The Latest Breaking News from Joko Widodo

Indonesia is gearing up to inaugurate its new capital Nusantara later this week, on the country's Independence Day. Amid delays and slow private investment, President Joko Widodo hailed the unfinished city as a "canvas on which to draw the future". Yuka Royer takes a closer look at the 30 billion…

President Widodo leads development of Nusantara capital, emphasizing sustainability and private investments in Indonesia's new city.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who intends to spend his last few months of his presidency in the country’s ambitious new capital, has begun to work from the new presidential palace there, despite the continuing construction work and lack of first-class facilities

Former Indonesian agriculture minister sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption-related offenses, raising concerns about anti-corruption efforts in t...

Indonesia’s anti-graft court has sentenced a former agriculture minister to 10 years in prison for extortion, abuse of power and bribery involving ministry contracts with private vendors

The country, which is the region's largest economy and home to the largest nickel reserve in the world, has been seeking to position itself as a key player in the global electric vehicle supply chain.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo says construction of the first phase of the country’s ambitious new capital is 80% complete and he will have an office there once clean water is available in July

The $32.5 billion project has been beset by construction delays and a lack of outside funding.

Indonesia’s top investment official says the government has proposed building an electric vehicle battery plant to Tesla CEO Elon Musk