https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/17/not-the-ministry-of-magic https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/15/2026_09_15_179751_1789451422.JPG Newly appointed Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara (left) signs a document as his predecessor Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa observes on Sept. 15, 2026, during a handover ceremony at the Finance Ministry in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/16/whoosh-takeover-in-limbo-after-purbaya-ousted-as-finance-minister https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/28/2025_10_28_168252_1761654241.jpg A Whoosh train is seen on Oct. 2, 2023, after the inauguration of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway at Padalarang Station in Padalarang, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/16/bali-authorities-investigate-deaths-of-three-australians-in-suspected-murder-suicide https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/08/15/2024_08_15_153545_1723706189.jpg A forensic officer writes on a notepad in this undated illustration of a crime scene. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/16/prabowo-opens-new-lrt-link-backs-jakartas-expansion-push https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/16/2026_09_16_179787_1789562649.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (second left) and Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung (second right) test the Jakarta light rapid transit (LRT)’s extension from North Jakarta to Manggarai, South Jakarta, on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/16/2026_09_16_179788_1789562649.jpg President Prabowo Subianto enters the Jakarta light rapid transit (LRT) station in North Jakarta on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, to inaugurate the new route connecting North Jakarta with Manggarai in South Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/16/purbaya-ousted-after-clash-with-prabowos-ex-army-colleague-sources-say https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/15/2026_09_15_179750_1789451421.JPG Indonesia's newly appointed Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara reacts as outgoing Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa signs a document, during a handover ceremony at the Finance Ministry in Jakarta, September 15, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/16/poll-shows-rising-trust-in-global-institutions-less-comfort-with-us-as-global-leader https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/27/2026_02_27_173090_1772186603.jpg US President Donald Trump greets President Prabowo Subianto during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. Trump landed in Egypt on October 13 for a summit on Gaza, following a lightning visit to Israel after a ceasefire he brokered entered into force. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/09/16/artists-exit-sheeran-tour-in-solidarity-with-macklemore-pro-palestinian-comments https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/05/04/2023_05_04_138065_1683168940.jpg Ed Sheeran attends the Disney+ World Premiere of “Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All” at The Times Center on May 2, 2023 in New York City, US. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/16/danantara-to-inject-25m-to-revive-stalled-lrt-city-projects https://img.jakpost.net/c/2018/11/18/2018_11_18_58888_1542556346.gif Property developer LRT City Jaticempaka-Gateway Park project director Ibnu Mahmud Junaidi (left) and Adhi Commuter Properti marketing director Djoko Santoso are pictured at the LRT City project site in Bekasi, West Java, in this file photo. The project, built near a planned light rail transit station (LRT), adheres to the principles of a transit-oriented development, such as being a high-density mixed-use area and walkable. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/16/china-defense-minister-urges-nations-to-curb-regressive-historical-trends https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/16/2026_09_16_179783_1789535854.JPG Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun delivers the keynote speech at the opening ceremony for the Beijing Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, China September 16, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/16/bayan-resources-declares-force-majeure-amid-delayed-rkab-approval https://img.jakpost.net/c/2016/10/12/2016_10_12_13663_1476231949.png Heavy equipment and trucks pass through a coal mining site in East Kalimantan in August 2016. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/16/saudi-says-houthis-target-mecca-warn-of-red-line https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/16/2026_09_16_179782_1789535394.jpg This handout picture released on September 15, 2026 by Ansarullah Media Centre reportedly shows burning military vehicles that they targeted in al-Jawf, Saudi Arabia. The Houthis have been engaged in renewed fighting with Saudi-backed government forces since Yemen's civil war reignited in July, when the group declared a maritime blockade on Riyadh and began targeting its ships in the Red Sea. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/16/a-fractured-world-tests-the-limits-of-multilateralism https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/09/15/2025_09_15_166491_1757921371.jpg Chinese President Xi Jinping (center) attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin on Sept. 1, 2025, in this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/16/batam-land-dispute-ends-in-two-deaths-10-injured-after-clash https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/15/2026_09_15_179757_1789461031.jpeg A tactical vehicle from the Mobile Brigade's Gegana Unit is on standby during a readiness roll call on Sept. 14 at Batam, Rempang and Galang (Barelang) City Police headquarters in Batam city, Riau Islands. The roll call was held following a deadly clash on Setokok Island killing two and injuring 10 people. