https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/31/hundreds-fall-ill-after-consuming-govts-free-meals-despite-bgn-overhaul https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/07/2026_04_07_174409_1775497055.jpg Food-poisoned plates: A student receives medical treatment on April 4 at a hospital in Jakarta, after a suspected case of food poisoning. The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has said it will cover all medical expenses for students affected after consuming food packages from the free nutritious meal program and will tighten supervision at Nutrition Fulfillment Service Units (SPPG) to prevent similar incidents. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/31/a-technocrat-for-bi-governor https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/15/2026_06_15_176712_1781536780.jpg The Bank Indonesia logo adorns the gate of the central bank's headquarters in Jakarta in this undated photograph. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/30/cost-pressures-weak-demand-cloud-govt-housing-program https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/01/07/2026_01_07_171154_1767803757.jpg Newly built houses stand in pristine rows on Jan. 7, 2026, at a subsidized housing complex in Rajeg district, Tangerang, Banten. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/30/village-fire-underscores-climate-vulnerability-of-indigenous-communities https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/30/2026_07_30_178125_1785407666.jpg This photo released by the Sukabumi administration on July 28 shows the aftermath of a fire in Kasepuhan Ciptamulya, an Indigenous customary village, in Sukabumi, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/30/trump-says-hes-looking-at-ai-controls-after-openai-rogue-agent https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/03/01/2026_03_01_173148_1772381276.jpg Big leap: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends a talk session on Feb. 3, 2025, with SoftBank group chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son in Tokyo. OpenAI announced on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, a massive US$110 billion funding round valuing the ChatGPT maker at $730 billion, with SoftBank, Nvidia and Amazon each making multibillion dollar commitments as the artificial intelligence company races to meet surging global demand. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/30/rokan-block-oil-output-could-plunge-30-a-year-operator-chief-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2020/08/10/2020_08_10_102065_1597059749.jpeg The sun sets beyond an oil and gas rig operated by Saka Energi Muriah Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of state gas company PGN, in the Kepodang Field of the Muriah Block off Semarang, Central Java, in this undated handout photo. https://www.thejakartapost.com/sports/2026/07/30/infantino-calls-plan-to-sell-world-cup-stake-a-proposal-not-an-obligation https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/20/2026_07_20_177807_1784502209.jpg FIFA President Gianni Infantino (right) and United States President Donald Trump arrive for the final ceremony after the 2026 World Cup soccer tournament final match between Spain and Argentina at the New York/New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford, the United States on July 19, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/30/breaking-court-orders-free-meals-financing-removed-from-education-budget https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/02/04/2025_02_04_159907_1738639416.jpg A police officer patrols the grounds of the Constitutional Court in Central Jakarta on Feb. 4, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/30/germany-backs-250m-surabaya-rail-project-set-for-construction-next-year https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/04/2026_05_04_175345_1777865198.jpg Deadly shortcut: People cross railway tracks on May 3 in the Tanah Kusir area of Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta. State-owned railway company Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) said 130 of the 423 railway crossings in its Daop 1 Jakarta operational area remain unguarded, prompting plans for joint enforcement with local authorities to improve transportation and public safety. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/30/new-zealand-foreign-minister-in-racism-row-with-chinese-ambassador https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/30/2026_07_30_178122_1785395486.jpg New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters attends the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), part of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting, in Pasay, Metro Manila on July 23, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/07/30/bts-pulls-out-of-grammys-after-asian-pop-category-introduction https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/30/2026_07_30_178120_1785391645.jpg Members of the South Korean boy band BTS perform during the 2026 World Cup soccer tournament final match between Spain and Argentina at the New York/New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford on July 19, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/30/weather-agency-warns-el-nio-in-indonesia-to-last-through-early-2027 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/29/2026_07_29_178100_1785328077.jpg A stork perches on a plastic bucket stranded on the lakebed as water levels drop in Jakarta on July 29, 2026, due to the impact of El Nino, which has brought a prolonged dry season and triggered extreme drought, threatening food security in various regions of Indonesia. