Jokowi struggles to drum up investors for new Indonesia capital

Jokowi struggles to drum up investors for new Indonesia capital

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In late June, Japanese investors appeared puzzled while visiting the construction site of a new presidential palace in the jungles of Borneo. Aside from trees, they could only see a white sign with the words, “titik nol,” indicating the center point of Indonesia’s future capital, Nusantara.