https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/31/peaceful-border-talks-require-secure-ground-first https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/30/2026_08_30_179130_1788061022.jpg Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (right) greets Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet (left) alongside Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on May 7, 2026, after their trilateral meeting ahead of the 48th ASEAN summit in Cebu, the Philippines. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/31/meeting-indonesias-growth-and-deficit-targets https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179055_1787804033.jpg President Prabowo Subianto stands atop the dais on Aug. 14, 2026, prior to delivering his State of the Nation Address and the 2027 state budget proposal during the plenary meeting of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2026/08/31/the-girl-i-chose-to-forget https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/28/2026_08_28_179094_1787897995.png https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/31/new-bi-leadership-brings-experience-and-stability https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179063_1787828920.jpg Acting Bank Indonesia governor Destry Damayanti waves on Aug. 26, 2026, prior to undergoing a fit and proper test with House of Representatives Commission XI at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta to confirm her appointment as the central bank’s new governor. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/31/dollar-near-two-week-high-as-warsh-boosts-rate-hike-bets-yen-slips-past-160 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/04/2026_06_04_176379_1780573302.jpg A Rp 100,000 banknote is pictured next to a US$100 banknote at a currency exchange office in Jakarta on June 4, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/31/technocracy-cannot-fix-europe https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/30/2026_08_30_179131_1788063059.jpg An employee is seen inside the production facilities of high-end printed circuit boards (PCBs) and integrated circuit (IC) substrates manufacturer AT&S on Aug. 11 in Leoben, Styria, Austria. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/31/oecd-is-no-magic-lamp https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/05/02/2024_05_02_150028_1714659327.jpg Coordinating Economy Minister Airlangga Hartarto (right) receives the Roadmap for the OECD Accession of Indonesia from the organization’s secretary-general Mathias Cormann on May 2, 2024, during the opening of the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/31/global-standards-governance-and-commercial-discipline-underpin-inas-investment-strategy https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/28/2026_08_28_179099_1787909268.jpg A plasma fractionation plant is pictured in Karawang, West Java in this file photo. The plant is owned by PT SK Plasma Core Indonesia, a joint venture between South Korea’s biopharmaceutical company SK Plasma and Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA). (Images Courtesy of the Indonesia Investment Authority) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/28/2026_08_28_179100_1787909448.jpg The Belawan New Container Terminal (BNCT) in Medan, North Sumatra, is located in the Malacca Strait. The port is developed and operated through a partnership between the INA, Pelindo and DP World. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/28/2026_08_28_179101_1787910224.jpg The Medan–Binjai and Bakauheni–Terbanggi Besar toll roads in Sumatra are among the key toll road projects in which the INA has invested. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/31/indonesia-new-zealand-eye-closer-food-energy-cooperation https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/30/2026_08_30_179137_1788079512.jpeg Foreign Minister Sugiono (second left) talks with New Zealander Foreign Minister Winston Peters (second right) during the 13th Joint Ministerial Commission between Indonesia and New Zealand on Aug. 28 in Auckland. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/31/burning-kalimantan-forests-put-orangutans-at-risk https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/30/2026_08_30_179128_1788060980.jpg A joint conservation team comprising representatives of the West Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA), Gunung Palung National Park management, the Internatioal Animal Rescue Foundation Indonesia (YIARI) and local communities evacuate on Aug. 19 one of three Bornean orangutans found in a community plantation in Ketapang regency, West Kalimantan. The orangutans were believed to come from a nearby forest that has been engulfed by wildfire. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/30/2026_08_30_179129_1788060980.JPG Wlidfires burn on Saturday in an area in Sungai Putri, Ketapang regency, West Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/31/desil-desilan-indonesias-welfare-ranking-needs-more-than-a-data-refresh https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/11/15/2024_11_15_157323_1731643673.jpg Social aid recipient receive a sack of rice from the government's food reserves distribution program on Oct. 29, 2024, at the Dumai Post Office in Riau. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/31/analysis-pay-it-back-walk-free-prabowos-corruption-dilemma https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/30/2026_08_30_179158_1788108608.jpg Officials arrange stacks of money collected from forestry administrative fines and recovered state assets from corruption cases on Dec. 24, 2025, at the Attorney General’s Office complex in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/31/skepticism-persists-even-as-court-decriminalizes-insulting-government https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/11/2026_08_11_178531_1786437807.jpg A police officer patrols the grounds of the Constitutional Court on Feb. 4, 2025, in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/31/riaus-acute-respiratory-cases-increase-by-1960-a-week https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178969_1787559662.jpg Residents wear masks as they cross Siak IV Bridge, shrouded in haze on Aug. 24 in Pekanbaru, Riau. The Riau provincial administration has urged residents to reduce outdoor activities and wear protective masks while outdoors as air quality in Pekanbaru deteriorates due to smoke from forest and land fires. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/31/nu-hands-clerics-greater-power-in-historic-change-to-leadership-election https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/28/2026_08_28_179088_1787886798.jpg Opening stage: A participant takes a photo in front of a banner for the 35th Nahdlatul Ulama National Congress (Muktamar NU) on Aug. 27 after the five-day conference opened at Untung Suropati Field in the sprawling complex of Pondok Pesantren Bahrul Ulum Tambakberas, an Islamic boarding school in Jombang regency, East Java. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/30/2026_08_30_179140_1788097526.jpg Representatives of Nahdlatul Ulama regional chapters vote on options for mechanisms to elect a new NU chairman during a plenary session of the 35th NU Congress at Bahrul Ulum Islamic boarding school in Tambakberas, Jombang, East Java, early Sunday, August 30, 2026. Participants approved changing the election mechanism from a “one man, one vote” system to an Ahlul Halli wal Aqdi (AHWA) mechanism. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/31/transparency-matters https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179050_1787797914.jpg Residents and online motorcycle taxi drivers arrange boxes of bottled water donated by members of the public for participants of the United Pati People’s Alliance (AMPB) during a rally on Aug. 26 ally outside the Senayan legislative complex in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/31/n-sumatra-tourism-sites-closed-as-mt-sinabung-volcanic-activity-increases https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/30/2026_08_30_179132_1788075057.jpg Officials from various agencies look on as two men install a poster warning residents and tourists not to approach Mount Sinabung on Aug. 29 in Karo regency, North Sumatra. The Mount Sinabung Monitoring Post has increased the volcano's status to Level II Waspada (advisory) following increased volcanic activities. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/31/beyond-emergency-aid-ntt-communities-face-a-long-road-to-recovery https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/30/2026_08_30_179157_1788107627.jpg (Courtesy of PMI) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/30/2026_08_30_179156_1788107627.jpg (Courtesy of PMI) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/30/2026_08_30_179155_1788107627.jpg Children at an evacuation shelter in Ruteng, NTT, take part in a coloring activity as part of psychosocial support and trauma-healing efforts following the earthquake. (Courtesy of Dwi Pambudo) https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/30/nu-event-shows-religious-tolerance-boosts-local-economy https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/28/2026_08_28_179088_1787886798.jpg Opening stage: A participant takes a photo in front of a banner for the 35th Nahdlatul Ulama National Congress (Muktamar NU) on Thursday, after the five-day conference opened at Untung Suropati Field in the sprawling complex of Pondok Pesantren Bahrul Ulum Tambakberas, an Islamic boarding school in Jombang regency, East Java https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/30/rising-current-account-deficit-could-jeopardize-rupiah https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179010_1787720098.jpeg PT Industri Kereta Api (Persero), or INKA, prepares an export shipment of container flat top (CFT) wagons ordered by a New Zealand company at Jamrud Nilam Mirah Port in Tanjung Perak, Surabaya. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/30/n-korea-defense-minister-dismissed-state-media https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/30/2026_08_30_179138_1788079792.jpg In this file photo dated April 23, 2019, North Korean Defense Minister No Kwang Chol tours war exhibitions at the military Patriot Park outside Moscow. The minister was in the Russian capital to attend the VIII Moscow Conference on International Security. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/30/europes-central-bankers-fear-more-turbulence-in-testy-us-relations https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/30/2026_08_30_179136_1788079284.JPG A view of the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, on March 6, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/30/china-identifies-countries-of-261-foreigners-missing-in-himalayan-mudslide https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/30/2026_08_30_179134_1788078573.JPG A drone view shows damaged buildings and houses covered in mud next to the Likhu River following deadly flash floods and mudslides, in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, August 30, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/30/2026_08_30_179135_1788078629.JPG People walk next to damaged buildings and houses covered in mud following deadly flash floods and mudslides, in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, August 30, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/30/tests-loom-for-popular-uk-pm-burnham-as-parliament-returns https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/30/2026_08_30_179133_1788077673.jpg Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham smiles during a visit to Bath, western England, on July 22, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/30/idx-begins-trial-to-lower-stock-price-floor-to-rp-1 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/24/2026_06_24_176966_1782261995.jpg A screen at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in Jakarta shows stock quotes on Jan. 2, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/28/as-forests-fragment-arboreal-bridges-offer-orangutans-a-lifeline https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/28/2026_08_28_179098_1787905055.jpg This undated handout photograph taken by the Orangutan Information Centre and released on June 10, 2026 shows the Tapanuli orangutans over a tree in the Batang Toru forest in Indonesia's North Sumatra. Climate change-fueled landslides wiped out nearly one in 10 remaining members of the world's rarest great ape species on Sumatra island, scientists said on June 10. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/27/2026_04_27_175142_1777254009.jpg This screen grab from a handout video taken on December 14, 2025, and released by the Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS), shows a Sumatran orangutan using a canopy bridge constructed by conservation NGO Tangguh Hutan Khatulistiwa (TaHuKah) in collaboration with government partners and UK-based charity SOS to cross a road in Pakpak Bharat district, North Sumatra. A Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time crossing a man-made canopy bridge constructed to help the endangered animals bypass a tarred road on the Indonesian island, an NGO said on April 26. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/29/trump-announces-deal-for-huge-us-stake-in-venezuelan-oil-reserves https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/29/2026_08_29_179127_1788013311.jpg This combination of pictures created on March 05, 2026, shows US President Donald Trump smiling during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Aug. 18, 2025, and Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez smiling alongside US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum (out of frame), after their meeting at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on March 4, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/29/iceland-votes-on-whether-to-resume-eu-membership-talks https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/29/2026_08_29_179126_1787986557.jpg A supporter of the 'No' campaign displays a placard against the EU that reads 'EU – no thanks' during a rally against reopening Iceland's European Union accession negotiations in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Aug. 27, 2026, two days ahead of a national referendum. Icelanders will vote on Aug. 29 on whether the country should resume EU accession negotiations, which were suspended in 2013. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/28/jakarta-commuters-unhappy-with-proposed-parking-fee-hike https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179052_1787803482.jpg A sanitation worker walks through a parking lot at an apartment complex on Jl. Jend. Basuki Rachmat in East Jakarta, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/11/12/2025_11_12_168874_1762915213.jpg An ‘ojol’ (on-demand motorcycle transportation) driver wearing a Gojek helmet transports a passenger donning a Grab helmet in Jakarta on Nov. 12, 2025. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/03/2026_08_03_178223_1785732691.jpeg Morning commute: Passengers wait for a Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) train on July 3, 2026, at Blok M BCA Station in South Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/29/number-of-missing-in-nepal-china-floods-soars-to-nearly-3000 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/29/2026_08_29_179125_1787984143.jpg Workers use excavators to clear the mud at the Dhunge Bazaar in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Aug. 29, 2026 after flash floods and landslides hit the Nepal-Tibet border. Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Aug. 29 to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing villages. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/29/2026_08_29_179124_1787984143.jpg Paramilitary police conduct search and rescue operations on a hillside 2 kilometers from Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, in China’s western Tibet region on Aug. 28, 2026, which was damaged after a mudslide two days earlier. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/29/malaysia-nabbed-for-smuggling-etomidate-vapes-to-medan https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/01/28/2023_01_28_134948_1674870933.jpg Two packets of white powder lay next to drugs wrapped in black plastic in this undated illustration. https://www.thejakartapost.com/sports/2026/08/29/why-indonesia-is-betting-on-infantino https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/01/2026_08_01_178186_1785552542.JPG FIFA President Gianni Infantino attends a FIFA reception on July 17 at Trump Tower in New York City, the United States. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/28/2026_08_28_179107_1787927847.jpg Tight ties: Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) chairman Erick Thohir (left) and FIFA president Gianni Infantino clasp hands in a photo Erick posted to his Instagram account on March 22, 2025, as part of a birthday message to Infantino. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/28/2026_08_28_179108_1787927847.jpg Red-hot course: Members of the Indonesian men’s national soccer team dribble the ball during a training session at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Central Jakarta on Aug. 2, a day before facing Vietnam in their third Group A match in the 2026 ASEAN Championship at Pakansari Stadium in Bogor, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/29/australian-man-arrested-for-alleged-public-sex-act-in-bali https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/08/15/2024_08_15_153545_1723706189.jpg Illustration of a police tape sealing a crime scene. https://www.thejakartapost.com/sports/2026/08/29/indonesias-u-16-girls-gain-ground-toward-future-development https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179013_1787728584.jpg Heartbreak: Raisya Novita Amalia (second right) is comforted by her teammates on Aug. 23, 2026, after the Indonesia under-16 girls’ national team lost 0-1 to Thailand during the Srikandi Merdeka Cup final at the Supersoccer Arena in Kudus, Central Java. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179015_1787728584.jpg High stakes: Indonesia’s Keysa Arabela Manisya (left) mounts an aerial attack as Hong Kong goalkeeper Wong Hiu Yau Hazel rushes in to prevent a score on Aug. 18, 2026, during their Srikandi Merdeka Cup match at the Supersoccer Arena in Kudus, Central Java. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179014_1787728584.jpg Streaming triumph: The Thailand U-16 girls’ national soccer team celebrates on Aug. 23, 2026, after winning the Srikandi Merdeka Cup at the Supersoccer Arena in Kudus, Central Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/29/illegal-logging-persists-in-riau-as-wildfires-sweep-province https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/11/04/2023_11_04_144022_1699058760.JPG Imam Taufik, a coconut grower in Kuala Selat, Indragiri Hilir, Riau, points on July 26, 2023 to the land that used to be his coconut plantation. He has lost six plantations because of coastal erosion and seawater intrusion following mangrove deforestation. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/29/analysis-pphn-prabowos-green-light-for-soehartos-ghost https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/28/2026_08_28_179109_1787931205.jpg President Prabowo Subianto is displayed on screens as he delivers his annual State of the Nation address ahead of the country's 81st Independence Day anniversary in front of the members of the legislative bodies during the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) plenary session on Aug. 14 at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/29/jakarta-deadly-unrest-prompts-calls-to-probe-alleged-mobilizers https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/28/2026_08_28_179105_1787922326.jpg Police officers and protesters face each other during a demonstration urging lawmakers to immediately pass an asset forfeiture bill for corrupt officials outside the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta on Aug. 27, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/28/2026_08_28_179106_1787922561.jpg A protester throws a projectile next to a burning pile of posters and banners during a demonstration urging lawmakers to immediately pass an asset forfeiture bill for corrupt officials outside the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta on Aug. 27, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/29/nu-leadership-race-tests-strength-to-distance-itself-from-jakarta https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/28/2026_08_28_179103_1787920838.jpg Participants of the 35th Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) national congress (Muktamar) interrupt the first plenary session of the event on Friday at the Tambakberas 'pesantren' Islamic boarding school in Jombang, East Java. The plenary session was suspended because of a wave of interruptions from attending participants. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/28/2026_08_28_179104_1787920838.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (second left) and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka (left) greets members of 35th Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) national congress (Muktamar) on Thursday after the event's opening ceremony at the Tambakberas "pesantren" (Islamic boarding school) in Jombang, East Java. In his address, the President underlined NU's importance in maintaining the nation's unity and stability. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/29/wildfires-all-hands-on-deck https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179065_1787836176.jpg Smoke billows from burning peatland on Aug. 26, 2026, obscuring an adjacent oil palm plantation in East Tanjung Jabung regency, Jambi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/28/uiii-marks-first-commencement-ceremony-for-doctoral-graduates https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/28/2026_08_28_179102_1787911873.jpeg About 200 graduates of master's and doctoral programs gather for their commencement ceremony on Thursday at the Lecture Hall of the Indonesian International Islamic University (UIII) in Depok, West Java.