https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/14/regional-fallout-grows-as-indonesia-rejects-disaster-status https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/13/2026_10_13_180623_1791897457.jpg Firefighters work on containing a wildfire on Oct. 13 in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan. Toxic haze has shrouded parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts across Borneo and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/13/2026_10_13_180622_1791897457.jpg Malaysia’s Petronas Twin Towers and commercial buildings are seen shrouded by haze on Oct. 13 in Kuala Lumpur. Toxic haze has covered parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Borneo and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/14/safety-reform-first https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/20/2026_09_20_179887_1789859554.jpg Navy personnel maneuver their boats on Sept. 17, 2026 directly above the Virgo Transport 8 passenger ship, which capsized in the Java Sea. The Virgo Transport 8 carried 213 passengers and 30 crew when it lost contact with its shipping company after departing from Surabaya, East Java, to Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, on Sept. 13. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/13/teachers-push-for-better-pay-in-education-bill https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/11/28/2025_11_28_169548_1764313929.jpg Students embrace their teacher’s hands during a Teacher's Day celebration at an elementary school in Semarang, Central Java, on Nov. 25, 2025. The event, held under the theme “Great Teachers, Strong Indonesia” and attended by hundreds of students, the event aimed to deepen their understanding of teaching and inspire them to follow in their teachers’ footsteps. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/13/saudi-arabia-faces-economic-contraction-as-war-woes-mount https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/13/2026_10_13_180615_1791885800.jpg Guests attend the 25th WPC Energy Congress (World Petroleum Council) in Riyadh on October 12, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/13/indonesia-completes-oil-spill-response-marpolex-2026-in-n-sulawesi https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/13/2026_10_13_180616_1791886672.jpeg Philippine Coast Guard's patrol vessel BRP Gabriela Silang OPV-8301 deploys its oil boom on Oct. 11 during oil spill response Marpolex 2026 in Bitung, North Sulawesi. The exercise involved 21 vessels from Indonesia, the Philippine and Japan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/13/dutch-indonesian-researchers-wrap-up-conference-on-practical-solutions-for-society https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/13/2026_10_13_180614_1791882839.jpeg Indonesian Higher Education, Science, and Technology Minister Brian Yuliarto delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the 2026 Week of Indonesia–Netherlands Education and Research (WINNER) 2026 conference in Jakarta on Oct. 6, 2026. The hybrid online and in-person event was held in Oct 6-8 in Jakarta and Amsterdam. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/13/hedge-funds-are-a-top-draw-in-asia-as-investors-look-beyond-bonds https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/28/2026_07_28_178055_1785211240.jpg A man walks past an electronic screen showing South Korea's benchmark stock index (KOSPI) in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on July 28, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/13/australia-will-do-anything-we-can-to-stop-us-execution-being-shown-online-albanese https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/01/2026_04_01_174246_1775031049.JPG Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, 30 March, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/13/how-indonesias-stainless-carbon-steel-fare-amid-global-headwinds https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/26/2026_05_26_176123_1779770164.jpg A worker inspects the quality of sheet metal rolls on Oct. 4, 2019, at a steel factory in the Jababeka Industrial Estate in Cikarang, Bekasi, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/13/asean-to-discuss-tackling-transboundary-haze-ahead-of-november-summit https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/11/2026_10_11_180536_1791723862.jpg A couple rides a motorcycle through thick haze from forest and land fires in Barito Kuala, South Kalimantan, on October 10, 2026. Toxic haze has shrouded parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Kalimantan and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/10/13/ready-set-snooze-sleep-deprived-japanese-compete-for-best-rested https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/13/2026_10_13_180609_1791878313.jpg Attendees take part in a sleep competition organized by a mattress brand in Tokyo on October 5, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/13/govt-permanently-bans-lobster-larvae-exports https://img.jakpost.net/c/2019/12/17/2019_12_17_83700_1576579483.jpg A man holds a clear plastic packet or smuggled lobster larvae in this undated photograph. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/13/indonesia-eyes-discounted-saudi-crude-senior-minister-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2022/10/13/2022_10_13_130968_1665675334.jpeg Chevron Indonesia operates an offshore platform in the Sepinggan field in Makassar Strait, 37 kilometers east of Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, on April 23, 2019. