Indonesia’s new multi-billion pound capital has descended into chaos – just days before Independence Day celebrations. Nusantara, which will become Indonesia’s future capital when completed, is due to be officially opened tomorrow as part of the August 17 celebrations, but the government has been forced to scale back its ambitious plans for the grand ceremony. […]
Rachel Mealey: Indonesia is about to reach a milestone: the first Independence Day ceremony in its new capital. But after two years of construction, the $45 billion megaproject is struggling with funding and is behind schedule. Some are wondering whether the country’s next president will see the project through. Here’s Indonesia correspondent Bill Birtles. Bill […]
Indonesia is about to officially move its capital from Jakarta to Nusantara, a city currently under construction. In Nusantara, the first Indonesian Independence Day is planned for August 17. The context The decision to move the capital from Jakarta, which has been Indonesia’s political and economic centre since independence in 1945, is due to the […]
While the Guinness Book of Records officially lists the Djoser Step Pyramid in Egypt as the oldest pyramid in the world (ca. 2,630 BC), an article published in October claimed that a layer of the Gunung Padang Pyramid in Indonesia was built as early as 25,000 BC – although doubts have since been raised as […]
2023 was a pretty good year for Indonesia’s state-owned oil and gas giant Pertamina. The company posted a net profit of $4.8 billion and paid over $900 million in dividends to its sole shareholder – the Indonesian government. This represents a significant improvement from 2020, the low point of the COVID-19 pandemic for the oil […]
While the Guinness Book of Records officially lists the Djoser Step Pyramid in Egypt as the oldest pyramid in the world (ca. 2,630 BC), an article published in October claimed that a layer of the Gunung Padang Pyramid in Indonesia was built as early as 25,000 BC – although doubts have since been raised as […]
With two gold medals and a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Indonesia recorded its best Olympic performance since 1992, when it last won two gold medals. We congratulate all 29 national athletes who represented our country in Paris in 12 different sports. We know that they trained hard and gave their best for […]
Indonesia’s state-owned oil company said on August 1 that it had not received an order to stop selling a cheap brand of gasoline, contrary to social media posts claiming the brand would be removed from gas stations later that month. The posts included a news report originally broadcast in January that quoted a minister as […]
