.1 billion in the next year's state budget for developing Nusantara, Indonesia's new capital in

April 19, 2022

Tempo - April 19, 2022

Antara, Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing or PUPR Ministry allocated a budget of approximately Rp264 billion to repair roads access to the new capital or IKN Nusantara in North Pen

April 18, 2022

Fulcrum - April 18, 2022

Rusli Cahyadi and Ahmad Najib Burhani – For the longest time, Indonesians endured a sonic pandemonium in their cities.

April 16, 2022

Jakarta Post - April 16, 2022

News Desk, Jakarta – Despite the mounting logistical and environmental challenges, the leadership of the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority has expressed optimism that construction

April 5, 2022

The Diplomat - April 5, 2022

James Guild – If you go to almost any city in Java, you will come across a public square called an alun-alun, a large open lawn area that serves as a gathering and recreation spot.

March 27, 2022

CNN Indonesia - March 27, 2022

Jakarta – Political observer Hendri Satrio from the KedaiKOPI survey institute has criticised the plan to fund the construction of the new capital city (IKN) Nusantara in East Kalimanta

March 18, 2022

Jakarta Post - March 18, 2022

Vincent Fabian Thomas, Jakarta – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Friday it would help Indonesia develop the new capital city project in East Kalimantan, following the appointme

Tempo - March 18, 2022

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – New capital authority head Bambang Susantono on Friday said the government is currently looking for potential investors for the construction of the new ca

March 15, 2022

Agence France-Presse - March 15, 2022

Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo took a camping trip to the country's future capital, he said on social media Tuesday (March 15), posing for photographs in a forest at the sit

Tempo - March 15, 2022

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The official of the Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) of East Kalimantan chapter, Pradarma Rupang, said the construction project of the new capital or IKN N

March 14, 2022

Jakarta Globe - March 14, 2022

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his governors' recent "Kendi Nusantara" ritual at the "kilometer zero-point" of new state capital Nusantara in East Kali

Jakarta Globe - March 14, 2022

Jakarta – Indonesia's leading business groups have lobbied a consortium of Spanish investors to invest in the development project of the former's new capital, Nusantara.

March 13, 2022

Channel News Asia - March 13, 2022

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesian civil servant Dwi (not her real name) has been thinking about her career and future lately.

March 12, 2022

Jakarta Post Editorial - March 12, 2022

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo swore in technocrat Bambang Susantono and businessman Dhony Rahajoe as the respective head and deputy head of the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) A

March 11, 2022

Tempo - March 11, 2022

Antara, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, in leading a limited meeting at the Merdeka Palace on Thursday made it clear that Jakarta will not be abandoned after the central gov

Reuters - March 11, 2022

Tokyo – SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) will not invest in Indonesia's project to relocate its capital city to Borneo island, a company spokesperson said on Friday.

March 10, 2022

Bloomberg News - March 10, 2022

Rieka Rahadiana and Yudith Ho – President Joko Widodo has picked Bambang Susantono, a senior official at the Asian Development Bank, to spearhead his $34 billion ambition to turn an und

Jakarta Globe - March 10, 2022

Aditya Laksmana Yudha, Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo officially appoints Bambang Susantono – former deputy transport minister and Asia Development Bank su

March 5, 2022

Jakarta Globe - March 5, 2022

Yudha Baskoro, Jakarta – Residents living near North Jakarta seawall have to live side by side with a massive sea of city garbage swept there by tides and waves.

March 2, 2022

Fulcrum - March 2, 2022

Yanuar Nugroho – There are substantial and valid concerns about the government's decision to move Indonesia's capital to East Kalimantan.

Kompas.com - March 2, 2022

Dian Erika N, Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is furious with TNI (Indonesian military) and Polri (Indonesian police) personnel who have been discussing

March 1, 2022

Jakarta Post - March 1, 2022

Rina Chandran and Leo Galuh (Reuters), Jakarta – Maesaroh has sold chicken satay with rice from her stall on a busy Jakarta street close to government offices for about 13 years, servin

February 21, 2022

New Mandala - February 21, 2022

Wasisto Raharjo Jati – The Indonesian House of Representatives' new capital city bill passed in mid-January 2022.

CNN - February 21, 2022

Tamara Thiessen – The steamy, jungle-covered tropical island of Borneo was once considered one of the remotest, wildest places on earth.

