Indonesia has grand plans for Jakarta—a new capital on Borneo, a giant bird-shaped sea wall to protect Jakarta itself—but they don’t solve the underlying problem.
judge, the role reflecting readers' stance when they express their evaluations of specific circumstances (in this context, it pertains to their opinions on the President of Indonesia's decision to relocate the capital city from Jakarta to the newly designatedIbu Kota Nusantara(IKN) on Kalimantan Is...
Locally connected means that Nusantara will change the face of the Indonesian economy to become more inclusive through a three-cities strategy (Nusantara, Balikpapan, and Samarinda) as well as collaboration with other cities/ regencies in East Kalimantan Province as an economic driver in the province...
ofSumatra(Sumatera),Java(Jawa), the southern extent ofBorneo(Kalimantan), andCelebes(Sulawesi); the Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara) ofBaliand a chain of islands that runs eastward throughTimor; theMoluccas(Maluku) between Celebes and the island ofNew Guinea; and the western extent of New...
Java, island of Indonesia lying southeast of Malaysia and Sumatra, south of Borneo (Kalimantan), and west of Bali. Java is home to roughly half of Indonesia’s population and dominates the country politically and economically. The capital of Java and of the country is Jakarta (formerly Batavia...
Jakarta - Colonial, Capital, Megacity: The first settlements on the site of Jakarta were established at the mouth of the Ciliwung, perhaps as early as the 5th century ad. The city’s official history, however, starts in 1527, when the sultan of Bantam de