https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/08/does-inclusive-finance-really-need-stablecoins https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/11/11/2024_11_11_157146_1731331014.jpg A customer scans a QRIS code to pay for a bowl of bakso (meatball soup) on Oct. 17, 2024, in Tangerang, Banten. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/08/pregnancies-of-two-sumatran-rhinos-raise-hope-for-conservation-efforts https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/12/20/2024_12_20_158604_1734701696.jpg Delilah, a 7-year-old female rhino, is shown here on Nov. 26, 2023, two days after giving birth to a Sumatran rhino calf at Way Kambas National Park in Lampung. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/08/forex-reserves-inch-down-in-september-amid-rupiah-volatility https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/28/2026_09_28_180141_1790577635.jpg A man walks past the Bank Indonesia (BI) headquarters on Sept. 2, 2024, in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/08/assault-on-ui-student-body-member-renews-intimidation-concerns https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/09/2026_08_09_178444_1786214329.jpg Two activists install a banner reading “Freedom of expression = a right” on March 6 on a fence surrounding the Central Jakarta District Court, after the court acquitted activists Delpedro Marhaen Rismansyah, Khariq Anhar, Muzaffar Salim and Syahdan Husein in their trial for incitement in relation to the anti-government protests in August-September 2025. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/18/2026_08_18_178794_1787060124.jpg Lines of police officers hold off student protesters from reaching the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle on Aug. 18 along Jl. Sudirman in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/08/wantimpres-and-its-million-dollar-question https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/03/2026_10_03_180314_1790983472.jpeg President Prabowo Subianto (right) inaugurates members of the Presidential Advisory Board (Wantimpres) on Oct. 2, 2026, at the State Palace in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/08/court-ruling-on-gibrans-diploma-puts-impeachment-question-in-spotlight https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/18/2026_06_18_176806_1781783175.jpg Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka (center) talks with student protesters after receiving them in a meeting on June 15 at the Vice Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/08/super-intelligence-anarchy-and-the-next-cold-war https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/30/2026_09_30_180202_1790729320.jpg United States President Donald Trump (center) speaks during a meeting with technology executives about artificial intelligence, at the White House in Washington, on Sept. 29, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/08/analysis-free-education-but-at-what-cost https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/07/2026_10_07_180429_1791367820.jpg Stock illustration of rising university costs https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/08/prabowo-tightens-grip-on-security-forces 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://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/07/2026_10_07_180431_1791370116.JPG President Prabowo Subianto (left) shakes hands with Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Agus Subiyanto as newly appointed National Police Chief Gen. Suyudi Ario Seto salutes the President on Wednesday before Prabowo briefs 800 high-ranking TNI and National Police officers at the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/08/filling-the-void-mothers-volunteers-step-up-to-fight-wildfire https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/07/2026_10_07_180434_1791377357.jpg Members of the all-women The Power of Mama (TPoM) volunteer firefighting team and soldiers work on Sept. 27 in a peatland fire area near Tanjungpura village, Ketapang regency, West Kalimantan. Indonesia has been battling fires for weeks in parts of Kalimantan and Sumatra, sending suffocating haze across the islands and neighboring Malaysia and Singapore. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/07/2026_10_07_180435_1791377370.JPG A firefighter with the Manggala Agni fire brigade pulls a hose while extinguishing wildfires on Sept. 25 near a residential area in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/08/analysts-warn-of-risks-as-idx-brings-back-short-selling https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/01/29/2026_01_29_171947_1769651036.jpg Red day: Employees watch a digital screen displaying stock movements on Jan. 28 at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/08/danamon-looks-to-broaden-market-reach-through-integration https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/30/2026_09_30_180211_1790739274.jpg Nobuya Kawasaki, chief executive officer of private lender Bank Danamon, poses in this undated photograph. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/08/flawed-candidacy-untouchable-office https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/06/2026_10_06_180399_1791301746.JPG Constitutional Court Chief Justice Suhartoyo (center) reads out the court’s ruling on a petition challenging the eligibility requirements for Gibran Rakabuming Raka’s candidacy as vice president in the 2024 presidential election, alongside fellow Constitutional Court justices on Oct. 6 at the court’s building in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/08/five-injured-in-suspected-lpg-explosion-at-surabaya-restaurant https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/07/2026_10_07_180424_1791359975.jpg Personnel from the East Java Regional Police’s Gegana bomb squad inspect the site of an explosion on Oct. 6 at a shopping street in Pakuwon City, Surabaya, East Java. The blast injured five people, and police said an initial investigation indicated that it was caused by an LPG leak at a restaurant. