Ground has been broken in the jungle of East Borneo, where the Indonesian government is beginning construction of its new capital city. Officials promise a “sustainable forest city” that puts the environment at the heart of development.
Worker uses his equipment at the construction site of the new capital city in Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Indonesia began construction of the new capital in mid 2022, after President Joko Widodo announced that Jakarta — the congested, polluted current capital that is prone to earthquakes and rapidly sinking into the Java Sea — would be retired from capital status.
PENAJAM PASER UTARA, Indonesia — Orange-red ground has been broken in the jungle of East Borneo, where the Indonesian government has
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