https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/04/malaysia-must-not-breathe-indonesias-governance-failure https://img.jakpost.net/c/2016/04/08/2016_04_08_2685_1460106196.jpg Haze from forest fires in Kalimantan, Indonesia blankets Papar district, in Sabah, Malaysia. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/04/purbaya-reasserts-budget-for-cooperatives-debt 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 building on July 22 in Suka Damai village, Muaro Jambi regency, Jambi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/04/civil-groups-seek-better-recognition-for-indigenous-peoples-in-new-bill https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/19/2025_10_19_167835_1760848247.jpg Gelar Alam ethnic people carry bundles of rice stalks on Oct. 5, 2025, during a Seren Taun harvest festival procession in Sukabumi, West Java. The annual ceremony expresses gratitude for the year's harvest and seeks blessings for harmony with nature and ancestors. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/03/indonesias-data-center-push-gains-ground-but-faces-execution-test https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/18/2026_06_18_176799_1781767530.jpg The construction of Digital Edge Indonesia data center in Cikarang, West Java is underway in this undated picture. State power producer PT PLN is set to supply 2x725 megavolts of electricity to support the operation of the country’s largest data center. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/04/rowing-between-two-reefs-why-indonesia-wont-pick-a-side https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/09/01/2023_09_01_141945_1693570121.jpg Indonesian, Australian, Singaporean and United States military personnel attend the opening ceremony of the Super Garuda Shield 2023 joint military exercise in Situbondo, East Java on Aug. 31, 2023. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/04/analysis-indonesias-solar-energy-bet-cautious-optimism https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179377_1788407892.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (center) presses a button during the launch and groundbreaking ceremony for the solar power plant programs in Gilimanuk, Jembrana, Bali, on Aug. 25, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/04/prabowo-pitches-eurasia-southeast-asia-economic-bridge https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179385_1788418244.jpg Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto hold a meeting on Sept. 3 on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/04/jakarta-transit-grows-but-greater-jakarta-stays-disconnected https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/05/15/2025_05_15_162756_1747301375.jpg A Transjakarta bus leaves the Flavor Bliss shelter in Serpong, South Tangerang, Banten after the launching of Transjabodetabek bus service's new route between Alam Sutera township and Blok M, South Jakarta on April 24, 2025. The Jakarta administration worked with the Banten administration to open the Alam Sutera-Blok M route for Transjabodetabek in a bid to tackle the city's perennial traffic problem. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/09/02/2025_09_02_166096_1756812635.jpg Wallet slam: Motorists are stuck in traffic on Jl. KH Guru Amin, Jakarta, on Aug. 28, 2025. Jakarta Deputy Governor Rano Karno said that the impact of traffic congestion in the capital and surrounding areas goes beyond disrupting mobility, causing economic losses of up to Rp 100 trillion (US$6 billion) annually. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/04/unchecked-businesses-blamed-for-raging-wildfires https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179389_1788433716.JPG Fire fighters with the Forest and Land Fire Control Brigade spray water to extinguish a fire on Aug. 12 in an area close to an oil palm plantation affected by wildfire in Pulang Pisau regency in Central Kalimantan. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179390_1788433716.jpg Officers from the Kampar Regency Police put up police tape while sealing a five-hectare area that was burned by wildfire on Aug. 22 in Kampar regency, Riau. The police seized the area as part of their investigation into the alleged land burning in the area, often done to open land for agriculture purposes. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/04/the-states-new-muscle https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/28/2026_08_28_179105_1787922326.jpg Police officers and protesters face each other on Aug. 27 during a demonstration urging lawmakers to immediately pass an asset forfeiture law for corrupt officials outside the Senayan Legislative complex in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/03/more-than-1700-students-and-teachers-sickened-this-week-due-to-free-meals https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/11/13/2025_11_13_168931_1763017295.jpg Workers prepare nutritious meals under the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program at the Samarinda Police Nutrition Fulfillment Service Unit (SPPG) in Samarinda Ulu, East Kalimantan, on Nov. 4. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/03/malaysia-starts-cloud-seeding-to-help-clear-toxic-haze https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/01/2026_09_01_179225_1788259756.jpg An aerial view shows haze shrouding the area around the Sarawak Legislative Assembly building (top) in Kuching, the capital city of Sarawak state, Malaysia on September 1, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/03/indonesias-global-commodities-price-setting-ambition-risks-backfiring https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/08/2026_06_08_176469_1780854737.jpg Heavy equipment is operated at a coal mine in East Kalimantan owned by PT Berau Coal in this undated photograph. