https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/31/govts-msme-credit-push-overlooks-deeper-structural-problem https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/05/14/2024_05_14_150415_1715691158.jpg A participant arranges bags made during a fashion training program on May 14, 2024, in Denpasar, Bali. Twenty people from micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) took part in the event organized by the Denpasar city administration. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/31/indonesia-probes-citizens-alleged-to-have-fought-for-russia-in-ukraine https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/03/31/2026_03_31_174193_1774892794.jpg 'Fresh meat’: A new recruit completes an obstacle course on March 21 during basic training at an undisclosed location in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/31/sarawak-eyes-cloud-seeding-as-haze-worsens https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/31/2026_08_31_179174_1788176753.jpg Motorcyclists ride on a haze-shrouded road caused by forest and land fires in Palangkaraya city, Central Kalimantan, on August 28, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/31/bank-jakarta-aims-to-go-public-in-2027 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/31/2026_08_31_179165_1788158724.png The Bank Jakarta office building is pictured in an undated photograph. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/31/jakarta-fines-waste-firms-over-illegal-dumping https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/31/2026_08_31_179171_1788164577.jpg Workers load trash into a truck on April 4 in Jakarta. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2022/08/12/2022_08_12_128854_1660280025.jpg Helping hands: Marked as the biggest landfill in Southeast Asia, Bantar Gebang attracts many philanthropists to help improve the lives of the local people in the area. (Pexels/Tom Fisk) https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/31/nepal-teams-seek-hundreds-trapped-in-hydropower-tunnels-after-deadly-floods https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/30/2026_08_30_179139_1788097525.JPG An undated handout photo released Sunday shows rescue workers taking part in a rescue operation near a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project following deadly flash floods and mudslides in Rasuwa, Nepal. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/31/indonesia-presses-muslim-world-to-move-beyond-condemnation-on-gaza https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/31/2026_08_31_179166_1788159956.jpg Two girls walk past the rubble of collapsed buildings on Aug. 25 in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. A ceasefire in October 2025 has reduced but not halted the violence in Gaza. Israeli operations have killed 1,288 people since the ceasefire came into effect, according to Gaza's health ministry, which also operates under Hamas authority and whose figures are considered reliable by the United Nations. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/31/housing-expo-falls-short-subsidized-loans-slow https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/30/2026_06_30_177145_1782798023.jpg Rows of houses form a residential area on June 18 in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/31/spanish-pm-says-disinformation-on-ceuta-crisis-was-spread-by-russia-israel https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/31/2026_07_31_178160_1785476827.jpg This video frame grab obtained from an AFP video shows migrants reaching the shore of Spanish north African exclave of Ceuta, after swimming around the border fence between Morocco and Spain, in Ceuta on July 30, 2026. Hundreds of migrants entered the Spanish north African exclave of Ceuta today, AFP reporters saw, many of them having swum by sea around the frontier fence. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/31/chinas-three-biggest-airlines-post-heavy-first-half-losses-as-fuel-shock-bites https://img.jakpost.net/c/2020/02/04/2020_02_04_85915_1580811019.jpg Some of workers unloaded aircraft luggage belonging to China Southern airlines parked at the apron of Soekarno Hatta Airport, Tangerang, Banten, on Tuesday Februari 2, 2020. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/31/south-korea-seeks-incentives-to-deepen-nickel-partnership-with-indonesia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/07/10/2025_07_10_164359_1752127751.jpg A worker installs the battery of a Hyundai IONIQ 5 electric car on April 6, 2023, at the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (HMMI) assembly plant in Cikarang, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/31/g20-countries-should-consider-more-trade-barriers-on-china-to-cut-imbalances-bessent-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178983_1787620724.jpg US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent takes questions from reporters as he speaks during a press conference in Washington, DC on August 24, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/31/indonesia-us-and-allies-launch-annual-military-drill https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/11/11/2024_11_11_157131_1731306473.jpg Indonesian Military personnel rappel from the Indonesian Air Force H-225 M Caracal helicopter during the Super Garuda Shield 2024 joint military exercise including Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Britain and the US in Situbondo, East Java on September 6, 2024. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/31/subsidized-lpg-quota-set-to-run-out-energy-council-warns https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/09/2026_07_09_177461_1783615392.jpg Residents line up to exchange empty 3-kilogram liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) canisters for full ones in Cibodas, Tangerang city, Banten on Feb. 3, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/31/clerics-elect-gus-kikin-nu-chair-in-first-indirect-polls https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/31/2026_08_31_179164_1788155740.jpg Abdul Hakim Mahfudz, better known as Gus Kikin, (at podium) addresses the audience as the new chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) on Aug. 31, 2026, the final day of the 35th NU National Congress (Muktamar) at Pondok Pesantren Bahrul Ulum Tambakberas, an Islamic boarding school in Jombang, East Java. 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 Supporting communities affected by the NTT earthquake, Danone Indonesia donated 2,200 boxes of AQUA, shipped from Tanjung Priok Port aboard PMI’s Humanitarian Ship. (Courtesy: PMI) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/30/2026_08_30_179156_1788107627.jpg Danone Indonesia CEO Laurent Boissier hands over humanitarian assistance to PMI Chairman Jusuf Kalla in support of communities affected by the earthquake in Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT). (Courtesy: PMI) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/30/2026_08_30_179155_1788107627.jpg Children at an evacuation shelter in Ruteng, NTT, participate in a coloring activity as part of psychosocial support and trauma-healing efforts following the earthquake. (Courtesy: 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.