Indonesia is getting a less crowded, less polluted capital city, removing the “burden” on sinking Jakarta, the country’s president announced Monday. President Joko Widodo said the new capital city – ...

This photo taken with a mobile phone shows a view of Jakarta seen from the top of National Monument in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 19, 2024. Located on the northwest coast of Java Island, Jakarta is the ...

Indonesia’s capital could no longer be overcrowded, sinking and polluted Jakarta after the country’s president approved a long-term plan to move the capital elsewhere. The plan, approved by President ...

The Indonesian capital of Jakarta is home to 10 million people but it is also one of the fastest-sinking cities in the world. If this goes unchecked, parts of the megacity could be entirely submerged ...

Indonesia has spent years preparing one of the most ambitious capital relocations of the 21st century: moving its political centre out of Jakarta and into a brand-new city built from scratch on the ...