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Indonesia's new capital falls victim to the politics of forgetting

Summary by Asia Times
In the final years of Joko Widodo’s presidency, Nusantara —Indonesia’s new capital in East Kalimantan —was hailed as a bold experiment in nation-building. Conceived as a sustainable smart city meant to redistribute growth beyond Java’s overburdened plains, it was Jokowi’s grandest legacy project, his version of a national moonshot. It promised to symbolize Indonesia’s emergence […] The post Indonesia’s new capital falls victim to the politics of…

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Asia Times broke the news in Hong Kong on Thursday, December 4, 2025.
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