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Indonesia starts building its new capital
Indonesia has eventually broken ground on its new capital Nusantara to be constructed in East Kalimantan on Borneo Island with plans to complete the...
Russia’s Putin offers investment in new Indonesian capital
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo investment in the country’s planned new capital, Bloomberg News cited a statement by the...
Indonesia to start construction of new capital in August
Indonesia’s government will start construction of the first government buildings at its new capital Nusantara in August, the country’s minister of public works and...
Indonesia proposes crowdfunding to co-finance new capital
The Indonesian government is not ruling out the use of crowdfunding to raise funds for the development of the planned new capital Nusantara in...
Asian Development Bank to assist Indonesia in setting up its new capital
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will support Indonesia in setting up its planned $32-billion capital city on Borneo island by "mobilising" financing and assessing...
Japan’s SoftBank decides against investment in Indonesia’s new mega-capital
Japanese investment management giant SoftBank Group will not invest in Indonesia’s project to relocate its capital city from Jakarta to Borneo island, the company’s...
Indonesia’s new capital got a name: Nusantara
Indonesia’s parliament on January 18 finally passed a bill to relocate the nation’s capital from Jakarta to an area in East Kalimantan province on...
Indonesia’s new presidential palace will look like a monstrous Garuda
The presidential palace in Indonesia’s planned new capital on Borneo island will look like a giant Garuda,...
Development of Indonesia’s new capital on track, says minister
The Indonesian government has said that the country’s planned new capital was on track and that construction...
Doubts over Indonesia’s new capital plans
Indonesia’s plan to build a new capital from scratch on Borneo island, which has already taken a...
Indonesia’s new capital project gets stuck amid virus crisis
Plans to relocate Indonesia’s capital from Java to Borneo
have been put on hold amid the coronavirus pandemic...
Indonesia weighs bid for 2032 Olympics to be held in new capital
The victorious entry in a design contest for Indonesia's new capital
Indonesia is considering a bid for...
Indonesia’s new capital will be “very special”, advisor Tony Blair says
Tony Blair delivers a speech on Indonesia's new capital after a meeting with President Widodo on February 28
SoftBank to invest up to $40 billion in Indonesia’s new capital – Tony Blair joins as adviser
Japan’s conglomerate SoftBank is offering to invest $30
billion to $40 billion in the development of the planned...
Softbank pledges to invest in Indonesia’s new ‘smart capital’
Masayoshi Son, CEO of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group,
revealed plans to invest in Indonesia's new capital and to...
Indonesia’s new capital to be inspired by Silicon Valley
Indonesian President Joko Widodo wants to model his country’s planned new capital on Borneo island after California's...
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