Jokowi announces Indonesia's new capital in East Kalimantan

Government cites economic benefits, while critics fret over rising debt and corruption

20190826 Bukit Soeharto

Bukit Soeharto, a forested area between the districts of Penajam Paser Utara and Kutai Kartanegara, in East Kalimantan Province, is to be the center of Indonesia's new capital. (Photo by Jun Suzuki)

ERWIDA MAULIA, Nikkei staff writer

JAKARTA -- President Joko Widodo on Monday announced the location of Indonesia's new capital in East Kalimantan Province, the Indonesian part of Borneo island. He cited the need to ease the burden on Jakarta and the rest of Java island, and to jump-start the economy in other parts of the archipelago nation.

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