FILE PHOTO: Indonesia President Joko Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla arrive at a ceremony to celebrate Indonesia's 74th Independence Day at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 17, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will build a new capital in the province of East Kalimantan on Borneo island, media cited land planning minister Sofyan Djalil as saying on Thursday.
President Joko Widodo last week formally proposed to parliament moving the capital from Jakarta, a crowded, polluted city of 10 million people, to somewhere in Kalimantan.
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