https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/03/village-head-in-riau-nabbed-in-forest-sale-for-oil-palm-plantation https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/12/23/2025_12_23_170640_1766487814.jpg Two excavators knock down oil palms on Dec. 20, 2025, in Bagan Limau village, Ukui district, Pelalawan regency, Riau. The knocking down of the oil palms marked the relocation of 228 families owning some 600 hectares of land out of the national park. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/03/a-century-of-indonesias-national-imagination https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/08/17/2025_08_17_165554_1755420342.jpg Three disabled members of the flag-hoisting squad salute on Aug. 17, 2025, during the 80th Independence Day celebrations in Gorontalo, capital of its namesake province on the Minahasa Peninsula in northern Sulawesi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/03/indonesia-returns-to-old-habit-of-blaming-and-bullying-singapore https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/28/2026_10_28_181062_1793194872.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (right) speaks with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Wednesday during a closed-door meeting at the President's private residence in Hambalang, Bogor regency, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/03/indonesia-monitors-closely-un-chief-race-as-controversy-mounts https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180822_1792495749.JPG A general view of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) hall at the UN headquarters, as the 81st UNGA takes place in New York City, the United States, on Sept. 22, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/03/govt-plan-for-drug-rehab-risks-replicating-prison-overcrowding https://img.jakpost.net/c/2018/04/12/2018_04_12_44028_1523511980.jpg Stock illustration of a drug user https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/03/analysis-indonesia-takes-backward-step-with-gas-export-cuts https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/02/2026_11_02_181186_1793595578.jpg A floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) belonging to PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN), the Jakarta-listed gas company of state-owned oil and gas giant Pertamina, operates in the waters of Lampung in this undated photograph. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/03/election-law-matters https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/11/27/2024_11_27_157749_1732682262.jpg President Prabowo Subianto stands at a voting booth for the 2024 regional elections on Nov. 27, 2024, at a polling station in Bojong Koneng village, Bogor regency, West Java. Indonesia is holding simultaneous elections in 37 provinces and more than 500 cities and regencies across the country to elect new regional heads. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/03/papua-blazes-defy-rainfall-relief https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/29/2026_10_29_181099_1793267939.jpg Soldiers, tasked with fighting forest and land fires, celebrate as it rains in Banjar Baru, South Kalimantan, on Oct. 28, 2026, following months of forest and land fires. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/27/2026_10_27_181020_1793110086.jpg Firefighters from a joint disaster management agency spray water to extinguish spreading wildfires amid dense smoke and haze in Barito Kuala, South Kalimantan, on Oct. 24, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/03/blazes-engulf-two-landfills-in-central-and-east-java https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/02/2026_11_02_181198_1793615732.jpg An aerial view shows a fire burning piles of garbage at the Degayu landfill in Pekalongan, Central Java, on Nov. 1, 2026. A joint team comprising firefighters, military and police personnel, and volunteers deployed seven fire trucks to extinguish the blaze, which engulfed waste piles in the southern and eastern sections of the landfill. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/02/criticism-mounts-over-plan-to-turn-red-and-white-cooperatives-clinics-into-bpjs-providers https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/19/2026_02_19_172778_1771514830.jpg Tough going: Workers construct a Red and White Cooperatives (KDMP) outlet on Jan. 27 in Wae Kelambu, West Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). Several villages say they are struggling to establish the new cooperatives, citing limited land and insufficient funding as major obstacles. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/02/el-nio-keeps-food-prices-hot-despite-easing-inflation https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181132_1793360780.jpg A boy walks in a dried-out rice field in Takalar regency, South Sulawesi, on Oct. 13, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/02/countries-must-pay-more-towards-who-indonesian-candidate https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/04/21/2025_04_21_162059_1745234948.jpg Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin answers journalists' questions via live zoom during the ministry's press conference in Jakarta on April 21, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/02/japan-considers-doubling-defense-spending-over-next-five-years https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/04/2026_05_04_175342_1777864972.jpg