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/30/ojk-to-issue-regulation-on-idx-demutualization-in-september 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/world/2026/07/30/us-military-completes-heavy-wave-of-retaliatory-strikes-on-iran https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/30/2026_07_30_178119_1785390099.jpg Smoke rises following an Israeli controlled-explosion on the village of Kfartibnit as seen from Nabatieh in southern Lebanon on July 29, 2026. While violence has declined since the signing of a preliminary US-Iran deal in June and the Lebanon-Israel agreement, Lebanon continues to report intermittent Israeli strikes and artillery shelling on the south. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/30/us-fed-holds-interest-rates-steady-as-family-fight-sees-hawks-call-for-hike https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/30/2026_07_30_178117_1785388534.jpg Chair of the Federal Reserve Kevin Warsh holds a news conference at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/30/asian-stocks-stutters-after-rout-fed-leaves-markets-guessing-on-rates https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/03/04/2026_03_04_173287_1772608009.JPG Currency dealers talk in front of an electronic board displaying the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), the exchange rate between the US dollar and South Korean Won and the Korea Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (KOSDAQ) at the dealing room of a bank in Seoul on March 4, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/30/wave-of-vigilante-killings-sparks-calls-for-stronger-law-enforcement https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/01/13/2026_01_13_171358_1768287620.jpg Illustration of a Criminal Code (KUHP) book next to a gavel and a Lady Justice statue. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/30/climate-change-could-rewrite-tropical-history https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/11/2026_07_11_177519_1783736540.jpg A tree stands alone on Nov. 12, 2025, at a deforested area in the Amazon rainforest in the municipality of Ipixuna do Para, Para State, Brazil, during the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference. https://www.thejakartapost.com/prosperity-and-progress/2026/07/30/when-the-game-stops-the-hidden-cost-of-the-fitness-boom https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/29/2026_07_29_178096_1785319426.png https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/29/2026_07_29_178091_1785315584.jpg https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/29/2026_07_29_178090_1785315584.jpg https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/30/kpk-arrests-pemalang-regent-over-alleged-corruption https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/24/2026_02_24_172946_1771914365.jpg The reflection of motorists is seen in the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building sign on June 27, 2023, in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/30/village-cooperatives-have-existed-before-what-will-make-the-new-ones-last https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/11/2026_07_11_177523_1783783653.jpg A motorcyclist rides past a Red and White Cooperative outlet that has yet to begin operations in Ternate, North Maluku, on July 11, 2026. The Indonesian government aims to have 40,000 Red and White Cooperatives by the end of 2026 as part of efforts to strengthen rural economies, complete cooperative facilities and prepare professional staff to manage the program. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/30/one-killed-as-wildfires-flare-across-indonesia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/11/2026_02_11_172490_1770827117.jpg A fireman of the Environment and Forestry Ministry’s Manggala Agni fire brigade works to extinguish a forest fire on Feb. 9, 2026, in the protected forest area of Taman Lestari in Batam, Riau Islands. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/30/the-us-is-betting-against-international-law https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/19/2026_07_19_177779_1784441086.jpg Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan (left) talks to registrar Osvaldo Zavala Giler (right) on March 14, 2025, prior to the first appearance of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charge of crimes against humanity over his deadly crackdown on narcotics, in The Hague, the Netherlands. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/30/when-identity-becomes-a-security-threat-and-citizenship-conditional https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/28/2026_07_28_178061_1785227417.jpg Pedestrians walk past a billboard that reads “Firmly reject LGBT“on July 27 in Banda Aceh, Aceh. Anti-LGBT sentiment is rising in Indonesia, with claims that food, vaccines and drugs can affect one's sexual orientation circulating online. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/30/indonesia-must-avoid-the-disorder-trap https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/25/2026_07_25_177989_1784942486.jpg Former deputy attorney general for special crimes Febrie Adriansyah (left) speaks to reporters after questioning at the Attorney General's Office in Jakarta on July 24, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/30/analysis-civil-society-experiments-in-shadow-opposition https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/29/2026_07_29_178098_1785320208.jpg Eleven of the shadow cabinet's 15 members gather for their first working meeting in Jakarta on Monday following the launch of the self-styled watchdog initiative. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/30/govt-braces-for-peak-el-nio-as-drought-hits-java https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/29/2026_07_29_178099_1785328006.jpg An Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) volunteer fills residents’ jerrycans with clean water in Batangan village, Bangkalan regency, East Java on July 21, 2026, as residents struggled to access groundwater in their homes due to a prolonged dry season linked to this year's El Nino weather phenomenon. