Indonesia – The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) has ensured that the government will protect orangutans during the construction of the Indonesia Capital City Nusantara (IKN) in East Kalimantan. The main expert at the Presidential Staff Office, Wandy Tuturoong, responded to foreign media reports regarding the impact of development of Indonesia’s capital city on the future of orangutans in the development …

The Indonesian government said it would delay the planning of a new capital city development plan in East Kalimantan. Minister of National Development Planning/Head of the Indonesian National Development Planning Agency (PPN/Bappenas) Suharso Monoarfa said the postponement of the development plan was carried out because the government was still focused on solving the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, North Penajam Paser Regency …

On Tuesday, September 8, the police investigated the drowning incident of two junior high school students while swimming in a former mine pit, Krayan Makmur Village, Sub-district Long Ikis, Paser Regency, East Kalimantan on Sunday, September 6. The initials MR (14) and MAP (14) became victims of drowning in the former black gold mine. Apart from them AB (14), MHI …

The capital city relocation to East Kalimantan was confirmed will have been completed in 2024. That was optimistically said by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “As we have planned, we will relocate (the capital city),” Jokowi said at Mount Ainslie in Canberra, Australia on Sunday (9/2). With height 843-meter in Canberra, Mount Ainslie has become part of Canberra Nature Park. From …