JAKARTA – In the thick jungles of East Kalimantan, on Indonesia’s half of Borneo island, the country’s new capital city is currently being built from scratch.
Sumbu Kebangsaan, or National Axis, a towering pillar located in a plaza that will eventually link up with the future presidential palace, a mangrove ecopark, and a science and tech park, has risen. So have several roads, a dam and clean water processing facilities.
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