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/29/2026_07_29_178101_1785328208.JPG A woman carries water containers to collect free clean water distributed by the regional disaster agency in a drought-hit area during the dry season, amid forecasts that El Niño may contribute to drier-than-normal conditions, in Rido Galuh village, Bekasi regency, West Java on July 16, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/29/2026_07_29_178100_1785328077.jpg A stork perches on a plastic bucket stranded on the lakebed as water levels drop in Jakarta on July 29, 2026, due to the impact of El Nino, which has brought a prolonged dry season and triggered extreme drought, threatening food security in various regions of Indonesia. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/30/miners-brace-for-rising-equipment-damage-cost-risks-amid-b50-mandate https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/08/2026_06_08_176469_1780854737.jpg Heavy equipment is operated at a coal mine in East Kalimantan owned by PT Berau Coal. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/30/venting-to-the-machine https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/21/2026_07_21_177853_1784632964.jpg This photograph shows a handheld smartphone displaying the icons of some of the main artificial intelligence based apps, including LLMs, chatbots and generative AI, in Saint-Mande, east of Paris on July 15, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/29/nearly-900-free-meals-kitchens-shut-under-new-chiefs-overhaul https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/03/23/2025_03_23_161417_1742722855.jpg Staff prepare lunch plates on the first day of the free nutritious meal program at a kitchen in Bogor, West Java, on Jan. 6, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/29/pramono-rejects-ethnic-rumors-after-deadly-menteng-clash 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/2026/07/29/businesses-warn-of-competitiveness-risks-from-us-tariffs-high-costs https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/03/06/2026_03_06_173409_1772788557.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (left) speaks to United States President Donald Trump on Feb. 19, 2026, during the signing of the US-Indonesia Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) in Washington, DC. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/29/no-indonesian-casualties-in-japan-earthquake-foreign-ministry https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/29/2026_07_29_178083_1785298190.JPG A chimney at Nippon Paper Industries' Yatsuhiro Mill collapses on July 28, 2026 after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/29/2026_07_29_178097_1785319602.jpg Journalists gather on July 29, 2026 outside the damaged Aeon Mall Kumamoto in Kashima, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, after an earthquake struck southwestern part of the country the previous day. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/29/bsd-city-creates-opportunities-through-upskilling-talents-contributing-social-impact https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/29/2026_07_29_178094_1785316366.jpg (Courtesy of Sinar Mas Land) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/29/2026_07_29_178095_1785316366.jpg (Courtesy of Sinar Mas Land) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/29/2026_07_29_178093_1785316366.jpg (Courtesy of Sinar Mas Land) https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/29/indonesia-must-safeguard-democracy-despite-challenges-megawati-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/29/2026_07_29_178088_1785312342.jpg Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chair Megawati Soekarnoputri stands next to his son and party executive Muhammad Prananda Prabowo (right) on Monday during the inauguration of the Kudatali monument at the party's headquarters in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/29/war-what-war-aluminums-gulf-disruption-premium-vanishes https://img.jakpost.net/c/2022/03/01/2022_03_01_123093_1646107324.jpeg Employees work with aluminum ingots on Feb. 9, 2022, at a factory in Huaibei in China's eastern Anhui province. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/29/ministry-flags-danantara-bpkp-to-solve-delayed-lrt-city-projects https://img.jakpost.net/c/2018/09/25/2018_09_25_54619_1537809205.gif A scale model of the LRT City transit-oriented development is displayed on Sept. 24, 2018, during the Indonesia Property Expo at the Jakarta Convention Center in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/29/stability-versus-growth-indonesias-test-in-h2-2026 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/21/2026_05_21_175989_1779381834.jpg Coordinating Economy Minister Airlangga Hartarto (second right) addresses a press briefing on May 21, 2026, after attending a meeting chaired by President Prabowo Subianto at the Presidential Palace Complex in Central Jakarta. Accompanying him are (from left) Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, former Bank Indonesia governor Perry Warjiyo and Trade Minister Budi Santoso. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/29/us-saudi-forces-strike-iran-backed-groups-in-iraq https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/29/2026_07_29_178087_1785304219.jpg Smoke rises after explosions were heard and air defenses activated near the airport in Erbil, on July 24, 2026. Several blasts sounded on July 24 near Erbil airport, which hosts US-led coalition troops in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/29/purbaya-clarifies-danantaras-role-as-invitee-in-kssk-meetings https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/11/06/2025_11_06_168652_1762410297.jpg Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa (left) gestures on November 3, 2025, as he speaks during a joint press conference with Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo in Jakarta on the results of a Financial System Stability Committee (KSSK) meeting.