Honor rendered: Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reviews a guard of honor on Saturday, May 2, 2026, during a welcoming ceremony at the Government Office in Hanoi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/02/trade-surplus-narrows-on-rising-energy-imports https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/05/2026_08_05_178333_1785909973.jpg Gantry cranes load containers onto a Portuguese-flagged vessel on June 24, 2025, at a shipping terminal at Tanjung Emas Port in Semarang, Central Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/02/nine-dead-in-small-plane-crash-near-trumps-florida-home https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/02/2026_11_02_181196_1793610429.jpg Roads are closed after a jet crashed on November 1, 2026 in Greenacres, Florida. Early reports say it was carrying nine people and crashed and erupted into flames near a residential neighborhood. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/02/domestic-foreign-orders-lift-manufacturing-activity-in-october https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/28/2026_10_28_181036_1793140037.jpg Stacks of shipping containers on March 31 at Tanjung Priok Port, North Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/02/plan-to-turn-red-and-white-cooperative-clinics-into-bpjs-providers-draws-scrutiny https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/23/2026_02_23_172921_1771862401.jpg Local empowerment: A man walks past a Red and White cooperative outlet on Feb. 23 in the Blok M area of Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/02/some-stocks-excluded-in-composite-index-as-idx-starts-new-month https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181135_1793365488.jpg A woman 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/world/2026/11/02/singapore-braces-as-indonesia-slaps-back-at-neighbours- https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/28/2026_10_28_181062_1793194872.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (right) speaks with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan during a closed-door meeting at the President's private residence in Hambalang, Bogor regency, West Java on Oct. 28, 2026. According to the Presidential Secretariat, the meeting was held upon Singapore's request. https://www.thejakartapost.com/sports/2026/11/02/antonelli-becomes-youngest-formula-one-world-champion https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/02/2026_11_02_181189_1793601142.jpg Mercedes' Italian driver Kimi Antonelli raises the trophy after clinching the Formula One World Championship title during the podium celebrations following the Formula One Mexico City Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City on November 1, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/02/france-opens-attempted-murder-probe-over-petrol-bomb-attacks-on-security-forces https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/02/2026_11_02_181188_1793600635.jpg A protester flashes a “V“ sign with a street fire in the background during nationwide demonstrations over the rising cost of living and inequality organized by Yellow Vest movement, labor unions and high school and university students, in Nantes, western France on October 31, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/sports/2026/11/02/ten-hag-says-relegation-a-real-possibility-for-manchester-united- https://img.jakpost.net/c/2022/11/14/2022_11_14_132172_1668410336.jpg Manchester United's Dutch manager Erik ten Hag (left) directs substitute Manchester United's Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo during the English Premier League soccer match against Southampton at St. Mary's Stadium in Southampton, United Kingdom, on Aug. 27, 2022. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/02/south-korea-to-double-spending-on-ai-and-chips-in-2027 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/02/2026_11_02_181187_1793596834.JPG South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a budget speech for 2027 at the National Assembly in Seoul on Nov. 2, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/indonesias-fires-are-releasing-centuries-of-stored-carbon https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180965_1792906354.jpg Motorists drive with their headlights on amid thick, soupy haze on Oct. 24, 2026, along Jl. Tjilik Riwut in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/warmer-arctic-colder-relations-up-north https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181159_1793509913.jpg RV Kronprins Haakon, a polar research icebreaker owned by the Norwegian Polar Institute, sails on Feb. 18, 2026, off Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen Island in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/empty-jargon-cannot-fill-families-wallets https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/03/2026_02_03_172177_1770137760.jpg Police officers and health workers respond on Jan. 29, 2026, to suspected mass food poisoning cases linked to the free nutritious meal program at SMA 2 Kudus senior high school in the capital of Kudus regency, Central Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/02/ukraine-claims-another-indonesian-recruited-to-russian-military-killed https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181157_1793497706.jpg A Russian serviceman secures a polling station on Sept. 18 