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HISTORICAL FACTS: Bambang susantono | History Defined

Nusantara: Celebrations planned in Indonesia’s costly ‘symbol of progress’

The new capital is the pet project of outgoing President Joko Widodo and is taking shape on the island of Borneo.

Al Jazeera · Aug 16, 2024

Can you really construct a new megacity in a jungle and convince millions to move there?

Indonesia wants up to 60,000 people to move from Jakarta to populate a new capital city by 2025. But the challenge and logistics of meeting that deadline are daunting.

ABC News · Mar 16, 2023

Indonesia unveils construction site of new capital city

Orange-red ground has been broken in the jungle of East Borneo, where the Indonesian government has begun construction of its new capital city

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

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Q&A: Indonesia’s new capital chief Bambang Susantono

Man in charge of capital project tells Al Jazeera he is confident Nusantara will be a ‘liveable and loveable’ place.

Al Jazeera · Mar 7, 2023

Indonesia to break ground for $2.7 billion housing project in new capital in Q2

Indonesia expects to begin construction in the second quarter on apartments worth $2.7 billion for thousands of civil servants due to move to its new capital city on Borneo island, an official said late on Tuesday.

Reuters · Jan 18, 2023

New Indonesia capital branded 'ecological disaster'

BALIKPAPAN, Indonesia: The twisting road that leads to Indonesia's future capital is lined with dense rainforest and pockets of plantations, punctuated every so often with monkeys enjoying a laze out on the tarmac.

Bangkok Post · Jan 6, 2023

Why Indonesia is abandoning its capital city to save it

Indonesia’s capital Jakarta faces such climatic challenges that a new city is being built more than 1,000km away.

Al Jazeera · Nov 9, 2022

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