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. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/15/japan-centenarians-top-100000-for-the-first-time https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/15/2026_09_15_179753_1789454345.jpg This photo taken on October 1, 2025 shows elderly shoppers walking through the Tsurumibashi “shotengai“, an old covered shopping street in the Nishinari ward of Osaka. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/15/houthis-strike-saudi-targets-anew-as-talks-over-strait-of-hormuz-stall https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179252_1788317623.JPG A drone view shows vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, Aug. 28, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/15/idx-launches-short-selling-scheme-after-long-delay https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/11/2026_06_11_176580_1781163892.jpg An electronic display board inside the main hall of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in South Jakarta shows an overall downward movement across most stocks during the lunch break on Jan. 29, 2026, when the IDX Composite index fell 6.3 percent after global investment firm MSCI raised concerns about free float and trading transparency. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/15/malaysias-election-drums-political-sums https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/14/2026_09_14_179715_1789366169.jpg Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (right) and his wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail arrive during the 69th National Day celebrations in Malaysia's administrative capital Putrajaya on Aug. 31, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/15/indonesias-second-digital-leap-must-be-about-capability https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/21/2026_07_21_177853_1784632964.jpg A smartphone menu displays the search results for artificial intelligence apps on July 15, 2026, in this illustration created in Saint-Mande, east of Paris, France. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/15/oil-markets-survived-the-iran-war-sprint-now-comes-the-marathon 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/2026/09/15/social-aid-exclusion-errors-spur-call-for-bigger-data-registry-budget https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/11/15/2024_11_15_157323_1731643673.jpg Social aid recipients receive sacks of rice from the government's food reserves distribution program at Dumai Post Office in Riau on Oct. 29, 2024. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/15/one-hostage-escapes-another-dies-a-month-after-opm-abducted-nine-in-central-papua https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/14/2026_09_14_179717_1789368331.jpg A police tape reads “Crime scene [...]“ in this undated illustration of a crime scene. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/15/dollar-near-two-week-high-as-oil-surge-lifts-yields-fed-hike-bets https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/04/2026_06_04_176379_1780573302.jpg A 100,000 rupiah banknote is pictured next to a 100 United States dollar banknote at a currency exchange office in Jakarta on June 4, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/15/the-land-bank-paradox-for-profit-or-justice https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/16/2026_07_16_177684_1784179469.jpg A signpost is seen in Pantai Melayu village on Rempang Island, Batam city, Riau Islands, announcing that the Batam Free Trade Zone Authority (BP Batam) has the rights to manage the land, reportedly to be used as a Sekolah Rakyat location, as seen on July 15, 2026. BP Batam's unilateral claim is strenuously challenged by villagers, who say they own the land. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/15/australian-woman-dies-after-falling-from-cliff-at-balis-kelingking-beach https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/14/2026_09_14_179721_1789378348.jpeg Rescuers help to evacuate the body of 29-year-old Australian tourist Brianna Lani Cronin after she fell from an 80-meter cliff at Kelingking Beach in Nusa Penida, Bali, on Sept. 12, 2026. Cronin was later found dead at the beach. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/15/global-developments-missing-ingredient https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/07/2026_08_07_178425_1786109011.JPG Two schoolchildren look over a densely populated informal settlement in the Kebon Melati neighborhood of Jakarta, on Aug. 7, 2026. Statistics Indonesia reported that the country's poverty rate stood at 8.07 percent in March 2026, with 22.93 million people living below the poverty line, down by 430,000 from September 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/15/us-has-weapons-deployed-in-orbit-space-force-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/08/16/2025_08_16_165524_1755320876.jpg The SpaceX Starship rocket launches from Starbase, Texas, as seen from South Padre Island on May 27, 2025. SpaceX mission control lost contact with the upper stage of Starship as it leaked fuel, spun out of control and made an uncontrolled reentry after flying halfway around the world, likely disintegrating over the Indian Ocean, officials said. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/09/15/from-toy-bears-to-formulas-making-math-tangible-for-indonesian-children https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/14/2026_09_14_179706_1789353728.jpg Learning by doing: Twin sisters Kimberly Georgia and Kathleen Victoria, 17, demonstrate their mathematics teaching approach on Aug. 26, 2026, in Jakarta. Their concrete, pictorial and abstract (CPA) approach uses hands-on materials and visual aids to make mathematics more engaging for children. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/14/2026_09_14_179705_1789353727.png Math scores: Indonesia’s PISA mathematics score fell to 364 in 2025, from 379 in 2018 and 366 in 2022, according to the report released on Sept. 8, 2026. PISA measures how well education systems prepare students to apply knowledge and skills to real-world challenges. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/15/delhis-brics-moment-a-bite-without-teeth https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/13/2026_09_13_179683_1789282090.jpg In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, leaders of participating countries gather for a family photograph during the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on Sept. 13, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/15/calls-mount-for-police-to-hunt-down-mastermind-behind-deadly-jakarta-unrest https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/04/2026_09_04_179432_1788527702.jpg Director of the Jakarta Police Criminal Investigation Department, Sr. Comr. Iman Imanuddin,(left) and spokesperson Sr. Comr. Budi Hermanto (right) show face sketches of alleged perpetrators of unrest that led to the killing of 60-year-old mirror vendor Bambang Setiyawan in Pejompongan, Central Jakarta, during a press briefing at the Jakarta Police headquarters in South Jakarta on Sept. 2, 2026. The police also named 47 suspects allegedly involved in the damaging of public facilities and other violent acts during the unrest. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/15/pisa-gains-belie-indonesias-persistent-education-crisis https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/14/2026_09_14_179722_1789381859.jpg Elementary school children use a bamboo raft to cross the Citarum River on their way home in Saguling, Bandung, West Java, on Sept. 1, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/27/2026_07_27_178023_1785116785.jpg Fifth-grade students attend class in a mosque used as a temporary classroom at state elementary school SDN Tanggirejo in Tegowanu, Grobogan, Central Java, on July 21, 2026, after the roof of their school building collapsed. According to the school, the roof first gave way in January and sustained further damage in April, forcing classes to rotate between the remaining usable classrooms, partitioned learning spaces and the mosque to ensure students' safety. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/15/jakarta-quick-fixes-become-rare-bright-spot-amid-disasters-government-shortcomings https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/14/2026_09_14_179730_1789388900.jpg Firefighters spray water along Jl. Sudirman in Central Jakarta on Sept. 9, 2026 to clear volcanic ash spewed from Mount Anak Krakatau's eruption. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/15/the-bayan-valuation-mystery-when-markets-need-answers-not-speculation https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/13/2026_09_13_179690_1789310331.jpg Coal is loaded onto barges at a jetty operated by the group along the Kedang Kepala River in Senyiur village, East Kutai regency, East Kalimantan, in this file photo. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/15/analysis-death-of-mirror-seller-investigation-puts-state-on-trial https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/14/2026_09_14_179717_1789368331.jpg A police tape reads “Crime scene [...]“ in this undated illustration of a crime scene.