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By Hans Nicholas Jong JAKARTA — For the first time since it declared independence in 1945, Indonesia held its official national day celebrations outside Jakarta this year. Flag-raising ceremonies were observed simultaneously on Aug. 17 in Jakarta, on the island of Java, and in Nusantara, the country’s new capital city, currently being carved out the jungles of Borneo. President Joko Widodo oversaw the celebration in Nusantara, with Vice President Ma’ruf Amin presiding over the ceremony in Jakarta. Days earlier, the president, popularly known as Jokowi, had complained that the State Palace in J…

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