Indonesia's New Capital Faces Setback As Top Officials Resign
Resignations magnify doubts on Jokowi’s visionary project
By: Ainur Rohmah
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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