https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/28/breaking-the-vicious-cycle-of-forest-fires-and-haze https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178973_1787573255.jpg A fireman extinguishes a peatland fire on Aug. 24, 2026, in Kampar regency, Riau. The Riau provincial administration and other agencies reduced the area affected by forest and land fires from about 16,000 to 900 hectares between January and August 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/28/prabowo-highlights-nus-role-in-maintaining-national-stability https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179070_1787839469.jpg President Prabowo Subianto delivers a speech on Aug. 27 during the opening ceremony of Nahdlatul Ulama’s 35th congress in Jombang, East Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/08/28/lalala-festival-2026-the-art-of-finding-something-you-didnt-come-for https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179071_1787841845.jpeg Larger than life: The Flaming Lips perform on the first day of the 2026 LaLaLa Festival on Aug. 22, 2026, at Jakarta International Expo (JIExpo) Kemayoran in Central Jakarta. The set featured four enormous inflatable pink robots during “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1,” alongside fan favorites including “She Don't Use Jelly” and “Fight Test.” https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179073_1787841847.jpg One more time: Fans cheer during Irish band Kodaline’s performance on the first day of the 2026 LaLaLa Festival on Aug. 22, 2026, at JIExpo Kemayoran in Central Jakarta. The performance was part of the band’s farewell tour. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179072_1787841846.jpeg Nordic pop: Norwegian singer Astrid Smeplass, known as Astrid S, performs on the first day of the 2026 LaLaLa Festival on Aug. 22, 2026, at JIExpo Kemayoran in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/28/death-toll-nears-400-rescuers-search-for-1400-missing-after-nepal-tibet-floods https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/28/2026_08_28_179087_1787884320.jpg An aerial view shows houses lying deluged in sludge after flash floods at Devighat, Bidur Municipality, along the confluence of the Trishuli and Tadi rivers in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 27, 2026. Nepal's disaster agency said that 823 people remained out of contact on August 27, more than 24 hours after a deadly flood tore through the border region with Tibet. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/28/why-dolly-parton-was-one-of-americas-greatest https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179051_1787800764.jpg People visit the Dolly Parton exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee, the United States, on Aug. 26, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/28/can-indonesia-build-trust-in-its-welfare-data https://img.jakpost.net/c/2022/07/18/2022_07_18_128012_1658158349.jpeg Children defy the heat as they play on the rail tracks on July 15, 2022, in a low-income area in Pejompongan, Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/28/deeper-indonesia-australia-cooperation-to-secure-indo-pacific https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179058_1787821752.jpeg Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin (left) and Foreign Minister Sugiono (second right) pose with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Minister Richard Marles (second left) and Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Aug. 26, 2026, during the 10th Australia-Indonesia Foreign and Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Melbourne. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/28/jokowi-loyalistbudi-arie-apologizes-for-early-election-remarks https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/07/17/2023_07_17_140352_1689562523.jpg Projo cofounder and chairman Budi Arie Setiadi (center) speaks on July 6, 2023, during a meeting at the South Jakarta headquarters of the organization, known as the largest group of supporters of former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/28/bank-account-freezes-can-help-fight-crime-not-silence-critics https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179028_1787746506.jpg Members of the United Pati Community Alliance (AMPB) from Pati, Central Java, gather in front of the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta on Aug. 26, 2026, the day before a rally to urge firmer anticorruption efforts and to demand the House of Representatives expedite passage of the asset forfeiture bill. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/28/analysis-2027-budget-sticks-to-growth-agenda-despite-headwinds https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179055_1787804033.jpg President Prabowo Subianto looks on as he arrives on Aug. 14 at the Senayan legislative complex in Central Jakarata for the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) plenary meeting, in which he delivered the State of the Nation address and the 2027 state budget proposal. (Reuters/Stringer) https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/28/from-pati-to-senayan-protesters-take-aim-at-corruption https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179061_1787828335.jpg Protesters deliver speeches and put up posters and banners on a gate on Thursday during a demonstration urging lawmakers to immediately pass an asset forfeiture law for corruptors outside the Legislative complex in Jakarta. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179062_1787828336.jpg Representative of the protesters Supriyono, also known as Botok, attends a meeting to voice grievances to the Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives on Thursday at the House building in Jakarta, following a demonstration urging lawmakers to immediately pass an asset forfeiture law for corruptors. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/28/toyota-tug-of-war-exposes-aseans-investment-dilemma https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/05/2026_05_05_175402_1777983463.jpg A man runs past national flags of ASEAN member states on May 5 outside a media center in Cebu, the Philippines, ahead of the 48th ASEAN Summit. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/28/forestry-reform-urged-as-wildfire-threatens-health-ecosystem https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179064_1787836176.jpg A firefighter sprays water to extinguish wildfire on Aug. 26 in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan. Around 7,600 hectares of land have been burned across the province between January and late July, according to data from the Forestry Ministry. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179065_1787836176.jpg Smoke billows from the burning swath of peatland located next to an oil palm plantation on Aug. 26 in East Tanjung Jabung regency, Jambi. A joint team comprising of military, police, forest firefighters and others have been working since Aug. 25 to extinguish the fires in the area. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/28/when-22-is-more-than-4 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/21/2026_08_21_178890_1787302531.JPG Foreign Minister Sugiono (second right) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (second left) stand with their defense counterparts Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin (right) and Dong Jun for a photo op on Aug. 21, 2026, during the Indonesia-China joint foreign and defense ministerial dialogue at the Foreign Ministry in Centra Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/27/house-commission-confirms-destry-as-bi-governor https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179063_1787828920.jpg Acting Bank Indonesia (BI) governor Destry Damayanti prepares to undergo a fit and proper test with House of Representatives Commission XI on Aug. 26 at the Senayan legislative complex in Jakarta, following her nomination to become the central bank's official head. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/27/shipbuilding-industry-struggles-with-persistent-weak-demand https://img.jakpost.net/c/2016/11/15/2016_11_15_16073_1479215209.jpg Foreign technicians walk down the gangway of the KRI I Gusti Ngurah Rai warship at the shipyard of state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL Indonesia in Surabaya, East Java, on Nov.8, 2016. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/27/pos-indonesia-delays-salaries-due-to-rp-158b-in-unpaid-govt-receivables https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/14/2026_07_14_177606_1784016630.jpg Students visit the office of postal company PT Pos Indonesia during a study tour in Medan, North Sumatra, on Aug. 13, 2018. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/08/27/japans-polka-dot-queen-artist-yayoi-kusama-dies-aged-97 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179057_1787813083.jpg A video projection of “Song of a Manhattan Suicide Addict“ by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is seen during the media preview of the exhibition “I would overcome death and go on living“ at Yayoi Kusama Museum in Tokyo on October 16, 2024. Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, known as the “polka dot queen“, has died aged 97, a statement from her company said on August 27, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/27/skk-migas-issues-early-warning-as-forest-fires-near-oil-and-gas-facilities https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179060_1787824303.jpg This aerial photo shows smoke from forest and land fires blanketing the city of Pontianak, West Kalimantan on August 27, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/27/the-us-fiscal-hole-has-an-ai-problem-at-its-core https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178983_1787620724.jpg United States Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent takes questions from reporters as he speaks during a press conference on Aug. 24 in Washington, DC. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/27/bali-plays-down-zika-concerns-after-us-issues-travel-health-warning https://img.jakpost.net/c/2016/10/21/2016_10_21_14347_1477052874.jpg Elisson Campos poses with his 1-year-old brother, Jose Wesley Campos, who was born with microcephaly, one of many serious medical problems that can be caused by congenital Zika syndrome, on Sept. 27, 2016, in Bonito, Pernambuco state, Brazil. AP Photo/Felipe Dana https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/27/trumps-pivot-seouls-long-game https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/02/2026_08_02_178193_1785641792.jpg United States President Donald Trump flashes a thumbs up while stepping off Air Force One on July 31 upon arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, the US. https://www.thejakartapost.com/prosperity-and-progress/2026/08/27/the-ludicrous-economics-of-pokmon-cards-in-indonesia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179049_1787797530.png https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179046_1787797528.jpeg https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179048_1787797529.jpg https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179047_1787797528.jpg https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/27/nvidia-forecasts-70-sales-growth-next-year-signals-ai-spending-boom-has-years-left https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/08/28/2025_08_28_165915_1756344461.jpg A sign is pictured in front of Nvidia headquarters on Aug. 27, 2025 in Santa Clara, California, US. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/27/beyond-the-congress-nu-and-the-moral-future-of-indonesia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/17/2026_07_17_177723_1784257669.jpg Bated breath: Groups of santri (Islamic boarding school students) hold aloft the flag of Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) as they wait along a road for the presidential motorcade to arrive on June 23 ahead of the closing ceremony of the NU National Conference of Islamic Scholars and Grand Conference at the Syachona Mohammad Cholil Islamic Institute in Bangkalan, East Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/27/protesters-swarm-house-to-demand-asset-forfeiture-end-to-graft https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179050_1787797914.jpg Residents and online motorcycle taxi drivers arrange boxes of bottled water donated by members of the public for participants of the United Pati People’s Alliance (AMPB) rally outside the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta on Aug. 26, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179028_1787746506.jpg Several residents of Pati, Central Java, joined under the United Pati People's Alliance (AMPB) gather in front of the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta on Aug. 26, 2026, ahead of a rally at the same location on Aug. 27 to demand the House of Representatives expedite passage of the asset forfeiture bill and firmer anticorruption efforts. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/27/look-east-for-lessons-in-democratic-resistance https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179012_1787725848.jpg A man holds a banner claiming local elections held in June were fraudulent, during a protest demanding new elections on July 23 in Seoul. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/27/historic-north-sumatra-oil-well-proposed-for-national-cultural-heritage-site https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178989_1787653316.jpg A visitor observes the historic Telaga Tunggal 1 oil well, in operation from 1885 to 2010, on Aug. 11 in Telaga Said village, Langkat regency, North Sumatra. Experts from the North Sumatra Cultural Heritage Team are preparing a proposal to designate Indonesia's first commercial oil well as national cultural heritage. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/27/west-java-governors-political-future-in-spotlight-amid-party-switch-rumors https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/03/17/2025_03_17_161260_1742188628.jpg West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi smiles on Feb. 20, 2025, after the inauguration ceremony for 961 governors, mayors, regents and their deputies presided over by President Prabowo Subianto at the Presidential Palace complex in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/27/ex-foreign-minister-retno-becomes-one-of-first-suar-award-recipients https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179029_1787747932.jpg Editor-in-chief of SUAR.id, Sutta Dharmasaputra, presents the SUAR Prize to Retno LP Marsudi, former foreign minister who currently serves as special envoy on water to UN secretary-general, on Aug. 21 at the SUAR Forum in Tangerang, Banten. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/27/indonesia-can-fight-fires-it-must-govern-climate-risk-too https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178955_1787540252.JPG The Ampera Bridge sits shrouded in haze from wildfires on Aug. 23 in Palembang, South Sumatra. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/27/analysis-when-independence-day-meets-a-nations-discontent https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179045_1787790780.jpg A silhouette of participants attempting to reach the top of a greased pole on Aug. 17, 2026, during an annual traditional pole-climbing competition held to mark Indonesia’s Independence Day in the Cilincing area of North Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/27/when-the-state-rolls-back-reform-promises-from-sabang-to-merauke https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178992_1787662987.JPG A group of ‘ojol’ (online motorcycle transportation drivers) distributes boxes of supplies donated by the public at a drop-off point outside the Senalayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta on Aug. 25, 2026, ahead of a planned protest on Aug. 27. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/27/pati-protesters-to-bring-antigraft-demands-to-jakarta https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179028_1787746506.jpg Several residents of Pati, Central Java, joined under the United Pati People's Alliance (AMPB) gather in front of the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta on Aug. 26, 2026, ahead of a rally at the same location on Aug. 27 to demand the House of Representatives expedite passage of the asset forfeiture bill and firmer anticorruption efforts. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179027_1787746506.jpg Suspended Pati regent Sudewo (center) is escorted by the police to a prisoner van after undergoing a corruption hearing at the Semarang Corruption Court in Semarang, Central Java on Aug. 10, 2026. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has accused Sudewo of extorting candidates for village administration posts and accepting bribes pertaining to a 2022 railway project. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/27/cooperatives-financing-raises-concerns-over-soe-banks-fiscal-risks https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/11/24/2025_11_24_169365_1763965487.jpg Affordable care: A seller serves a customer on July 21 at a pharmacy during the launch ceremony for a cooperative under the government's Red and White Cooperatives program, in Serang regency, Banten, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/27/pressure-piles-on-indonesia-to-contain-wildfire-haze https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179030_1787751594.jpg A swath of peatland in Kota Bumi village, Tanjung Lubuk district, Ogan Komering Ilir regency, South Sumatra is engulfed in fire on Aug. 6, 2026. A total of 202,010 hectares of forest and land have been burned nationwide since January, according to data from the Forestry Ministry. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179031_1787751594.jpg Haze shrouds the Kuala Lumpur skyline in Malaysia on Aug. 26, 2026, amid high levels of air pollution from regional wildfires. Indonesia has for weeks battled wildfires that have led to school closures and thousands of people requiring medical treatment, with smoke also reaching neighboring Malaysia and Singapore. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/27/clarity-on-dsi-urgent https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/30/2025_10_30_168341_1761796357.jpg A worker arranges fresh fruit bunches (FFB) in a truck box on Oct. 29, 2025, in Topoyo, Central Mamuju regency, West Sulawesi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/27/nu-congress-begins-in-east-java-to-select-new-leaders https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/22/2026_08_22_178925_1787417747.jpg Former vice president and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Mustasyar (advisory council) member Ma'ruf Amin (right) speaks as he is accompanied by NU senior cleric Ali Akbar Marbun (left) on Thursday during a press briefing after a meeting between the group's senior clerics at the organization's headquarters in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/27/maybank-marathon-2026-cements-its-reputation-as-a-world-class-running-event https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179018_1787738557.jpg (Courtesy of Maybank Indonesia) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179019_1787738557.jpg (Courtesy of Maybank Indonesia) https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/26/destry-promises-same-soul-at-bi-should-she-get-the-job https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/28/2026_07_28_178053_1785208969.JPG Interim Bank Indonesia Governor Destry Damayanti arrives on July 27 at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta.