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Indonesia's New Capital Faces Setback As Top Officials Resign

Resignations magnify doubts on Jokowi’s visionary project

Jun 05, 2024
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By: Ainur Rohmah
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan...

President Joko Widodo's ambitious plan to relocate Indonesia's government capital from Jakarta to a new city carved from the wilderness 1,300 km across the Java Sea in East Kalimantan has hit a major snag with the resignation of the head and deputy head of the Nusantara Capital Authority (IKN) just two months b…

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