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Indonesia Uses Cloud Seeding As Rain Hampers New City's Construction
Indonesia is using a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding around the site of its future capital to reduce intense rains that have hampered construction of the new city, a weather agency official said on Friday.
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NASA Posts Before And After Pics Of New City Emerging In Forest
More than 30 million people live in existing capital Jakarta that suffers from frequent flooding, air pollution, a shortage of drinking water, and traffic.
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Indonesia Passes Law To Move Capital From Jakarta To Remote Borneo
Indonesia's parliament has approved a bill to relocate the nation's capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan on Borneo, House Speaker Puan Maharani said on Tuesday.
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The Spectacular Collapse Of SoftBank Chief Masayoshi Son's "Money Guy"
In February 2020, SoftBank Group Corp.'s Masayoshi Son visited Indonesia, offering to invest billions of dollars toward the development of a new capital city. Lex Greensill, at the time a favorite of Son's, was part of the entourage.
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Sleepy To Sleepless? Indonesia's New Capital In Forest Of Borneo Island
By day, the unforgiving sun glares off the road beside Ipah's wooden home with blinding brightness as a passing motorbike stirs a swirl of dust. By night, the beams of an occasional truck carrying coal or palm fruits pierce the darkness.
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Indonesia's Plan To Change Capital May Trigger Fresh Crisis, Warn Critics
Abandoning Jakarta for a new capital in Borneo won't save the fast-sinking Indonesian megacity from disaster and could even spark a fresh environmental crisis in a region home to rainforests and endangered orangutans, critics have warned.
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Indonesia Building New Capital As Jakarta Sinks Into Sea: 10 Facts
Megacity Jakarta is sinking at an alarming rate. Home to more than 1 crore people, the Indonesian capital sits on a swampy land with parts of it sinking by as much as 25 cm every year. If the current rate of sinking continues, one third of Jakarta could be submerged by 2050, suggest reports. For this reason, Indonesia plans to shift its capital bas...
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Indonesia Picks Eastern Borneo Island As New Capital
Indonesia has chosen the eastern edge of jungle-clad Borneo island for its new capital, President Joko Widodo said this morning, as the country looks to shift its political heart away from congested megalopolis Jakarta.
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Indonesia's Capital Curbs Private Cars In Bid To Cut Choking Pollution
Indonesia's capital announced new curbs on private cars on Wednesday as it moves to rein in Jakarta's choking air pollution, but experts warned the measures were unlikely to stamp out the problem.
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Jittery World Bids Adieu To A Year Marred By Terror
In Bangkok, police-flanked partygoers will ring in the new year at the site of a deadly bombing that took place just months ago. In Paris, residents recovering from their city's own deadly attacks will enjoy scaled-back celebrations. And in Belgium's capital, authorities anxious after thwarting what they say was a holiday terror plot have canceled ...
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Indonesians Flock to Mobile App for Swift Action on Civic Woes
Frustrated Indonesians are using a new mobile app to give their sleepy bureaucrats a wake-up call, demanding immediate fixes for persistently shoddy public services in the capital of the world's fourth-most populous country.
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Indonesia Executes Six Drug Convicts, Including Foreigners
Indonesia today put to death six people convicted of drugs offences, including five foreigners, in the first executions carried out under new President Joko Widodo.
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Indonesia to Execute Drug Convicts, First Under New President
Indonesian authorities plan to execute six prisoners on Sunday convicted of drug offences, including five foreigners, the government said, the first time capital punishment will be carried out under new President Joko Widodo.
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Indonesia Uses Cloud Seeding As Rain Hampers New City's Construction
Indonesia is using a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding around the site of its future capital to reduce intense rains that have hampered construction of the new city, a weather agency official said on Friday.
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NASA Posts Before And After Pics Of New City Emerging In Forest
More than 30 million people live in existing capital Jakarta that suffers from frequent flooding, air pollution, a shortage of drinking water, and traffic.
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Indonesia Passes Law To Move Capital From Jakarta To Remote Borneo
Indonesia's parliament has approved a bill to relocate the nation's capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan on Borneo, House Speaker Puan Maharani said on Tuesday.
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The Spectacular Collapse Of SoftBank Chief Masayoshi Son's "Money Guy"
In February 2020, SoftBank Group Corp.'s Masayoshi Son visited Indonesia, offering to invest billions of dollars toward the development of a new capital city. Lex Greensill, at the time a favorite of Son's, was part of the entourage.
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Sleepy To Sleepless? Indonesia's New Capital In Forest Of Borneo Island
By day, the unforgiving sun glares off the road beside Ipah's wooden home with blinding brightness as a passing motorbike stirs a swirl of dust. By night, the beams of an occasional truck carrying coal or palm fruits pierce the darkness.
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Indonesia's Plan To Change Capital May Trigger Fresh Crisis, Warn Critics
Abandoning Jakarta for a new capital in Borneo won't save the fast-sinking Indonesian megacity from disaster and could even spark a fresh environmental crisis in a region home to rainforests and endangered orangutans, critics have warned.
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Indonesia Building New Capital As Jakarta Sinks Into Sea: 10 Facts
Megacity Jakarta is sinking at an alarming rate. Home to more than 1 crore people, the Indonesian capital sits on a swampy land with parts of it sinking by as much as 25 cm every year. If the current rate of sinking continues, one third of Jakarta could be submerged by 2050, suggest reports. For this reason, Indonesia plans to shift its capital bas...
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Indonesia Picks Eastern Borneo Island As New Capital
Indonesia has chosen the eastern edge of jungle-clad Borneo island for its new capital, President Joko Widodo said this morning, as the country looks to shift its political heart away from congested megalopolis Jakarta.
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Indonesia's Capital Curbs Private Cars In Bid To Cut Choking Pollution
Indonesia's capital announced new curbs on private cars on Wednesday as it moves to rein in Jakarta's choking air pollution, but experts warned the measures were unlikely to stamp out the problem.
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Jittery World Bids Adieu To A Year Marred By Terror
In Bangkok, police-flanked partygoers will ring in the new year at the site of a deadly bombing that took place just months ago. In Paris, residents recovering from their city's own deadly attacks will enjoy scaled-back celebrations. And in Belgium's capital, authorities anxious after thwarting what they say was a holiday terror plot have canceled ...
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Indonesians Flock to Mobile App for Swift Action on Civic Woes
Frustrated Indonesians are using a new mobile app to give their sleepy bureaucrats a wake-up call, demanding immediate fixes for persistently shoddy public services in the capital of the world's fourth-most populous country.
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Indonesia Executes Six Drug Convicts, Including Foreigners
Indonesia today put to death six people convicted of drugs offences, including five foreigners, in the first executions carried out under new President Joko Widodo.
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Indonesia to Execute Drug Convicts, First Under New President
Indonesian authorities plan to execute six prisoners on Sunday convicted of drug offences, including five foreigners, the government said, the first time capital punishment will be carried out under new President Joko Widodo.