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/03/new-bi-governor-puts-stability-as-top-agenda https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179356_1788347337.JPG Destry Damayanti, Indonesia’s newly appointed central bank governor, speaks during a press conference after her inauguration on Sept. 2 at the Supreme Court building in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/09/03/el-nino-to-be-very-strong-last-until-february-un-warns https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179387_1788418440.jpg A villager collects water from a remaining natural spring as the area is hit by a prolonged dry season at Wening Galih village in Bogor, West Java on August 28, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/03/authorities-intercept-800-kg-of-ketamine-in-anambas-waters https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179303_1788325177.jpg Armed officers stand guard near a pile of evidence during a news conference on a drug smuggling case at the Riau Islands Police headquarters in Batam, Riau Islands, on Sept. 1, 2026. A joint team from the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), the National Police Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim Polri), the Directorate General of Customs and Excise and the Riau Islands Police intercepted 800 kilograms of ketamine in Riau Islands waters, and named a Taiwanese national, identified by the initials BNC, as a suspect accused of acting as the syndicate's controller. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/03/energy-subsidy-bill-seen-to-soar-by-rp-300t-without-renewables-push https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178991_1787662439.jpg Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia (center), Bali Governor Wayan Koster (left) and PLN president director Darmawan Prasodjo (right) inspect the construction site of the 100-gigawatt-peak (GWp) Gilimanuk solar power plant in Jembrana, Bali, on Aug. 25, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/03/clear-business-climate-dealmaker-amid-rising-protectionism-usabc-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/31/2026_08_31_179175_1788177904.jpg US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) president and CEO Brian McFeeters poses in an undated picture. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/03/iran-attacks-us-targets-despite-trump-threats https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179384_1788413397.jpg A large screen displays a verse from the Koran reading “My Lord, make this city secure,“ alongside the Kuwaiti flag and the landmark Kuwait Towers, on a skyscraper in Kuwait City on September 2, 2026. Iran launched a wave of attacks on US sites across the Middle East on September 2. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/03/the-americas-oil-bonanza-will-outlast-the-iran-conflict https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179282_1788322379.jpg Smoke drifts from an oil refinery on May 5, 2026, from a Syncrude joint venture site in Alberta's Wood Buffalo, Canada. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/03/nurturing-a-culture-to-protect-humanity-in-wartime https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/29/2025_10_29_168289_1761712266.jpg Graves are seen after the commemoration ceremony of the cessation of World War II in Asia at the Menteng Pulo Dutch war cemetery in Jakarta on Aug. 15, 2024. https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2026/09/03/the-long-pli https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179308_1788330253.png https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/03/mount-semeru-fires-spreading-as-e-java-experiences-extreme-drought https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/11/2026_08_11_178530_1786436199.jpg Wildfire flames and smoke rise above a forest on Aug. 10 in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park near Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, East Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/03/stocks-rise-yields-ease-as-oil-slips-on-trump-hint-at-short-bombing-campaign https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179376_1788405864.jpg US President Donald Trump leaves the podium after speaking as he hosts a dinner in the Rose Garden at the White House on Sept. 02, 2026 in Washington, DC. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/03/donald-trump-and-xi-jinping-should-align-on-ai https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/29/2026_07_29_178082_1785295865.jpg Humanoid robots controlled by a remote control by Unitree Robotics take part in a fight on July 18 during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/09/03/burning-inside-out-gerds-quiet-toll-on-young-women https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179373_1788396081.jpeg Finding balance: Women work on their laptops on Nov. 11, 2024, at Morning Mama cafe in Banda Aceh, Aceh, as demanding routines can blur the lines between work, sleep, meals and moments of rest. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179374_1788396082.jpg Noah Jefferson Permana, physician. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/03/analysis-can-icomex-make-indonesia-a-commodity-price-maker https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179375_1788398044.jpg Workers unload fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from an open-back truck at a collector in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, on Oct. 29, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/03/growth-income-disparities-and-national-cohesion https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/15/2026_08_15_178713_1786796990.jpg A man climbs a flagpole (left) as he attempts to raise a Free Aceh Movement (GAM) flag alongside the Red and White national flag on Aug. 15, 2026, during a rally to mark the 21st anniversary of the Helsinki Agreement outside the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, Aceh. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/03/calls-mount-for-house-transparency-on-asset-forfeiture-bill https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/18/2026_02_18_172713_1771397498.jpg Lawmakers attend a House of Representatives plenary session on July 1, 2025, at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/03/house-moves-on-agrarian-reform-legislation https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179358_1788349692.jpg Farmers joined under the Kawulo Alit Mandiri Farmers Group hold a banner that reads “Land for The People“ during a rally to protest against the criminalization of local farmers in Semarang, Central Java, on Aug. 3, 2026. The protesters demanded the Central Java Police stop the investigation into two local farmers, who were reported by a company for allegedly illegally taking control of a 16-hectare plot in Dayunan in Kendal regency. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179357_1788349692.jpg Lawmakers of the House of Representatives Legislation Body (Baleg) hold a meeting with government representatives about the 2026 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas) priority bills at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta on Aug. 24, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/03/thousands-of-miles-apart-two-governors-one-north-star-problem https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/01/2026_09_01_179221_1788240082.jpeg Newly appointed Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Destry Damayanti gestures during the 4th plenary session of the House of Representatives on Sept. 1, 2026, flanked by her new senior deputy governor Aida S. Budiman (left) and deputy governor Solikin M. Juhro at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/03/prabowo-in-russia-for-fourth-visit-in-less-than-two-years https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/13/2026_04_13_174662_1776089718.JPG Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (right) greets President Prabowo Subianto during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on April 13, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/03/lpg-subsidy-surge-tests-targeting-import-curb-pledge https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/01/01/2024_01_01_145946_1704122288.jpg A motorized tricycle taxi running on compressed natural gas (CNG) conveys a passenger on Jl. Kyai Haji Moh. Syafi'i Hadzami in South Jakarta on Dec. 20, 2023. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/03/haze-besieges-southeast-asia-as-indonesias-wildfires-blaze-away https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/01/2026_09_01_179223_1788241774.JPG A thick haze shrouds Metro Manila in this drone picture taken in Quezon City, the Philippines on Sept. 1, 2026, due to smoke from ongoing forest and land fires in Indonesia's Kalimantan. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179359_1788354076.jpg A firefighter from Banjar Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) attempts to put out a wildfire in peatland in Banjar regency, South Kalimantan, on Sept. 2, 2026. The government has deployed 12,880 joint personnel to West, Central and South Kalimantan to contain the widespread forest and land fires in the region. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/03/to-build-nu-anew https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/31/2026_08_31_179178_1788179250.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (right) closes the 35th Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Congress as newly elected Rais Aam KH Miftahul Akhyar (center) and newly elected chairman of the NU Central Executive Board (PBNU) KH Abdul Hakim Mahfudz, also known as Gus Kikin, look on at Bahrul Ulum Islamic Boarding School in Tambakberas, Jombang, East Java, on Aug. 31, 2026. The 35th NU Congress elected KH Miftachul Akhyar as Rais Aam and KH Abdul Hakim Mahfudz, or Gus Kikin, as chairman of the PBNU for the 2026-2031 term. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/02/hercules-return-spotlights-prabowos-informal-power-network https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179313_1788336082.jpg In this screen grab, Hercules or Rosario de Marshal (central) of United Indonesian People’s Movement (GRIB) Jaya, speaks on Aug. 30 about several issues that emerged following chaotic demonstrations on Aug. 27 in Jakarta, after attending the regional working meeting of the GRIB Jaya West Java chapter, which also marked the first anniversary of the GRIB Jaya branch in Palabuhanratu, Sukabumi regency, West Java. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179061_1787828335.jpg Protesters deliver speeches and put up posters and banners on a gate during a demonstration urging lawmakers to immediately pass an asset forfeiture law for corruptors outside the Legislative complex in Jakarta on August 27, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/02/ri-factory-activity-contracts-as-asean-peers-gain https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/26/2026_05_26_176123_1779770164.jpg Quality control: A worker inspects the quality of product on Oct. 4, 2019, at a steel factory in the Cikarang industrial estate in Bekasi, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/02/dollar-hits-two-week-high-with-middle-east-conflict-in-focus https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/11/2026_06_11_176567_1781148087.jpg A man looks at electronic bulletin boards displaying the Nikkei 225 average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (left) and the foreign exchange rate of the Japanese yen against the US dollar along a street in Tokyo on June 10, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/02/john-ternus-takes-over-as-apple-enters-era-of-ai-foldable-phones https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179307_1788329984.jpg Apple’s John Ternus introduces the new MacBook Pro during an online event unveiling new products at Apple Park in Cupertino, California on October 18, 2021. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/02/us-aircraft-carrier-arrives-in-thailand-after-months-at-sea https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179306_1788329361.jpg Aircrafts are seen on the flight deck of US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as it heads towards Laem Chabang Port, near the city of Pattaya on September 2, 2026.