in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, as people vote in Russia's parliamentary election amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181158_1793497706.jpg This handout photograph taken on Tuesday by the press service of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces shows a local resident walking among damaged residential buildings in the frontline city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/why-investors-should-not-walk-away-from-indonesia-now https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/08/14/2025_08_14_165394_1755136195.jpg Rows of containers are stacked on July 24, 2025, in an industrial area at the Batang Industropolis, a special economic zone in Batang regency, Central Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/02/tesla-samsung-oppose-new-us-tariffs-on-vietnam-as-probe-deadline-nears https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/02/2026_11_02_181183_1793583099.jpg A man riding an electric motorbike past the logo of Samsung Electronics on a billboard in Bac Ninh province, on April 8, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/can-bi-support-growth-without-sacrificing-the-rupiah https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/28/2026_09_28_180143_1790582247.jpg A teller places a bundle of rupiah banknotes into a currency counter machine on June 4, 2026, at a money changer in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/timor-leste-indonesia-and-the-meaning-of-asean-membership https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/12/30/2025_12_30_170849_1767060334.jpg An attendant adjusts the flag for Timor-Leste after the country formally joined the ASEAN the ASEAN Summit on Oct. 26, 2025, in Kuala Lumpur. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/02/two-more-companies-named-suspects-in-wildfire-probes https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181166_1793533341.jpg A child looks out of a classroom window on Wednesday before students at the elementary school were sent home early because of thick smoke from a land fire behind their school at Alalak village in Barito Kuala, South Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/02/student-protests-gain-momentum-amid-little-response-from-govt https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/29/2026_10_29_181088_1793245514.jpg Students stage a protest against economic hardship, graft and the government's handling of devastating wildfires causing toxic haze that has sickened thousands on Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Oct. 28, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/analysis-the-prabowo-gibran-government-is-clearly-falling-short https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181168_1793534931.jpg Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka (right), sits with coordinating ministers and cabinet ministers on Monday during a plenary cabinet meeting at the State Palace in Jakarta. ( Presidential Secretariat/Laily Rachev) https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/02/supreme-court-ruling-renews-calls-for-gibran-to-step-down https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181160_1793518109.jpg Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka looks on before President Prabowo Subianto's speech on the macroeconomic framework to lawmakers at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta, on May 20, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/budget-pressure-building https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/14/2026_09_14_179711_1789360401.jpg Motorcyclists queue to refuel on Sept. 10 at a gas station in Makassar, South Sulawesi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/01/prabowo-asks-kadin-to-be-govts-strategic-partner https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181169_1793537531.jpeg President Prabowo Subianto shakes hands with Kadin member and Lippo Group Chairman James Riady on Saturday at the President’s Hambalang residence in Bogor, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/01/indonesia-calls-for-g20-unity-against-global-crises-in-foreign-ministers-meeting https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181165_1793532079.jpeg Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir attends a plenary session at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Atlanta, the United States, on Oct. 30, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/01/vendors-musicians-boycott-rans-carnival-amid-backlash-over-youth-pledge-event https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/10/25/2024_10_25_156561_1729830579.jpg Special Presidential Envoy for Youth and Arts Workers Development Raffi Ahmad gives a salute during the inauguration ceremony of Supreme Court chief justice, heads of state institutions and presidential special envoys and advisors led by President Prabowo Subianto at the State Palace in Jakarta on Oct. 22, 2024. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/01/danantara-claims-time-tie-up-is-nonfinancial-despite-logo-appearance https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181161_1793526908.jpg The logo of state asset fund Danantara appears on the backdrop as Mati Amin (left) and Shabana Basij-Rasikh, co-founder of Afghan online education platform SOLAx, pose for a photo at the 2026 TIME100 Next Gala at Current at Chelsea Piers in New York City on Oct. 29, 2026.