Tempo - February 21, 2022

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta Legal Bureau Head Yayan Yuhanah said the city administration has not yet decided to challenge the decree of the State Administrative Court (PTUN) re

February 10, 2022

Jakarta Post - February 10, 2022

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Nusantara, the government's new capital city project, is facing more public scrutiny even after lawmakers passed a law formalizing the staggered move away from co

Bernama - February 10, 2022

Jakarta – With the Indonesian government preparing to shift the nation's capital to East Kalimantan, Jakarta will soon shed its capital city status.

Australian Financial Review - February 10, 2022

Emma Connors, Singapore/Jakarta – One of Indonesia' richest men has acknowledged he could reap millions from the planned new capital in East Kalimantan but has denied the fix is in.

February 9, 2022

Tempo - February 9, 2022

Arrijal Rachman, Graven Fikri (Intern), Jakarta – The development of the new capital city or IKN is continuously protested.

February 8, 2022

Jakarta Globe - February 8, 2022

Jakarta – Property companies association Real Estate Indonesia, or REI, recently announced that its global tour to attract investors to fund Indonesia's new capital city in East Kaliman

Bloomberg News - February 8, 2022

Fathiya Dahrul – The brother of Indonesia's Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto seeks to supply clean water to the country's new capital.

February 7, 2022

Kompas.com - February 7, 2022

Fitria Chusna Farisa, Jakarta – The government plans to start the construction of the new capital city (IKN) mega-project "Nusantara" in North Penajam Paser, East Kalimantan, in mid-202

CNN Indonesia - February 7, 2022

Jakarta – The East Kalimantan Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) has revealed that two subsidiary companies belonging to the PT Toba Group owned by Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affai

February 1, 2022

CNN Indonesia - February 1, 2022

Jakarta – A number of national figures have criticised the project to move the state capital (IKN) to East Kalimantan as envisaged by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo Among the figures wh

January 31, 2022

DPA International - January 31, 2022

Ahmad Pathoni, Jakarta – Officials say Indonesia's new national capital, to be built on Borneo island far from often-flooded and traffic-choked Jakarta, will lead to greater equality.

January 30, 2022

ABC News - January 30, 2022

Hellena Souisa and Natasya Salim – The Indonesian Lower House has passed a draft law on relocating the national capital, marking the official declaration of the country's new main city

January 29, 2022

The Real Deal - January 29, 2022

Dana Bartholomew – Indonesia's three-year-old plan to move its capital, Jakarta, to the island of Borneo, is drawing criticism for everything from its environmental impact to its very n

January 28, 2022

Tempo - January 28, 2022

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – A number of state officials visited the project site for the new capital city in East Kalimantan.

January 26, 2022

New Zealand Herald - January 26, 2022

Edna Tarigan, Niniek Karmini – Jakarta is congested, polluted, prone to earthquakes and rapidly sinking into the Java Sea.

January 24, 2022

Tempo - January 24, 2022

Sapri Maulana, Samarinda – The East Kalimantan Government asked the public not to be easily provoked when talking of the new capital city in eastern Kalimantan.

January 23, 2022

Jakarta Post - January 23, 2022

Agencies, Jakarta – Tens of thousands of indigenous people are at risk of being expelled from their lands to make way for the construction of a new capital on jungle-clad East Kalimanta

January 20, 2022

Al Jazeera - January 20, 2022

Aisyah Llewellyn, Medan, Indonesia – When Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced a surprise plan to move the country's capital during his annual address to the nation on 16

The Strategist - January 20, 2022

[Editors' note: This piece was originally published in November 2019; we are republishing it in light of the Indonesian parliament's passing of key legislation for the creation of the n

Tempo - January 20, 2022

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta -The Jakarta Regional Legislative Council (DPRD Jakarta) Commission A speaker Mujiyono on Wednesday assessed that the capital city move from Jakarta to East K

Kompas.com - January 20, 2022

Vitorio Mantalean, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition has criticised the new capital city (IKN) project for being a megaproject of the oligarchy which threatens the safety of the ord

Coconuts Bali - January 20, 2022

Australia's 9News is on a roll for showing ignorance about their country's neighbors Up Above.

Kompas.com - January 20, 2022

Vitorio Mantalean, Jakarta – The Nusantara Traditional Community Alliance (AMAN) estimates that around 20,000 people from traditional communities will be sacrificed by the project to mo