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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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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

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

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

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

[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

Rebecca Ratcliffe – Indonesia plans to name its new capital Nusantara, which translates as "archipelago", when government offices are relocated to the province of East Kalimantan from J

Agencies, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has approved a bill to relocate the nation's capital from Jakarta to a jungled area of East Kalimantan, the head of National Planning Ag

Bisnis.Com, Jakarta – National Development Planning Minister or Bappenas Head Suharso Monoarfa said President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Friday last week, Jan.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has outlined at least three environmental problems found from the results of a Strategic Environmental Study (KLHS) on Indones

Whisnu Bagus Prasetyo, Jakarta – Sculptor Nyoman Nuarta's majestic design for the state palace in Indonesia's future capital city in East Kalimantan has gotten President Joko "Jokowi" W

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has officially established partnership with two State Ministers to establish the city's drinking water supply system (SPAM

Jakarta – The recent controversy surrounding the Jakarta administration's construction of catchment tanks across the city, except North Jakarta, only shows the complexity of flood preve

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) member from the PKS faction, Suryadi Jaya Purnama, said the draft bill on the new capital city (RUU IKN) has entered the discu