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/09/16/indonesian-students-to-conduct-un-backed-microgravity-experiment-in-germany https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/16/2026_09_16_179781_1789535031.jpg Indonesian students Alessander Reynard Aritonang, 19 (center), Rendy Dwi Nugraha, 20 (right) and Idam Sholikhah, 21, pose in this undated handout photo. The team will conduct a United Nations-supported microgravity experiment in Germany. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/16/the-red-sea-crisis-exposes-brics-deep-divisions https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/12/2026_09_12_179662_1789183911.JPG A satellite image shows black smoke rising from an area of Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline south of Medina, Hejaz region, Saudi Arabia on Sept. 10, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/16/malaysia-talks-to-batik-air-malaysia-airlines-to-absorb-airasia-domestic-routes https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/06/2026_04_06_174383_1775461460.jpg AirAsia airplanes are pictured on the tarmac at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on Jan. 8, 2024. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/16/ferry-accident-revives-indonesias-bermuda-triangle-myth https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/15/2026_09_15_179756_1789457044.JPG The Virgo Transport 8 passenger ship that capsized on Sunday in the waters of Masalembu Islands in East Java is seen in this still image taken from video. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/15/2026_09_15_179761_1789475721.JPG Rescuers use a stretcher on Tuesday to carry a passenger of the Virgo Transport 8 ferry upon arrival at Trisakti Port in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan. The passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea on Sunday while sailing from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/16/twenty-years-on-brics-faces-a-defining-choice https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/13/2026_09_13_179683_1789282090.jpg The leaders of participating countries take a “family photograph” on Sept. 13, 2026, during the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/16/ri-shines-on-world-stage-sinarmas-world-academy-ranks-among-top-5-ib-schools-in-the-world https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/16/2026_09_16_179778_1789527321.jpg (Courtesy of Sinarmas World Academy) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/16/2026_09_16_179779_1789527395.jpg (Courtesy of Sinarmas World Academy) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/16/2026_09_16_179776_1789527321.jpg (Courtesy of Sinarmas World Academy) https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/16/floods-and-landslides-hit-parts-of-aceh-killing-one-injuring-13 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/08/2026_05_08_175522_1778240976.jpg Thick mud covers homes and roads in a residential area of Meurah Dua in Pidie Jaya regency, Aceh, on Feb. 22, 2026, months after the 2025 Sumatra floods and landslides struck three provinces in the island’s north. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/16/chinese-smes-in-malaysia-and-asean-coming-in-fast-and-furious https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/14/2026_09_14_179723_1789384164.jpg A fishmonger holds a basket of fish on Oct. 18, 2024, at a wet market in Kuala Lumpur. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/16/asian-markets-make-nervous-start-ahead-of-fed-decision https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/22/2026_07_22_177876_1784691498.jpg Pedestrians walk past an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on July 22, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/16/jakartas-makeshift-classrooms-under-sweltering-threat https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/14/2026_09_14_179726_1789386237.jpeg Extra lesson: Children in fourth to sixth grade do coloring activities with volunteers during the noon session at Rumah Belajar Senen in Senen, Central Jakarta, on July 18, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/14/2026_09_14_179724_1789386236.jpeg Fighting drowsiness: Kristina (left) shows workbooks to students during a class session at the Alternative School for Street Children (SAAJA), in South Jakarta on Aug. 4, 2026. With classes taking place from morning to early afternoon, volunteers often struggle teaching kindergarten students who are sleepy or have a hard time focusing. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/14/2026_09_14_179725_1789386236.jpeg Peer learning: Students of the Alternative School for Street Children (SAAJA) in South Jakarta play among themselves during a class on Aug. 4, 2026, in Karet Kuningan subdistrict, South Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/16/democratic-dilemma-communist-vietnam-outpaces-indonesia-philippines https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/12/2026_09_12_179669_1789194154.jpg A container is loaded onto a cargo ship on April 16, 2025, at the Port Hai Phong in Northern Vietnam. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/16/push-to-postpone-village-head-elections-draws-democratic-concerns https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/12/06/2023_12_06_145062_1701798251.jpg Members of the All-Indonesia Village Administration Association (Apdesi) hold a protest on Dec. 5, 2023, in front of the legislative complex in Jakarta. They demanded the House of Representatives revise the 2014 Village Law, urging lawmakers to increase the maximum village head term from six to nine years. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/16/sumatran-elephants-run-out-of-room-as-fires-spread https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/15/2026_09_15_179758_1789472515.jpg A mahout rides a Sumatra elephant on July 18 at the Conservation Response Unit in Bener Meriah in the highlands of Aceh province. