Why Indonesia turns to private investors to find billions for its new capital Nusantara | DW News 

Saya dari Malaysia. Semoga Allah mempermudahkan segala urusan dan usaha Indonesia membina ibu Negaranya yang baru🤲

Indonesia is also frequently labelled as an "overpopulated nation", but in truth it isn't, it has the largest land area in its region, its just that everyone is boxed up in Java. So the move for a new capital also hopes to improve population spread.

Greetings from Australia to our friends in Indonesia.

Good luck with everything, Indonesia, and lots of love from Australia.

When a developer told you "Don't worry... everything is fine", you should be VERY worried. 🤣🤣

Turut mendoakan kejayaan Indonesia... Salam semesta dari Malaysia🙏

every ambitious project will face it's hurdles, but as long as the Indonesian government stays on its track I believe they will succeed. All the best for Indonesia

As Indonesian, I support we need new capital city. Jakarta is super congested. However, I think we don't need another palace like that. We need functional, green oriented gov offices. Don't have to be too fancy.

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In my honest opinion, having a new capital city for indonesia is a must for everyone's safety and as well as economic diversity and scatter the resource across the archipelago but one major problem is the plan itself. the plan is mostly focused on the goverment transfer and isn't on building infra for the people of indonesia it should start from community building then roadways, recreational parks, admin buildings and other facilities that will cater the lifestyle of every indonesians it should be a people centric construction and not government centric

My opinion as a citizen of an independent nation is that Indonesia needs equal development, not a new central development. The issue of equal development cannot be solved by creating a new capital city. It would be better to prioritize improving, organizing, and perfecting existing assets rather than creating something new that drains resources.

Why not? Batavia (now Jakarta) was built by private investors through VoC.

Indonesia we are with you.....From Bangladesh 🇧🇩

I think Indonesia is very populous country, less then 10 years the city will be very crowded with people, the economic will boom continously. Indonesia Government invite private investor to open good international relationship, and to enrich the city it self because it suppose to be futuristic international city. Its diamond opportunity if u have fund to invest in this momentum.

Love Indonesia from Sabah Malaysia

Dunia ini dibangun oleh orang2 optimis bukan org2 pesimis, indonesia tidak akan merdeka tanpa orang2 optimis

Ibukota memang seharusnya tidak disamakan letaknya dgn kota bisnis. Gak tau jaman dulu siapa yg meletakkan jakarta sbg ibukota sekaligus kota bisnis. Jadinya gak bagus menurutku. Semoga IKN bisa dijaga kelestarian lingkungannya & membuat pemerintah bisa bekerja secara maksimal tanpa alasan macet, macet. Kalau pejabat pemerintahan masih gak bekerja dgn maksimal langsung ganti saja dgn yg kompeten

mari , kita sebagai anak bangsa indonesia . bersama sama membangun negara indonesia agar negara kita makin berkembang dan bisa lebih maju lagi dari sekarang . semoga dengan adanya perpindahan ibu kota negara ini . indonesia akan semakin maju lagi . amin ya allah ... I Love INDONESIA

Ibu kota baru ..buat pemerataan selama ini hanya Jawa saja yg di bangun kita di Indonesia tengah dan timur di lupakan .... Mudahan2 pemerataan pembangunan kedepan akan membuat Indonesia semakin maju bravo new kapital Kalimantan 🙏🙏🙏🙏

We Indonesians need economic equality on every island, one of which is by moving the capital, but a project of this size is very vulnerable to corruption, so our hope is that this project will run well with stricter financial supervision.

$32 billion sounds cheap, you can't even buy twitter for that

This is a long running project and a breakthrough. In case you didn't know, Indonesia is geographically spanning from east to the west in a huge distance, it's longer compared to China. While the current capital city, Jakarta lies on the very west side of the country. This definitely will distribute development to other sides of the country. It's a bold move and good luck.

She did not answer ONE single question lol

Great leadership. Congrats Indonesian from your neighbour, Malaysian.

