“The burden on Jakarta is too heavy,” Indonesia’s president said as he unveiled plans to move the country’s capital to eastern Borneo
Indonesia will build a new capital city in eastern Borneo, the country’s president said, in the most definitive sign yet that his government is serious about moving its administrative center from congested and flood-prone Jakarta, one of Asia’s largest megacities.
Although past Indonesian presidents have floated the idea, Joko Widodo is the first to take such active steps toward relocating national government functions off this archipelagic nation’s main island of Java. Jakarta—home to around 10 million people and a hub since...
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