Indonesia will decide the site of its new capital this year with the aim of it being ready by 2024, a minister said Wednesday. The decision to move the capital from megacity Jakarta came about two weeks ago after President Joko Widodo approved the long-mooted plan.

Indonesia's new capital to be decided this year, says urban planning minister

Indonesia's president has decided to move the capital of the world's fourth most populous country away from the crowded main island of Java, but has yet to finalise a new location, the planning minister said on Monday.

Indonesia plans to move capital city out of crowded Java island

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Indonesia's new capital to be decided this year, says urban planning minister

Indonesia plans to move capital city out of crowded Java island