Nusantara is both symbolic and of substantial significance: 1. Symbolic because it is a way of Mr. President Joko Widodo of Indonesia (of which he himself is an ethnic Javanese) telling rebellious uprisings in certain areas of Indonesia that the true meaning of Indonesia is Indonesia, not "the Javanese Empire". Mr. President Joko Widodo is literally a nationalist. 2. Of substantial significance because Mr. President Joko Widodo of Indonesia wants to jump start the national economy by bringing more closely together the Western part of Indonesia with the Eastern part of Indonesia on common ground. 3. Jakarta is sinking and Jakarta cannot sustain any more load. 4. Jakarta is located on the island of Java and the island of Java is primarily known as rice food stock of the entire nation. 5. Nusantara is meant to be the democratization of Indonesia. Because it is located on common ground, then Westerners of Indonesia and Easterners of Indonesia can easily bond with each other in good faith. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

The best investment right now is Indonesia, a large and extremely wealthy country. Before gaining independence, Indonesia's wealth was extensively plundered. However, Indonesia is now beginning to thrive again, thanks to its abundant natural resources.

I'm from Sabah, Malaysia. North of Borneo. We have much hope for the success of the new capital. as this will further improve bi-lateral economy of both countries, and increase tourism from us Malaysian and vice versa. Good Luck Indonesia! 🥰

Indonesia is rich in natural resources, a large country with an area of ​​more than 1.9 million. So Indonesia will reach perfection in the future if the new capital is in the middle position of Indonesia

It feels strange that the construction work is being sped up while the funding is not yet finalized and until now is still rely on 100% government funding (APBN)

Good luck Indonesia and praying to be success for the new capital city 🇮🇩

I'm from Russia I hope that in the future indonesia will become a developed country and become a pioneer of a green Country

This is a bit different than other new city projects. It's started out of necessity so it makes sense. Hopefully they don't focus on car centric design.

Kingdom of Nusantara🎉❤

DW News, if you want to see the dark side of this project, investigate the Sinarmas company who owned more then 50% of the land on Nusantara. This forced the government to include them in the development project (see people who lead the project, and you will realize there are people from Sinarmas). Interview local people in Borneo, and you know how controlling they are on the local people's life. We all in favor for the development of the country, but knowing how much power of a company has on this project really make us fear for the future, and this company are known for their tendency to justify any means. The government is doing their best, but their political people, The president, Minister, and his political group only concern on building "nice roof" and doesn't care if "the floor are crumbling".

Indonesia is beautiful ❤

The Capital City of Indonesia is moving for the sake of equitable development across Indonesia.. not just because of Jakarta is sinking, so please don't bring this up as the main issue. Jakarta is too full of people and traffic is too high, it's no longer efficient to travel across Jakarta these days. Jakarta was not prepared to handle this huge amount of government and business activities in the same time. So the government build the IKN project, the government and central business city will be separated. Just like Washington DC and NYC for example..

“Everything will be fine. No need to worry. Your investment in Indonesia will continue to be safe” That’s one way to set yourself up for a potential Famous Last Words

We Indonesian support this project! If you not contribute, at least dont disturb...

To be clear, This New Capital is not Just President Joko Widodo's project, it's event start from the First President Soekarno long ago, and almost all President dream about moving and make New Capital of Indonesia. So stop framing in just one side, And this New Capital will be in the centre of Indonesia, easy accest from East and West of Indonesia, not just replacing Jakarta, but the symbol of Great Indonesia.

What a smooth english. Well done pak Dhe.

Whatever it is, Indonesian deserve this new big city as their capital. Semoga Indonesia kembali maju dan maju di masa depan. Salam dari KEDAH, MALAYSIA

Nusantara mercusuar dunia

They only think about their own government but not the people. Government just want to abandon their citizen in jakarta they looking for their own safety in nusantara.

Thank you for discussing Indonesia. Whatever project the government is working on, one of the main obstacles is corruption. In various projects there are always people who play with the budget to enrich themselves. Corruption has become a chronic cancer here. and the government does not yet have a formula and firmness to overcome this disease of corruption.

Don't waste time building it.Doomsday is nearing.😂😂

Thank your support for Nusantara as Indonesia's New Capital City...

i can feel the importance of this project, by watching how govnment changes rules to attract investors. Like, changing to using gov funding (APBN) or suddenly IKN will become center of industry, etc. which is not in the former plan of IKN.