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/07/political-reshuffle-puts-ri-industrial-policy-at-a-crossroads https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/02/2026_10_02_180300_1790936536.JPG Bahlil Lahadalia is sworn in as coordinating minister for downstreaming and energy transition on Oct. 1 at the State Palace in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/07/pontianak-court-hears-negligence-complaint-against-state-over-fires-haze https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/07/2026_10_07_180430_1791368996.jpg Members of the Nafas Kalbar Alliance hold a banner that reads “haze is not a natural disaster, haze is a crime“ outside the Pontianak District Court in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, on October 7, 2026. The government was accused of “gross negligence“ October 7 in a court case brought by residents against the president and others over a toxic haze from wildfires blanketing parts of Borneo island. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/07/danantara-invests-250m-in-us-oil-producer-highpeak-energy 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 on Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto in South Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/07/ai-widening-economic-inequality-imf-boss-warns https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/07/2026_10_07_180423_1791357968.jpg International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during the 41st Annual Economics Conference organized by the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU), in Montevideo on July 30, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/07/indonesia-mulling-soybean-import-subsidy-as-prices-rise https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/11/2026_09_11_179629_1789119966.jpg A worker dumps a batch of freshly cleaned soybeans into a crushing machine on Feb. 5, 2026, at a tofu factory in Surabaya, East Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/07/oils-new-problem-is-logistics https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/06/2026_10_06_180378_1791252962.JPG Smoke rises from Saudi Aramco’s oil refinery in Riyadh on Oct. 3, 2026, after reported Houthi attacks. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/07/government-to-halt-clearing-forests-boost-output-from-existing-paddies https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/06/2026_10_06_180390_1791275325.jpg Anindya Bakrie (second left), chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), shares the stage with Investment and Downstream Minister Rosan Roeslani (fourth right) and Apindo chairwoman Shinta Kamdani (third) as well as other leading business figures on Oct. 6, the first day of the Indonesia International Sustainability Forum 2026 at Hotel Indonesia Kempinski in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/07/a-trump-xi-ai-hotline-is-not-governance-asean-must-build-its-own https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180029_1790225436.jpg United States President Donald Trump (center right) salutes after a B1 bomber flyby on Sept. 23, 2026, while welcoming Chinese President Xi Jinping (center left) at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/07/climate-champion-australia-digging-more-coal https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/07/2026_10_07_180417_1791339440.jpg A coal hauler truck drives along a road with a load at the Moolarben coal mine, operated by Yancoal Australia, located in the western New South Wales coalfields and north of the town of Mudgee on September 3, 2026. Australia's coal mines are expanding as exports boom, awkward timing for a nation preparing to champion clean energy as lead negotiator for the UN's climate summit. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/07/unga-high-level-week-calling-for-a-resilient-multilateral-system https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/30/2026_09_30_180222_1790771913.jpeg Indonesia exercises its right of reply on Sept. 28, 2026, in response to statements by representatives of the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu on the situation in Papua during the general debate of the 81st United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York, the United States. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/07/trump-to-speak-to-putin-on-plague-as-us-un-urge-transparency https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/07/2026_10_07_180416_1791339093.jpg A view of the entrance to the grounds of the anti-plague institute in the city of Irkutsk on October 6, 2026. Russian authorities denied on October 6, 2026 that they were imposing anti-plague measures after a laboratory technician reportedly died of the disease, and reacted to Washington's offer of assistance by proposing to help battle US infectious diseases. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/07/oil-rises-and-stocks-fall-as-hormuz-worries-flare https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/18/2026_09_18_179834_1789694869.jpg Vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on September 5, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/07/court-doubles-suspended-riau-governors-sentence-to-four-years https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/11/05/2025_11_05_168577_1762308404.jpg Hands up: Riau Governor Abdul Wahid (center) is escorted on November 4, 2025, by officers upon his arrival at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in South Jakarta. The KPK arrested nine individuals, including Abdul, in a sting operation in Riau. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/07/conserving-a-connected-ocean https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/04/2026_05_04_175341_1777864721.jpg Visitors watch green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings crawl to the sea on May 2, 2026, during a release event at Pasir Jambak Beach in Padang, West Sumatra. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/07/school-protests-sweeping-france-cause-heaviest-toll-in-decades https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/07/2026_10_07_180415_1791338398.jpg People take part in a demonstration part of a nationwide day of actions called by high-school students, joined by unions and teachers, who for days have been demanding better learning conditions in protests punctuated by violent confrontations in Paris on October 6, 2026. Students have blocked the entrances to hundreds of high schools for 15- to 17-year-olds since late September, complaining of missing teachers, overloaded timetables, dilapidated classrooms and buildings that cannot cope with rising temperatures. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/07/2026_10_07_180414_1791338398.jpg Police officers stand after firing tear gas canister to disperse remaining protesters at the end of a demonstration part of a nationwide day of actions called by high-school students, joined by unions and teachers, who for days have been demanding better learning conditions in protests punctuated by violent confrontations in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on October 6, 2026. Students have blocked the entrances to hundreds of high schools for 15- to 17-year-olds since late September, complaining of missing teachers, overloaded timetables, dilapidated classrooms and buildings that cannot cope with rising temperatures. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/10/07/why-nations-fail-lessons-for-indonesia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/06/2026_10_06_180386_1791272582.jpg Spoken ideas: James A. Robinson (left) and Komaruddin Hidayat discuss Mengapa Negara Gagal on Aug. 29, 2026, at Gramedia Makarya in Central Jakarta. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/06/2026_10_06_180387_1791272582.jpg Mapped history: Sections of Mengapa Negara Gagal feature maps to help readers follow the book’s historical and geographical analysis. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/07/the-foreign-exchange-indonesia-leaves-at-sea-flag-carrier-is-needed https://img.jakpost.net/c/2021/12/12/2021_12_12_120393_1639314869.jpg Container vessels are moored at the Jakarta International Container Terminal on Nov. 6, 2018. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/07/why-indonesias-fifth-security-council-bid-needs-public-buy-in https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/27/2026_09_27_180113_1790507661.jpeg Foreign Minister Sugiono delivers his speech on Sept. 26 at the United Nations General Assembly high-level debate in New York City, the United States. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/07/analysis-sal-new-rulebook-where-the-money-should-go https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/06/2026_10_06_180400_1791304053.jpg A general view of the Finance Ministry office is seen on Dec. 6, 2024, in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/sports/2026/10/07/indonesia-blows-past-controversies-to-win-fifa-asean-cup https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/06/2026_10_06_180396_1791288470.jpg Indonesia's national men's soccer team players lift the FIFA ASEAN Cup 2026 trophy on Oct. 5 at the main Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Stadium in Central Jakarta. Indonesia won the inaugural FIFA-sanctioned competition after beating Thailand 4-2 on penalties with both teams tying 2-2 after extra time. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/06/2026_10_06_180394_1791288470.jpg Supporters hop on a truck on Oct. 5 at the Hotel Indonesia roundabout in Central Jakarta to celebrate Indonesia's victory in the FIFA ASEAN Cup 2026 after the team beat Thailand 4-2 on penalties. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/07/indonesia-could-run-out-of-nickel-within-a-decade https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/02/18/2025_02_18_160341_1739872952.JPG A worker watches as trucks load up raw nickel near Sorowako, South Sulawesi on Jan. 8, 2014. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/07/top-court-quashes-petition-to-disqualify-gibran https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/06/2026_10_06_180398_1791300394.jpg Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka looks on before President Prabowo Subianto's speech on the macroeconomic framework to lawmakers on May 20 at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/07/nurturing-sports-talent-early https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/05/2026_10_05_180360_1791196573.jpg Indonesian men's doubles badminton gold medalists Daniel Marthin (center left) and Leo Rolly Carnando (center right) pose with their bronze-winning compatriots Fajar Alfian (left) and Shohibul Fikri on Sept. 29 during the event’s Asian Games 2026 medal ceremony at the Ichinomiya City Gymnasium in Aichi prefecture. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/07/supreme-court-grants-impeachment-petition-against-gowa-regent https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/06/2026_10_06_180393_1791284077.jpg Gowa Regent Sitti Husniah Talenrang (center) walks to an examination room on Oct. 1 after arriving at the National Police Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) headquarters in Jakarta. Husniah was questioned as a suspect in four separate cases involving alleged corruption, extortion and money laundering. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/06/house-passes-satu-data-law-to-unify-government-data https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/06/2026_10_06_180397_1791289448.jpg House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani (right) receives the final opinion document on the Satu Data Indonesia bill from National Development Planning Minister Rachmat Pambudy (left) on Tuesday during the House’s ninth plenary session of the 2026–2027 sitting year at the Senayan Legislative Complex. The House approved the bill to become law. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/06/house-passes-new-manpower-law-touts-it-as-a-gift-to-workers https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/06/2026_10_06_180381_1791265905.JPG Workers hold flags on Tuesday during a rally outside the House of Representatives (DPR) building on Jl. Gatot Subroto in Central Jakarta calling for the passage of the Employment Protection Bill.