An undeveloped tract of jungle on an island known more for orangutans than lawmaking may seem an unlikely place to construct ...

Now the government is leaving, and moving ... capital as a panacea for the problems plaguing Jakarta, reducing its population while allowing the country to start fresh with a “sustainable city ...

Moving a capital city is an ambitious and complex undertaking, and only a few other countries have attempted such a feat, including Indonesia’s neighbour Myanmar, which moved its capital from ...

[Joko Widodo / President of Indonesia (last July): The relocation of the ... capital because its current capital, Jakarta, is not sustainable. Jakarta, a huge city of 11 million people, is sinking ...

Fortunately, Indonesia’s president is noted for ... Despite all this, there can still be good reasons to found a new capital city. Moving Brazil’s capital away from Rio did help to encourage ...