Indonesia has executed its infrastructure development really well. Concentrating on Java Island first before shifting to Borneo and Sumarta after Java starts to show some good ROI

Borobudur was not built in a month, the glory of Majapahit and Sriwijaya was not built in a year. Likewise with the VOC (Dutch company) when building Batavia -Jakarta. Focus and enthusiasm, making a thousand years into sharing. Continuity of leaders is needed to realize. All countries and nations in the world are experience the same problem.

I am surprised that there hasn't been any mention of the effects of this to the forest and environment. I will feel sad and hurt if they are not taking steps to preserve this beautiful forest.

Indonesia hebat 🎉

big projects, which make a profit, yes, profit for some of the oligarchs

It is a shame, the daily basis costs in Indonesia are rising. IKN is too ambitious that costs so many billion dollars. I see many Indonesian grassroot people grumbled about this IKN project. They are put into unlucky economic state. The president has to take this grassroot people's economic condition into account first before anything, including this IKN project.

Every big projects has controversy if it's not it isn't big project

As an Indonesian who is concerned with the deforestation we are facing in Kalimantan, why do we need to build a new Capital city in the middle of the forest destroying the natural ecosystem there? Surely we can convert or move the capitol to one of the many existing cities in Indonesia such as Surabaya / Pontianak to become our new Capitol City? This way we won't need to spend huge amounts of money, destroy the forest, and still be safe from sinking. Many of the jungles of Kalimantan is on peatland soil, which is not ideal for building, and is the reserve for ground water. This project may result in the desertification of Kalimantan.

Indonesia has a number of super-rich people. How about asking them to help Indonesia?

Good luck for foreign investors who want participate in its development. If as a builder, many risk factors need to be considered eg. payment guarantee, interference local politicians, officials and residents and etc.

Apa pun hasil akhir dari pembanggunan ibu kota NUSANTARA IKN kami sebagai warga+62 akan tetap banga dan mendukung penuh akan niat baik pemerintah kami. 💪🏻💪💪🏽🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩 Terimakasih Pak Dhe joko widodo 💪🏽💪💪🏻

Congratulation Indonesia My Country 🍉

Before building the city, crucial matters should be done such as electricity, water supply, sewage system, waste management etc, otherwise the new site will be not more than a waste

It seems many people that were lamenting the idea of getting private investors is forgot that even Jakarta during its early days as Batavia were meticulously built by a lot of Dutch investors during the days of VOC era.

Keinget dong dulu pembangunan MONAS DIHUJAT HABIS HABISAN dan jadi keindahan atau maskot Jakarta di ibu kota, kalau skarang Nusantara banyak hujat rintangan ya wajar harus tetap fokus, insyaallah takdir tuhan yg terbaik

Saya dari indonesia, mereka hanya mementingkan tempat tinggal para pejabat pemerintah bukan rakyat miskin atau rakyat yang hidup nya sederhana malah mementingkan orang orang pemerintah yang sudah tentu punya banyak duit.

Salah satu tujuan negara maju dengan memindahkan ibukota negara dengan letak geografis yang sangat indah, Semoga Indonesia akan menjadi negara maju dan terus berdaulat 🇮🇩🇮🇩❤❤

Sukses untuk ibukota baru Indonesia Nusantara

A very ambitious project that people don't really need for now, that will leave the natives poor, the environment ruined, and the sovereignity in the hand of oligarchs

Its risky but not a problem. Malaysia also done it in the past. Before this all goverment agency centered around KL city (now is too crowded), but moved to Putrajaya. although its not that far but those are one of mega project during mahathir era. now they just thrive well. A lot of surrounding area develop after that.

I really hope this works out. If Indonesia's kalimantan develops even more, then surely one day there will be an international highway connecting east malaysia with indonesia. Imagine the economic and social development that will happen in sabah, sarawak and of course, kalimantan as well. Maybe finally malaysia will take it seriously in developing borneo for once...

