https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/04/water-bombing-helicopter-crash-kills-one-in-central-kalimantan https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/11/2026_09_11_179634_1789132279.jpg An Indonesian Air Force trooper signals a helicopter during a water bombing mission at a peatland in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan on Sept. 10, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/04/google-unveils-15b-data-center-investment-in-malaysia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/05/2026_02_05_172241_1770269593.jpg A pedestrian walks by a sign at Google headquarters on Feb. 4, 2026, in Mountain View, California, United States. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/04/gibran-in-limbo-as-house-mulls-response https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/08/2026_10_08_180461_1791463634.jpg An image of Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka is displayed in a frame outside a photo framing shop on Thursday in the Jatinegara area of East Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/04/exporters-wary-of-danantaras-commodity-export-fees https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/11/14/2025_11_14_168994_1763113316.jpg A vehicle moves past stacks of cargo containers on July 7 at the Jakarta International Container Terminal at the Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/04/president-prabowo-sacks-chief-of-staff-listyo-for-alleged-wiretapping- https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/09/01/2025_09_01_166058_1756727982.jpg After the storm: President Prabowo Subianto (right) speaks with National Police Chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo after visiting injured police officers at the National Police Hospital in Kramat Jati, Jakarta, on Sept. 1, 2025. President Prabowo visits officers who are wounded during clashes at a protest in Jakarta and instructs the police chief to grant them extraordinary promotions. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/04/democrat-abdul-el-sayed-claims-victory-in-michigan-senate-battle https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180962_1792901090.jpg Former US President Barack Obama (center), Democrat Michigan senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (left) and Michigan Secretary of State and Democrat gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson (right) raise joined hands as they campaign together with other Michigan Democratics at a rally in Detroit, Michigan on October 24, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/04/finance-ministry-forecasts-gdp-growth-at-5-4-percent https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181246_1793763045.jpeg Financial Services Authority (OJK) chief Friderica Widyasari Dewi (left), Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara (second-left), Bank Indonesia Governor Destry Damayanti (second right) and Indonesian Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS) chairman Anggto Abimanyu pose for a photo during a Financial System Stability Committee (KSSK) press conference on Nov. 3, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/04/letter-to-the-editor-senior-myanmar-diplomat-responds https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/06/2026_08_06_178377_1785994222.jpg Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing (second left) and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (left) inspect a guard of honor on Aug. 6, 2026, during a ceremony at Government House in Bangkok to welcome the former junta chief. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/04/japanese-tech-firm-ntt-data-scales-up-jakarta-data-center-capacity https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181247_1793763143.jpeg Japanese tech firm NTT Data launched a new data center facility in Jakarta on Nov. 3, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/04/ex-police-chief-listyo-may-have-committed-treason-by-wiretapping-president-govt https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/06/2026_02_06_172291_1770349952.jpg National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo attends a hearing on Jan. 26, 2026, with House of Representatives Commission III, which oversees legal affairs, at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/04/democrats-capture-house-and-senate-in-sweeping-setback-for-trump https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181248_1793769068.jpg Supporters cheer after the announcement that Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, former mayor of Atlanta, is projected to win the Georgia gubernatorial race during a US midterm election night party in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 3, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/04/what-cop31s-climate-bridge-can-learn-from-indonesia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/09/26/2023_09_26_142702_1695703003.jpg An employee sweeps a footpath on July 18, 2022, in the Mangrove and Proboscis Monkey Conservation Area (KKBM) in Tarakan, North Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/04/police-ban-officers-from-using-vapes-over-drugs-abuse-concerns https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180969_1792922500.jpg National Police chief Gen. Suyudi Ario Seto (fifth left), Customs and Excise Director General Djaka Budhi Utama (sixth left), North Sumatra Governor Bobby Nasution (third left), North Sumatra Police chief Insp. Gen. Sonny Irawan (right) and Bukit Barisan Military Command chief Maj. Gen. Hendy Antariksa (fifth right) display evidence during the disclosure of a ketamine trafficking case on Oct. 23 in Belawan, Medan, North Sumatra. The National Police's Criminal Investigation Department, the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), the Customs and Excise Directorate General and the National Police's Water and Air Police Directorate jointly uncovered a drug trafficking operation involving the vessel MT Global 168, arresting six Indonesian nationals and a Taiwanese citizen and seizing 1.16 tonnes of ketamine. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/04/why-ukraines-food-exports-matter-to-indonesia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/02/2026_11_02_181184_1793592027.jpg A cargo vessel leaves a port in the Black Sea on March 26, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/04/innolab-facilitates-strategic-partnership-opportunities-for-global-companies-in-indonesia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181244_1793762186.jpg (Second right) Grace Anastasia, VP global partnership & go-to market Living Lab Ventures, alongside Living Lab Ventures management officially launched Innovation Lab/Innolab as part of the Kumpul Connect for Change Summit 2026 on Oct. 20 at The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Mega Kuningan. (Courtesy of Sinar Mas Land) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181245_1793762397.jpg (L-R): Quinta Binar Resista, AVP of public relations Sinar Mas Land; Patrick Lay, founder & director of Retragreen; Grace Anastasia, VP of global partnership & go-to-market at Living Lab Ventures; and Priscilla Tjin, senior international representative MDEC at a panel discussion titled “Accelerating Real-World Innovation” at the launch of Innolab as part of the Kumpul Connect for Change Summit 2026 on Oct. 20, 2026 at The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Mega Kuningan. (Courtesy of Sinar Mas Land) https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/04/investors-brace-for-gridlock-as-democrats-projected-to-win-house https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181243_1793762109.JPG A poll worker assists voters during the US midterm elections at Pullman Presbyterian Church, in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Nov. 3, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/04/bnpb-steps-up-cloud-seeding-as-wildfires-persist-in-south-papua https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180932_1792755551.jpg Flames engulf parts of a 58-kilometer stretch of the Merauke food estate corridor in South Papua on Aug. 12, extending from near Wanam village in Ilwayab district to Muting district. Despite suffering one of Indonesia’s largest burn scars, Papua remains excluded from areas prioritized for firefighting operations amid the regional haze crisis. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/04/when-new-technology-launches-outrun-learning https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/12/16/2025_12_16_170350_1765820956.jpg Robots to the rescue: Three Indonesian students from Team Bayu Sakti, Arga Wibawa (left), Owen Tay Jia Hao (center) and Ksatria Wibawa Putra Murti demonstrate how the Rajawali drone works on Dec. 15, 2025, at the ACS Jakarta School in East Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/11/04/intan-paramadithas-novel-breaks-new-ground-on-the-us-literary-stage https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181238_1793752510.JPG Literary recognition: Intan Paramaditha holds a copy of her novel and finalist for the United States’ 2026 National Book Award for Translated Literature, Night of a Thousand Hells, which was translated by Stephen J. Epstein and Tiffany Tsao from the Indonesian original, Malam Seribu Jahanam. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181237_1793752508.jpg Roaring recognition: The cover of Night of a Thousand Hells by Intan Paramaditha and translated into English by Stephen J. Epstein and Tiffany Tsao, published by Europa Editions, bears the medallion denoting it is among the finalists of the 2026 National Book Awards in the United States. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/04/as-americans-vote-trump-says-us-will-stop-4-billion-in-aid-to-israel https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181239_1793758238.jpg Jim Watson/ AFP In this file photo, US President Donald Trump (right) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as they arrive to speak to journalists during a joint press conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 29, 2025. Trump hosted Netanyahu in Florida on December 29 for crucial talks on moving to the next stage of the fragile Gaza truce plan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/04/is-the-palm-industry-the-only-culprit-behind-wildfires https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/21/2026_10_21_180865_1792586220.JPG People travel the Kahayan River on motorized longboats on Oct. 18, 2026, as haze from forest and peatland fires shrouds Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/04/haze-and-the-quest-for-a-new-growth-model https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/28/2026_10_28_181053_1793162256.jpg A partially burned oil palm plantation is blanketed by haze on Aug. 30 in Kuala Satong village, Ketapang regency, West Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/11/04/the-godzilla-el-nio-and-the-race-to-save-indonesias-coral-reefs https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181236_1793752006.jpg Under threat: A powerful El Niño event warming Pacific waters has raised fears for Indonesia’s coral reefs. Dubbed a “Godzilla” event by climate experts, the phenomenon could bring severe stress to marine ecosystems. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181235_1793752006.jpg Restoration work: Bali-based NGO Ocean Gardener works in Nusa Penida and Amed, training Indonesians to protect and restore coral reefs. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/04/three-finger-salute-raised-high-broad-and-multifaceted-in-indonesia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180830_1792508567.JPG Demonstrators hold placards while raising a three-finger salute on Oct. 20, 2026, during a protest in Jakarta that marked the second year of President Prabowo Subianto’s administration and called for an end to wildfires and corruption, collusion and nepotism (KKN). https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/04/analysis-censorship-by-proxy-who-is-silencing-coverage-on-fires https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/03/2026_11_03_181216_1793686801.jpg A protester holds a banner that reads “Put out the fire, not people's voice!