https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/16/when-investor-protection-risks-becoming-financial-immunity https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/22/2026_09_22_179964_1790070443.jpg A woman walks past the Wisma Danantara Indonesia building on Aug. 11, 2026, on Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto in South Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/16/batam-blackout-caused-by-wild-animal-costs-at-least-rp-233-9-billion https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/12/06/2024_12_06_158054_1733466984.jpg A technician from state electricity company PLN stands atop a transmission tower during regular maintenance work on Dec. 27, 2023, in Palu, Central Sulawesi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/16/why-the-asia-pacific-needs-stronger-development-finance-institutions https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/16/2026_10_16_180721_1792118567.jpg A wind power plant (PLTB), financed by PT SMI, is pictured in Sidrap, South Sulawesi. (Courtesy of PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur) https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/16/idx-tanks-8-on-latest-msci-stock-market-warning https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/19/2026_02_19_172752_1771476250.jpg A woman takes a photo of an electronic display at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in South Jakarta on Feb. 2, 2026, showing negative movements across the IDX Composite index. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/16/how-worried-should-we-be-about-the-global-economy https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180690_1792038496.jpg Motorcyclists queue to refuel at a gas station in Denpasar amid a fuel supply shortage in Bali on Oct. 14, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/16/the-houses-right-to-act-and-the-political-agenda-of-2029 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/12/2026_10_12_180565_1791778903.jpg Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka looks toward the central dais on May 20, 2026, prior to President Prabowo Subianto's speech on the macroeconomic framework to lawmakers at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/16/msci-weighs-downgrading-indonesia-to-standalone-market-status https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/11/2026_06_11_176580_1781163892.jpg An electronic display board inside the main hall of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in South Jakarta shows an overall downward movement across most stocks during the lunch break on Jan. 29, 2026, when the IDX Composite index fell 6.3 percent after global investment firm MSCI raised concerns about free float and trading transparency. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/16/government-accused-of-limiting-access-to-forestry-data-amid-raging-wildfires https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/16/2026_10_16_180720_1792112000.jpg Motorcyclists ride in the morning in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan on October 14, 2026. Thick haze has turned the skies in the city into apocalyptic shades of yellow and orange on Thursday, reducing visibility to a few dozen meters as wildfires cause a regional air pollution crisis. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/16/foreign-ministry-back-in-the-drivers-seat-but-not-alone https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/12/2026_10_12_180562_1791778869.JPG Newly appointed Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir (right) reacts as former foreign minister and current Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs, Sugiono, embraces him during a handover ceremony at the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta on Oct. 12, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/16/analysis-will-indonesias-new-labor-law-deliver-on-its-promises https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180696_1792051555.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/indonesia/2026/10/16/prabowo-swaps-army-chief-tni-deputy-commander-in-latest-reshuffle https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180704_1792068955.jpg Gen. Maruli Simanjuntak (left) and Gen. Tandyo Budi Revita are sworn in on Thursday as Indonesian Military (TNI) deputy commander and Army chief of staff, respectively, in a ceremony at the State Palace in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/16/solar-panel-industry-urged-to-pivot-as-us-market-turns-unviable https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/15/2025_10_15_167702_1760516775.jpg A farmer stands on a boat on Oct. 12, 2025, while passing through solar panels installed as part of the Rawa Pening floating solar photovoltaic plant in Tuntang, Semarang regency, Central Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/16/leaderless-haze-control https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/22/2026_08_22_178921_1787390677.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (center) talks with then-National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo (second right) and Indonesian Military commander Gen. Agus Subiyanto (right) while inspecting a forest and land fire site in Kubu Raya, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, on Aug. 22, 2026. President Prabowo inspected efforts to tackle forest and land fires in several areas of Kalimantan to ensure the response is swift and effective. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/15/deadly-ciputat-blast-put-free-meals-safety-under-scrutiny https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/08/15/2024_08_15_153546_1723706197.jpg Illustration of a police tape sealing a crime scene. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/15/tech-sell-off-deepens-as-us-inflation-sparks-ai-jitters https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180705_1792070867.jpg A man checks his phone in front of an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/15/lawmakers-call-for-audit-of-disaster-agency-after-graft-scandal https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180698_1792055023.jpg The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) official Gabriel Purwaka Sigit (left), Bima Setiawan (right) who is the younger brother of BNPB chief Suharyanto, and private-sector figure Syifa Nrika Ghifarian (second left) walk in detainee vests after questioning at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta on Wednesday (Oct. 14, 2026). The KPK has detained five suspects in an alleged corruption case at BNPB, uncovered through a sting operation. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/13/2026_10_13_180623_1791897457.jpg Firefighters work on containing a wildfire on Tuesday in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan. Toxic haze has shrouded parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Kalimantan and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/15/online-witch-hunt-sweeps-up-asians-misidentified-as-us-rape-accused https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180695_1792050662.jpg A general view of McGraw Tower on Cornell University's campus on October 13, 2026 in Ithaca, New York. Officials at Cornell University announced they would ban fraternity parties for the remainder of the academic year as the university continues to face scrutiny over their handling of 2024 rape allegations. https://www.thejakartapost.com/sports/2026/10/15/high-hopes-as-indonesian-women-get-a-football-league-again https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180693_1792044618.jpg This picture taken on September 26, 2026 shows Persita Tangerang's players performing drills during a soccer training session in Tangerang, Banten. October 18's matches in the Indonesia Women's League will be the first since 2019 and a new chapter for women's football and gender equality in the country of 290 million people. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/15/failure-to-activate-hormuz-fertilizer-plan-could-trigger-food-crisis https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/26/2026_09_26_180096_1790407491.jpg Men bathe in the Gulf waters as vessels in the background transit the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Iran's southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Sept. 7, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/15/herbal-cosmetics-pioneer-martha-tilaar-dies-at-89 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180686_1792036534.jpg Martha Tilaar receives the 2018 SDG Pioneers award from the United Nations Global Compact at the UN headquarters in New York for advancing sustainability through community engagement. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/15/government-taps-msme-exports-amid-push-into-nontraditional-markets https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/05/14/2024_05_14_150415_1715691158.jpg One of 20 participants from micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) arranges products made during a fashion training program on May 14, 2024, organized by the Denpasar city administration in Bali. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/15/middle-east-lng-industry-remains-hostage-of-iran-war https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/03/19/2026_03_19_173836_1773884903.JPG QatarEnergy's liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility continues production amid the United States-Israeli conflict with Iran, at the Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar, on March 2, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/15/the-rich-worlds-climate-distraction https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/07/2026_08_07_178425_1786109011.JPG Two schoolgirls look at an informal riverbank settlement on Aug. 7, 2026, from a bridge in Kebon Melati village, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/the-weekend-digest/2026/10/15/fx-harsono-revisits-indonesias-unresolved-past-in-ambangthreshold https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180684_1792033487.png https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180681_1792033484.png https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180685_1792033487.png https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180683_1792033487.png https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180682_1792033486.png https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/15/trumps-russian-diesel-deal-is-a-warning-to-asia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/14/2026_10_14_180642_1791937658.jpg An oil tanker sails Nakhodka Bay on Dec. 4, 2022, near the Russian port city of Nakhodka. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/15/pln-egm-appoints-suroso-isnandar-to-replace-darmawan-prasodjo-as-new-chief https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/09/2026_10_09_180489_1791526324.jpg A data center is under construction on Aug. 29, 2024, in the Nongsa Digital Park Special Economic Zone (KEK) in Batam, the Riau Islands. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/15/public-investment-is-fiscally-responsible https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/14/2026_10_14_180652_1791953493.jpg (left to right) Finland’s Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Riikka Purra, World Bank president Ajay Banga, Thailand’s Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva and BBC economics editor Faisal Islam sit during the "Building Resilience in a Fragmented World" panel at the Annual IMF and World Bank Meetings at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok on Oct. 13, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/10/15/benteng-chinese-women-in-tangerang-find-strength-in-numbers https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/14/2026_10_14_180640_1791936141.jpeg Savings in action: Chen Fie (second right) oversees savings and loan transactions at the Lampion Merah Abadi Women’s Resource Development Cooperative in Kosambi, Tangerang, Banten, on Aug. 20, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/14/2026_10_14_180641_1791936141.png Stitch by stitch: Oey Cin Wah, 63, a member of the Lampion Merah Abadi cooperative in Tangerang, Banten, knits a red yarn headband in this undated photo. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/15/geopolitical-uncertainty-leads-to-mass-layoffs-in-east-java https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/01/2026_05_01_175255_1777617019.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (center) arrives at the National Monument (Monas) to attend the International Workers’ Day commemoration in Central Jakarta on May 1, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/15/us-consumer-inflation-hotter-than-expected-as-midterms-loom https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180680_1792028271.jpg Attendees listen as US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport on Oct. 14, 2026 in Bullhead City, Arizona. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/15/women-in-power-corruption-and-the-limits-of-affirmative-action https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/06/2026_10_06_180393_1791284077.jpg Gowa Regent Sitti Husniah Talenrang (center) walks to an interrogation room in the Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) on Oct. 1, 2026, after arriving at the National Police headquarters in South Jakarta for questioning as a suspect in four cases involving corruption, extortion and money laundering. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/15/flores-quake-victimsdemand-govt-accountability-over-slow-disaster-response https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180037_1790250867.jpg A teacher gives a lesson to students on Sept. 9 under a tree at SDN Jarak elementary school in Golo Mori village, West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), after damage to their classroom forced lessons outdoors. Elementary and Secondary Education Ministry data show that 1,931 schools, involving 171,476 students, have resumed classes after being temporarily closed following the NTT earthquake. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/02/2026_10_02_180284_1790905952.jpg Several women sit near a makeshift tent on Sept. 29 at a communal evacuation shelter in Nagekeo regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). Around 24,000 people are still staying in various shelters across Flores Island in NTT after the 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the island on Aug. 15. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/15/indonesia-badly-needs-inclusive-institutions-not-rhetoric https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/05/2026_06_05_176421_1780660240.jpg Protesters hold posters, one of which reading “Oligarchic families should be eradicated", on Aug. 23, 2024, during a rally in front of the General Election Commission (KPU) building in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/15/analysis-same-uniform-new-master-the-limits-of-police-reform https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/14/2026_10_14_180677_1791995546.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (right) attaches rank insignia on Oct. 1, 2026, to the uniform of newly appointed National Police Chief Suyudi Ario Seto (left) during his inauguration at the State Palace in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/15/asean-urged-to-take-extra-measures-on-regional-haze-amid-rising-health-concerns https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/14/2026_10_14_180644_1791948750.jpg A woman walks as haze shrouds Petronas Twin Towers and other commercial buildings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Oct. 13, 2026. Toxic haze has shrouded parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Indonesian authorities struggle to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Kalimantan and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/14/2026_10_14_180643_1791948750.jpg Firefighters prepare to contain a wildfire in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan, on Oct. 13, 2026. Toxic haze has shrouded parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Indonesian authorities struggle to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Kalimantan and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/15/five-arrested-for-corruption-at-disaster-agency-amid-funding-concerns https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/14/2026_10_14_180663_1791986833.jpg A Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk firefighting helicopter operated by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) sits on the tarmac enveloped in haze on Sept. 24 at Tjilik Riwut Airport in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan. Low visibility caused by persistent forest fires has hampered both commercial air travel and aerial firefighting operations across the province. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/15/prove-the-ground-first https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/07/2026_07_07_177376_1783428759.JPG Passengers ride a Transjakarta bus traveling through the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle area in Central Jakarta on June 21, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/15/protests-erupt-across-sumatra-as-frustration-grows-over-persistent-wildfires https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/02/2026_10_02_180286_1790911051.jpg People commute along a road as haze from forest and land fires shrouds Palembang, South Sumatra, on Oct. 2, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/14/bocelli-concerts-face-uncertainty-after-mui-opposition https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/14/2026_10_14_180662_1791982780.jpg Demonstrators ride in a convoy on Oct. 13, 2026, to the Borobudur Temple Tourism Park office to protest Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli’s planned concert in Magelang, Central Java. Members of various community groups gathered at the complex to oppose the concerts, scheduled for Borobudur Temple on Oct. 31 and Jakarta on Nov. 3, citing the singer’s perceived links to Israel. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/14/idx-tightens-ipo-rules-despite-muted-market-activity https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/24/2026_06_24_176966_1782261995.jpg A screen at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in Jakarta shows stock quotes on Jan. 2, 2025. (Antara Foto/Hafidz Mubarak A)