I am an Indonesian citizen. Believe me, this capital city project will stall or be stuck. because there are too many criminal acts of corruption, collusion and nepotism within the government So that raw materials, human resources and construction engineers also reduce quality and delay time so that investors run out of money for a construction process. That is why *China* wants the guarantee of the State Expenditure Budget to be a guarantee so that China can take over projects and acquire government ownership.

Good luck Indonesia!

"Everything will be fine, no need to worry" 😬

I LOVE INDONESIA, IM FROM BANDUNG

The developer will be dead before it’s even done. Wow. This is scary. 😢😢

i think he's making the same mistake like what he did with mandalika circuit where their parliment members said before , every time race event happened they loss about 100 billion rupiah per event because no one want to go there , its too far away and too costing to go there , the new capital should be built at sumatera island not kalimantan where people from a very populous java island can travel using connected highways between two islands , he should use malaca strait and build port as main objective to built new city . moving to kalimantan is like moving to a remote island where everything such as airports , highways , ports need to be built from zero , which is costing a ton of money .but anyway just can say goodluck to indonesia .

Nusantara ❤

Indonesia 🇮🇩

my country in danger because of this please india and china keep in touch with us dont leave us with this !

because private investors cant economically cripple you and they can be disappeared. They should do the normal thing and simply redesignate an existing city the new capital.

Together stronger, may Allah make easy for Indonesia for everything...

Watching from Bali

I hope the building of the new city will succeed, but I do have doubts. Furthermore, I hope the city can co-exist with green nature. Those trees and hills look so pretty and so green, watching them getting cut down and level is a bit sad.

The progress of the new capital is on track regardless there is new investors or not. I saw development and it's fast.

From Manila,.....Full speed ahead Pres. Widodo, Nusantara is placed squarely on the center of Southeast Asia, it will spur greatly the trade between Kalimantan Timur and Mindanao, the critics will fade away as the project nears completion.

Saya sebagai orang Indonesia setuju2 sangat supaya meninggalkan tatar pasundan yg lambat laun di makan, tapi sangat tidak setuju jika di bangun dengan hutang..

I'm from Indonesia. the construction of the new capital was opposed by the people themselves. The construction of the new capital is considered to destroy Indonesia in the future because it was built from state debt, not from the state's own income. And this development is only for political purposes, not based on functions and needs

She’s too honest.

Unfortunately Jakarta is a ticking humanitarian time bomb. The current administration ultimately only want to pass this burden to the next one and just focus to collect as much "political funding" as possible by pushing this useless mega project in my opinion. Jakartan people will suffer greatly when the inevitable happened and they will want to find scapegoat as usual because of the misinformations. Grim future for minorities in Indonesia.

Nusantara untuk Semua Masyarakat Indonesia, bukan 1 atau 2 Kelompok saja. Presiden tiap 5-10 tahun akan ganti namun pencapaian IKN berguna sepanjang masa. Semoga perjuangan Jokowi dapat berjalan dengan lancar tanpa hambatan apapun.

Yang penting tidak dikorupsi pasti bisa.❤

Colombia needs a new capital since Bogotá is very polarized, insecure, chaos

I'm from karawang i love Indonesia

I love indonesia

Indonesia is Javanesia 😅😊 Everyone knows that fact

Many of you may not know, but on the island of borneo is home to the Borneo Lowland tropical rainforest that's been existed for more than 140 million years old, which is the oldest rainforest in the world besides Taman Negara. It's just worrying that the new capital might threaten the rainforest forests. To dates the size of the rainforest has been shrunk to 50% of its original size.

Indonesia no 1,,,

its pretty hard to invest on a country having so much foreign debt, yet having wealth distribution problem and being battered by climate change. I can't blame the investors for waiting, its lot of money to lost

"Taking risk" is the president's character. That's why, the next president should have this courage.

Actually Indonesia has no money to build a new city like that. Poverty, jobless, high debt, corruption are among problems that faced by Indonesia right now. So having a new capital is not a priority at all, especially if the city is built on debt

INDONESIA MAJU. JAVA IS VERY POPULATED, BORNEO IS OUR FUTURE CAPITAL..❤

Bahasanya boleh medok, kerana bukan ahli menata bahasa dan kata kata Tapi kerjanya ruaaaaaaaar biasaaaa Mr. Jokowi amazing