“ during a demonstration marking the second anniversary of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's administration at the Tugu Tani monument in Central Jakarta on Oct. 20, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/04/fire-ravaged-regions-face-rising-flood-threat https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/03/2026_11_03_181220_1793710003.jpg A resident points to damage by a cold lava flow from Mount Semeru along the Glidik River, which destroyed seven houses and collapsed a 150-meter section of road, in Purorejo village, Lumajang regency, East Java, on Nov. 2, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/04/many-industries-not-ready-as-ieu-cepa-ratification-nears https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/07/25/2025_07_25_164808_1753457497.jpg One by one: Freight trucks wait for their turn to board ferries on July 25, 2025, at Bulusan Port in Banyuwangi, East Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/04/three-police-generals-named-in-plot-to-bug-prabowo https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/07/2026_10_07_180432_1791370118.JPG President Prabowo Subianto delivers a briefing to high-ranking Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police officers on Wednesday at the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/04/sukoharjo-police-chief-removed-amid-outcry-over-boarding-school-raid https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/12/13/2024_12_13_158288_1734079751.jpg Civil society activists and university students hold a banner that reads “Police reform“ (left) and “People killer“ on Nov. 28, 2024, during a protest in front of the Central Java Police in Semarang. The protesters demanded that the police investigate an officer who shot and killed a 17-year-old high school student on the morning of Nov. 24. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/04/graft-reform-at-a-crossroads 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 Oct. 14, 2026. The KPK has detained five suspects in an alleged corruption case at BNPB, uncovered through a sting operation. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/03/extortion-fears-threaten-govts-drug-rehabilitation-drive https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/18/2026_02_18_172698_1771351257.jpg Dragged into drugs: Internal Affairs officers from the West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Police escort Bima Police narcotics unit chief Adj. Comr. Malaungi (second right) to a detention room on Feb. 9, 2026, after he attended a police ethics hearing over a drug trafficking case at the NTB Police headquarters in Mataram, NTB. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/03/indonesia-grapples-with-stock-market-enforcement-as-index-sinks-below-5000 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181137_1793365514.jpg A man walk past in front of an electronic board displaying stock prices on Oct. 30 at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) building in South Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/03/police-probe-alleged-trafficking-in-russian-military-recruitment https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/01/2026_09_01_179229_1788267036.JPG Servicemen of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine load a shell into an artillerty towards Russian troops amid Russia's attack on Ukraine at a position near the frontline town of Kramatorsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine on Aug. 30, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/03/jakarta-waits-for-market-recovery-before-city-owned-firms-ipo https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/01/2025_10_01_167134_1759303080.jpg Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung (left) inspects the Pesanggrahan Water Treatment Plant (IPA) on Sept. 9, 2025, in Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta with Banten Governor Andra Soni (second right), Deputy Public Works Ministry Diana Kusumastuti (right) and Jakarta-owned water company PT PAM Jaya president director Arief Nasrudin. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/11/03/from-knowledge-to-collective-action-building-a-better-future-for-young-children https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/03/2026_11_03_181218_1793692005.jpg Eddy Henry, Head of Policy and Advocacy at Tanoto Foundation, urges policymakers to recognise early childhood development as a foundational investment in human capital and long-term development. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/03/2026_11_03_181219_1793692326.jpg Evelyn Santiago, Executive Director of ARNEC, emphasises that public good should be funded primarily by government agencies, with private sector figures as partners. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/03/ri-rules-out-power-exports-to-singapore-in-near-term-citing-domestic-needs https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178991_1787662439.jpg Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia (center), Bali Governor Wayan Koster (left) and state-owned electricity company PLN President Director Darmawan Prasodjo (right) inspect the construction of the Gilimanuk solar power plant on Aug. 25 in Jembrana, Bali. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/03/indonesia-eu-trade-mapping-smallholders-is-the-next-step https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/07/16/2024_07_16_152470_1721086866.jpg Fresh from oven: Workers unload on July 5, 2024 fresh oil palm fruit bunches that were bought from farmers in Bengkulu city, Bengkulu. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/03/oppo-make-over-bring-oppo-care-for-every-glow-exploring-new-services-at-oppo-outlets https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/03/2026_11_03_181215_1793680020.jpg (Courtesy of OPPO) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/03/2026_11_03_181214_1793680020.jpg (Courtesy of OPPO) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/03/2026_11_03_181213_1793680019.jpg (Courtesy of OPPO) https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/03/explaining-the-curious-rise-of-dedi-mulyadi https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/01/23/2025_01_23_159598_1737608017.jpg Dedi Mulyadi (center), governor-elect of West Java, converses with members of the West Java Council on Jan. 10, 2025, after a plenary meeting to announce the provincial results of the regional head elections. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/03/australia-starts-repatriation-of-13-detained-indonesian-fishermen https://img.jakpost.net/c/2021/11/09/2021_11_09_119247_1636429655.jpg Illegal fishing have been destroyed in protected marine sanctuaries off the northern coast of Western Australia.