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JAKARTA--Jakarta is congested, polluted, prone to earthquakes and rapidly sinking into the Java Sea ... for the transformation... toward an Indonesia based on innovation and technology based ...

Indonesia’s new leader has issued an update on the astonishing new capital city, Nusantara, which his country is building. The existing capital, Jakarta, is one of the fastest-sinking cities in ...

However, for Indonesia, the primitive landscape of Nusantara proved a more attractive option than its current capital, ...

Other coastal areas in Indonesia, including Semarang ... Heri Andreas and Hiroshi Takagi doubt that the giant embankment is the ultimate solution to Jakarta's sinking threat. "Yes, in the short term, ...

Indonesia, for example, is moving its capital 800 miles from Jakarta to Nusantara in large part because Jakarta is sinking at an alarming rate due to groundwater extraction. Other regions are not ...

Indonesia's new leader Prabowo Subianto wants to complete key government and parliamentary buildings in the country's $32 ...

Why Indonesia's capital Jakarta is sinking The situation is exacerbated by lax regulation allowing just about anyone, from individual homeowners to massive shopping mall operators, to carry out ...

The capital project, an initiative of former president Joko Widodo, seeks to move Indonesia's seat of power about 1,200km away from sinking and congested Jakarta to Nusantara, located in a jungle ...

The capital project, an initiative of former President Joko Widodo, seeks to move Indonesia’s seat of power about 1,200km away from sinking and congested Jakarta to Nusantara, located in a ...