https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/02/government-to-investigate-post-quake-death-toll-among-ntt-evacuees https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/02/2026_10_02_180284_1790905952.jpg Several women sit near a makeshift tent at a communal evacuation shelter in Nagekeo regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) on Sept. 29, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/02/2026_10_02_180283_1790905952.jpg Workers build temporary shelters for earthquake survivors in Nagekeo regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) on Oct. 1, 2026. According to data from the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) on Sept. 28, at least 39 units of temporary houses had been built across Flores Island from the target of 1,187 units. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/02/danantara-plans-10-idx-stake-purchase https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/08/2026_07_08_177405_1783489393.jpg An electronic board displays stock prices at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in Jakarta on Jan. 29, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/02/glimpses-of-hope-from-the-un-general-assembly https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/10/2026_04_10_174558_1775824272.jpg A solar water pump irrigates a rice farm on April 6, 2026, in Lumajang, East Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/02/protecting-workers-livelihoods-from-el-nios-fallout https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/22/2026_08_22_178913_1787366668.jpg A farmer applies urea to a rice paddy on June 10, 2026, at a drought-affected farm in Handapherang village, Ciamis regency, West Java, where around 12 hectares of rice fields have been left parched and cracked as the dry season intensifies. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/02/chasing-the-worries-away-prenagen-and-ji-chang-wook-help-women-turn-woes-into-action https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/02/2026_10_02_180290_1790913189.jpg (Image Courtesy of Kalbe Nutritionals) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/02/2026_10_02_180289_1790913188.jpg (Image Courtesy of Kalbe Nutritionals) https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2026/10/02/the-weight-of-time https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/01/2026_10_01_180248_1790841230.png https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/01/2026_10_01_180250_1790841233.png https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/01/2026_10_01_180247_1790841229.png https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/01/2026_10_01_180249_1790841231.png https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/02/elephant-cub-born-at-riaus-tesso-nilo-national-park https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/01/2026_10_01_180269_1790857540.jpg Lisa, a 45-year-old tame elephant, tends on Wednesday to her as-yet-unnamed male calf at Tesso Nilo National Park, Pelalawan regency, Riau. The calf is Lisa's sixth. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/02/indonesias-new-terrorism-challenge-the-terrorist-criminal-continuum https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/11/09/2025_11_09_168757_1762645682.jpg Police officials carry out an on-site investigation following a blast at state high school SMAN 72 in Jakarta on Nov. 7, 2025. Two explosions in the school campus injured at least 55 people. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/02/dollar-at-17-month-high-as-global-bond-rout-hits-euro https://img.jakpost.net/c/2022/08/19/2022_08_19_129080_1660876080.JPG US dollar and euro banknotes are seen in this illustration photo taken on July 17, 2022. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/02/eight-chinese-nationals-detained-in-batam-over-11-kg-gold-smuggling https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/12/04/2023_12_04_144997_1701664706.jpg Gold bullion bars are stacked upon one another at the ABC Refinery in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 5, 2020. Gold prices have continued to soar to record highs in 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/02/indonesias-ai-data-center-ambition-needs-a-resource-rule-book https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/22/2026_09_22_179960_1790058342.jpg West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi (fourth right), scoops a shovelful of soil on July 28, 2026, at the groundbreaking ceremony for Singapore-based BDx Data Centers’ CGK4 artificial intelligence campus in Jatiluhur, West Java, accompanied by BDx Data Centers CEO Mayank Srivastava (fifth right) and BDx Indonesia CEO Agus Hartono Wijaya (sixth right) as well as local leaders and community representatives. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/10/02/andrea-bocelli-marks-30-years-of-romanza-with-indonesia-shows https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/01/2026_10_01_180241_1790830463.jpg Crossover classic: Andrea Bocelli poses for the cover of ‘Romanza’ (1996), the compilation album that launched his global career, which the Italian tenor is marking with a 30th anniversary world tour that includes two Indonesian stops: on Oct. 31 at Borobudur Temple and on Nov. 1 in Jakarta. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/01/2026_10_01_180242_1790830464.jpg Musical life: Andrea Bocelli plays the flute in this undated photo. The Italian tenor learned to play several musical instruments from an early age. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/02/bi-can-hold-rates-but-indonesia-cannot-escape-expensive-money https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/30/2026_09_30_180215_1790748847.jpg A teller counts rupiah bank notes at a money changer in Jakarta on Jan. 20, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/02/court-ruling-on-nutrition-label-welcomed-to-promote-consumer-health https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/19/2026_04_19_174856_1776570482.jpg BPOM chief Taruna Ikrar (left) and Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin (second right) look at an example of a Nutri-Level label on April 14 during the launch event in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/02/top-cop-jokowi-aide-out-as-prabowo-consolidates-power https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/01/2026_10_01_180264_1790849324.JPG Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto attaches a rank insignia to the uniform of newly appointed National Police Chief Suyudi Ario Seto on Thursday during his inauguration at the State Palace in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/02/mining-groups-press-for-timely-2027-quota-approval-to-avoid-disruptions https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/28/2026_09_28_180131_1790548680.jpg Heavy equipment operate on March 4, 2011, at the Binungan coal mine belonging to PT Berau Coal in Berau regency, East Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/02/analysis-ris-illegal-cigarette-trade-a-problem-of-enforcement-and-incentives https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/01/2026_10_01_180268_1790851527.jpg A Bekasi customs and excise official displays confiscated illegal cigarette packages set to be destroyed in Bekasi Regency, West Java on Dec. 6, 2023. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/02/career-diplomat-arrmanatha-takes-helm-of-foreign-ministry https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/01/2026_10_01_180263_1790849323.JPG Foreign Minister Sugiono (left) gestures on Thursday as he and his deputy Arrmanatha Nasir arrive at the presidential palace for the inauguration in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/02/dont-let-things-slip-now https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/01/2026_10_01_180239_1790823985.jpg A visitor takes a photo of a screen displaying the movement of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) Composite index in Jakarta on Aug. 14, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/02/massive-fires-hit-three-landfills-across-the-country-as-dry-season-intensifies https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/01/2026_10_01_180253_1790848042.jpg Residents watch on Wednesday as flames engulf piles of garbage at Jatibarang Landfill in Semarang, Central Java. The Semarang Fire and Rescue Agency deployed 50 firefighters and seven fire trucks to tackle the blaze. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/01/indonesia-pushes-cooperation-to-outpace-global-scam-networks https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/01/2026_10_01_180252_1790844954.jpg Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet (center) poses with representatives attending the International Conference on Combating Online Scams (ICCOS) in Phnom Penh on Sept. 3, 2026. Around 20 countries including the United States and China were represented at the meeting, held amid international pressure on Phnom Penh do more to tackle the multi-billion-dollar online scam industry. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/01/2026_10_01_180251_1790844954.jpg Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet (left) shakes hands with Steve Flores, section chief for the International Operations Divison for Africa-Asia-Middle East at the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), at the opening of the International Conference on Combating Online Scams (ICCOS) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Sept. 23, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/01/inflation-ticks-up-putting-pressure-on-bi https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/24/2026_07_24_177959_1784865158.jpg A vendor serves customers shopping for staple foods on June 11, 2026, at Kahayan Market in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/10/01/expert-indonesia-needs-fire-risk-maps-food-project-reevaluation-amidst-merauke-wildfires https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/01/2026_10_01_180265_1790849805.jpg Cleared land earmarked for food estate projects is parched next to the remaining forest canopy in Merauke, South Papua. (Images courtesy of Auriga Nusantara) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/01/2026_10_01_180266_1790849948.jpg Cleared land earmarked for food estate projects is parched next to the remaining forest canopy in Merauke, South Papua. (Images courtesy of Auriga Nusantara) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/01/2026_10_01_180267_1790850045.jpg Vegetative debris from land clearing piles up along the roadside, marking the remnants of areas that were once covered in vegetation (Images courtesy of Auriga Nusantara) https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/01/philippines-sends-largest-ship-aircraft-to-drive-away-chinese-vessel https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/02/18/2025_02_18_160337_1739868874.jpg An aircraft identified by the Philippine Coast Guard as Chinese Navy helicopter (R) and a vessel identified by the Philippine Coast Guard as maritime militia (L) are seen during an aerial reconnaissance flight at Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on February 18, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/01/trade-surplus-grows-in-august-on-higher-manufacturing-exports https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/08/18/2025_08_18_165581_1755493042.jpg A vessel loaded with containers is docked at Pasir Panjang Port terminal in Singapore on May 19, 2025. Singapore's non-oil domestic exports slipped 4.6 percent in July from a year earlier, government data showed on Aug. 18, 2025 as shipments to the United States plunged by more than 40 percent https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/01/philippines-sends-largest-ship-to-drive-away-chinese-vessel-in-waters-near-taiwan https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/08/29/2024_08_29_154157_1724917495.jpg A vessel identified by the Philippine Coast Guard as a Chinese navy ship (background center) is seen past the Philippine Coast Guard ship BRP Cape Engano (right), during a supply mission to Sabina Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea on August 26, 2024. