JAKARTA — Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto wants to complete key government and parliamentary buildings in the Southeast Asian country's $32-billion new capital city in the next four years, a Cabinet minister said.
The project, an initiative of former president Joko Widodo, seeks to move Indonesia's seat of power about 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) away from sinking and congested Jakarta to Nusantara, located in a jungle of Borneo island.
TOUGH TALK Indonesia's new President Prabowo Subianto talks to his ministers and military cadets during a Cabinet members' retreat at the country's military academy in the city of Magelang, southern Central Java province, on Oct. 25, 2024. EPA PHOTO