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/15/2026_09_15_179759_1789472645.jpg A firefighter from the Regional Disaster Management Agency douses a forest fire on Sept. 11 at Sungai Rambutan village in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra. Toxic haze has shrouded parts of Indonesia and Malaysia for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Borneo and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting into neighboring Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/16/no-signs-of-journalists-boat-crew-missing-near-anak-krakatau-after-a-week https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/15/2026_09_15_179762_1789477078.JPG Rescuers board a rubber boat on Sept. 15 as search-and-rescue operations continue for missing journalists and boat crew members who lost contact while covering the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait last week, in Carita, Pandeglang regency, Banten. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/16/suahasil-can-restore-budget-credibility-but-challenges-remain https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/15/2026_09_15_179749_1789451420.JPG Newly appointed Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara (left) shakes hands with outgoing finance minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa during a handover ceremony on Sept. 15 at the Finance Ministry in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/16/analysis-adaro-witness-summons-revives-questions-over-tycoon-rivalry https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/15/2026_09_15_179748_1789447345.jpg PT Adaro Energy. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/16/el-nio-chokes-indonesias-coal-exports-as-rivers-run-shallow https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/13/2026_09_13_179690_1789310331.jpg Coal is loaded onto barges at a jetty along the Kedang Kepala River in Senyiur village, East Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/16/feeding-not-poisoning https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/10/2026_09_10_179588_1789014820.JPG A student reacts while receiving treatment for food poisoning at a regional general hospital after eating a government-sponsored free school meal in Pati, Central Java, on Sept. 9, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/16/12-endangered-proboscis-monkeys-killed-as-wildfires-ravage-kalimantan https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/14/2026_04_14_174713_1776181131.jpg Parenting time: A 2.5-month-old proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) plays on April 14 under the watch of its mother at Batu Secret Zoo, Jatim Park 2, in Batu, East Java. The zoo has increased the population of the endangered Kalimantan-endemic primate from five to 10 individuals through a conservation breeding program carried out over the past two years. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/15/suahasil-seen-to-prioritize-fiscal-discipline-continuity https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/15/2026_09_15_179760_1789474022.jpeg Newly appointed Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara (left) shakes hands with outgoing finance minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa during a handover ceremony on Sept. 15 at the Finance Ministry in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/15/bad-weather-hampers-virgo-transport-ferry-rescue https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/15/2026_09_15_179756_1789457044.JPG An aerial view of the Virgo Transport 8 passenger ship that capsized in Indonesia's Java sea, September 13, 2026, in this still image taken from video. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/15/russia-says-space-must-be-free-from-any-weapon https://img.jakpost.net/c/2020/06/04/2020_06_04_96873_1591240077.JPG Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov listens during Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow, Russia, on December 19, 2019. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/15/agrinas-chief-lambasts-delay-in-installing-cooperatives-managers https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/31/2026_07_31_178164_1785485050.jpg A soldier sweeps the entrance to a Red and White Cooperatives facility on July 22, 2026, in Suka Damai village, Muaro Jambi regency, Jambi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/15/us-military-confirms-iran-war-has-led-to-munitions-shortfall https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/15/2026_09_15_179755_1789455322.jpg This handout picture released by the US Navy on September 13, 2026, shows a US Sailor checking ordnance on an FA-18 Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102, aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) on September 13, 2026. The USS George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the US 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security and stability in the Middle East. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/15/purbaya-says-he-was-upset-but-half-expected-removal https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/15/2026_09_15_179752_1789451684.JPG Outgoing Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa reacts as he talks to journalists after a handover ceremony at the Finance Ministry in Jakarta, September 15, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/15/cambodia-playing-the-victim-thailand-tells-global-mediators https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/15/2026_09_15_179754_1789454969.jpg Cambodia Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn (center) arrives for the first meeting of the Conciliation Commission established under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in Singapore on September 15, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/15/long-term-sectoral-growth-patterns-what-should-we-focus-on https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/25/2026_02_25_173003_1772009645.jpg Workers assemble truck parts at a factory in East Karawang, West Java, in this undated file photo.