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/01/breaking-arrmanatha-takes-over-as-foreign-minister-in-latest-reshuffle https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/06/2026_08_06_178392_1786012929.jpeg Second Deputy Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir attends an emergency meeting of foreign ministers from Arab and Muslim countries on Aug. 5, 2026, in Amman. The meeting was hosted by Jordan to reaffirm the kingdom’s custodianship of Jerusalem’s holy sites amid escalating Israeli incursions in occupied East Jerusalem. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/01/breaking-prabowo-reshuffles-cabinet-replaces-police-chief https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/09/22/2025_09_22_166759_1758508703.jpg President Prabowo Subianto prepares to address an inauguration ceremony for new ministers and deputy ministers on Sept. 8, 2025, at the State Palace in Central Jakarta, following the first reshuffle of his administration. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/01/japan-tightens-rules-for-foreigners-wanting-permanent-residency https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/01/2026_10_01_180245_1790836480.jpg Tourists and commuters cross an intersection near shops in Shinjuku in Tokyo on July 21, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/01/indonesia-haze-creates-regional-pollution-but-little-legal-recourse https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/16/2026_09_16_179784_1789543249.jpg Activists led by Greenpeace Malaysia and Himpunan Advocacy Rakyat Malaysia (HARAM) stage a rally in front of the Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 4, 2026, calling for transparency and corporate accountability over transboundary haze due to wildfires in Indonesia. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/01/businesses-warn-against-more-rigid-manpower-law https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180034_1790247295.JPG Members of the Grand Coalition for Indonesian Workersʼ Struggle (KBPBI) rally on Sept. 24, 2026, during a demonstration in front of UOB Plaza on Jl. Thamrin in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/01/judge-rules-trump-can-deport-president-of-wisconsins-largest-mosque https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/01/09/2026_01_09_171220_1767926566.JPG Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Border Patrol stand guard, while an upside down U.S flag flutters, while demonstrators protest against the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, during a rally against increased immigration enforcement across the city, outside the Whipple Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 8, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/01/police-arrest-captain-of-capsized-ferry-for-violating-shipping-law https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/14/2026_09_14_179731_1789390085.JPG An aerial view of the Virgo Transport 8 ferry that capsized in the Java sea, September 13, 2026, in this still image taken from video. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/01/manufacturing-pmi-hits-7-month-high-in-september-on-stronger-demand https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/07/2026_09_07_179488_1788755082.jpg Workers assemble electric cars at a BYD production facility in Subang, West Java, on Sept. 3, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/01/how-to-stop-the-ai-pocalypse https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/20/2026_09_20_179892_1789871249.jpg Protesters during a “Stop the AI Race“ demonstration on Sept. 17, 2026, calling for a slowdown in the development of advanced artificial intelligence outside City Hall in San Francisco, California, the United States. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/01/where-will-fed-tightening-hit-hardest-in-asia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/28/2026_09_28_180143_1790582247.jpg A teller places a bundle of Rp 100,000 banknotes in a money counting machine on June 4, 2026, at a currency exchange office in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/01/e-java-earmarks-rp-6-billion-to-improve-ferry-pier-in-banyuwangi https://img.jakpost.net/c/2020/12/28/2020_12_28_109439_1609147962.jpg A port worker (right) gestures to a van at the Ketapang Port in Banyuwangi, East Java, on Dec. 27, 2020. According to government data, the Ketapang-Gilimanuk ports saw 31,932 travelers and 6,854 vehicles in the run-up to the Christmas and New Year holidays. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/01/ibc-urges-policy-support-to-streamline-nickel-battery-industry-fend-off-imports https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/10/27/2024_10_27_156652_1730015860.jpg Warehouse shelves hold boxes of finished battery cells on Aug. 28, 2024, at the electric vehicle battery plant of PT HLI Green Power, a joint venture between South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution, at Karawang New Industry City (KNIC) in Karawang, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/01/the-vanishing-of-indonesia-from-the-heart-of-papua https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/07/2026_08_07_178415_1786095488.jpg Padaidori fishermen show their catches on a beach in the Padaido Islands, Biak Numfor regency, Papua, in this file photo published on Aug. 7, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/01/investigation-finds-animal-welfare-concerns-at-bali-wildlife-attractions https://img.jakpost.net/c/2018/12/19/2018_12_19_61221_1545222338.gif A visitor feeds a Bengal tiger at Bali Zoo in Gianyar, Bali, in this file photograph.