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/10/13/jakartas-over-30-crowd-rediscovers-the-dance-floor-in-daylight https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/12/2026_10_12_180555_1791777216.jpg Put your hands up: Guests dance at an “Over 30, 030” session in Jakarta as the DJ spins nostalgic hits, particularly favorites among millennials, in this undated photo. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/12/2026_10_12_180556_1791777216.jpeg All afternoon long: Indonesian DJ RBA performs during his second hour behind the decks at an “Over 30, 030” afternoon clubbing session in Jakarta in this undated photo. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/10/13/damaged-and-drained-indonesias-peatlands-go-up-in-smoke https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/13/2026_10_13_180608_1791868432.jpg Flames reignite and burn through a scorched deep peatland area in Gambut district, Banjar regency, South Kalimantan, on October 8, 2026, as firefighters remain on high alert as subterranean peat fires continue to flare up amid unstable conditions during the dry season. Toxic haze has shrouded parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Borneo and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/13/euindonesia-cepa-turning-commitments-into-trade-and-investment-opportunities https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/07/14/2025_07_14_164497_1752489334.jpeg President Prabowo Subianto (left) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announce the 'political agreement' of the Indonesia-EU Comprehensive Partnership Agreement (IEU-CEPA) on July 14, 2025, in Brussels. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/13/widespread-blackout-hits-batam-disrupts-public-services https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/12/06/2024_12_06_158054_1733466984.jpg A technician from state-owned electricity company PLN stands atop a transmission tower during regular maintenance work on Dec. 27, 2023, in Palu, Central Sulawesi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/13/the-extractivist-logic-haunts-the-ai-data-center-rush-in-indonesia-malaysia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/08/2026_10_08_180459_1791454646.jpeg Residents of Nongsa district in Batam, Riau Islands, block access to Nongsa Digital Park during a protest on Oct. 5, 2026, over months of water shortages in their community, while water supplies to data centres in the park remain uninterrupted. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/13/hall-woodford-win-nobel-prize-for-work-on-how-to-stabilize-economies https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/13/2026_10_13_180593_1791849122.jpg Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Ellen Moons (center), Chair of the Prize Committee John Hassler (left) and Member of the Prize Committee and expert Timo Boppart announce US economists Robert E Hall and Michael Woodford as the winners of the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on October 12, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/13/seoul-tokyo-stocks-plunge-as-asia-suffers-fresh-tech-rout 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/opinion/2026/10/13/indonesia-china-maritime-cooperation-without-compromising-national-interests https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/11/19/2024_11_19_157443_1731984360.jpeg China Coast Guard's (CCG) patrol vessel CCG 5401 (left) is shadowed by Indonesian Maritime Security Agency's (Bakamla) patrol boat KN Tanjung Datu and Indonesian Navy's corvette KRI Sutedi Senoputra inside Indonesian exclusive economic zone (EEZ) on North Natuna Sea on Oct. 21, 2024. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/13/three-rescued-sumatran-orangutans-begin-final-assessments-ahead-of-release https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/05/03/2024_05_03_150046_1714705817.jpeg A male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus is seen two months after wound self-treatment using a medicinal plant in the Suaq Balimbing research site, a protected rainforest area in Indonesia, with the facial wound below the right eye barely visible anymore, in this handout picture taken on Aug. 25, 2022. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/13/making-police-reform-work 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 briefed 800 high-ranking TNI and National Police officers at the Presidential Palace complex in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/13/resetting-the-world-bank-imfs-relationship-with-the-world https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/12/2026_10_12_180572_1791785075.JPG International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva (left) speaks as Singapore's President Tharman Shanmugaratnam (center) and World Bank Group President Ajay Banga look on during the IMF-World Bank 2026 Annual Meetings in Bangkok on Oct. 12, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/13/outlook-of-the-national-palm-oil-sector-in-2027 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/30/2026_06_30_177151_1782820612.JPG Rows of young oil palm trees are planted just on the border of Sebangau National Park area in Central Kalimantan on April 28, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/13/wildfires-in-national-parksthreaten-biodiversityas-firefighting-gaps-persist https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/12/2026_10_12_180574_1791794645.jpg Smoke billows from a forest fire on Oct. 6in the Padang Sugihan Wildlife Reserve in Pangkalan Lampam, Ogan Komering Ilir regency, South Sumatra. Firefighters are continuing efforts to extinguish the blaze, which has been burning in the reserve since Aug. 26. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/13/why-pharmaceutical-sovereignty-must-become-a-national-priority https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/11/24/2025_11_24_169365_1763965487.jpg A seller serves a customer on July 21 at a pharmacy during the launch ceremony for a cooperative under the government's Red and White Cooperatives program, in Serang regency, Banten, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/13/analysis-court-decision-lets-gibrans-questionable-diploma-slide https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/12/2026_10_12_180565_1791778903.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/indonesia/2026/10/13/prabowos-drive-for-stability-turns-house-into-rubber-stamp 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/business/2026/10/13/foreign-banks-seek-stronger-foothold-in-ri-amid-consolidation-push https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/11/05/2025_11_05_168605_1762326211.JPG High-rise buildings are pictured on Nov. 4, 2025, in Jakarta’s business district. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/13/hundreds-displaced-as-wildfire-destroys-village-in-bangka-belitung-islands https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/06/2026_10_06_180384_1791268790.JPG A firefighter uses a tree branch to douse flames on Sept. 8 amid a wildfire in Palembang, South Sumatra. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/12/new-foreign-minister-seeks-global-influence-through-domestic-strength https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/12/2026_10_12_180563_1791778871.JPG Indonesia's newly appointed Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir (right), and former Foreign Minister and current Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs, Sugiono, sing the national anthem during a handover ceremony on Oct. 12 in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/12/danantara-to-create-joint-fund-build-cpo-refinery-with-egypt https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/11/2026_10_11_180529_1791708239.JPG Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi shakes hands with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto after a joint-press conference following their meeting on Oct. 11 at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/12/indonesians-urged-to-avoid-nonessential-travel-in-saudi-after-deadly-strikes https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/12/2026_10_12_180577_1791798217.jpg Supporters of the Houthi authorities brandish their weapons on Friday during a protest against Saudi intervention in Yemen, in Sanaa. The Houthis, who are fighting the Saudi-backed, internationally recognized government, seized the coastline alongside crucial trade route during a lightning offensive last month, extending their control over all of Yemen's Red Sea coast. Yemeni government forces have been attempting for several days to retake coastal territory captured by the pro-Iranian fighters. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/12/2026_10_12_180552_1791776013.jpg An air traffic control tower is seen on Sept. 19 at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. A fresh Houthi strike hit Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, a day after another attack claimed by the Yemeni group killed at least a dozen people and forced authorities to suspend operations at the facility. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/12/singapore-rolls-out-haze-subsidies-as-malaysia-extends-school-closures https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/12/2026_10_12_180578_1791799805.jpg A pedestrian wearing a mask walks along the boulevard at Marina bay as buildings are seen shrouded with haze in Singapore on October 12, 2026. Indonesia has been battling fires for weeks in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, sending suffocating haze across the islands and neighboring Malaysia and Singapore. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/12/govt-to-classify-online-ride-hailing-services-as-public-transportation-under-new-bill https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/24/2026_06_24_176971_1782273650.JPG The logos of ride-hailing service providers Gojek and Grab are seen on helmets worn by two passengers using online motorcycle taxi services in the Kampung Melayu Besar area of South Jakarta on June 24, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/12/pertamina-medco-acquire-participation-rights-in-enis-oil-and-gas-projects https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/01/24/2023_01_24_134818_1674565785.jpeg The operator of the Mahakam oil field, PT Pertamina Hulu Mahakam (PHM), performs exploration drilling work at the South Peciko oil platform in the Peciko oil and gas field off East Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/12/ai-investment-keeps-global-growth-around-3-with-major-asia-benefits-imf https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/12/2026_10_12_180572_1791785075.JPG International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks as Singapore's President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and World Bank Group President Ajay Banga look on during the IMF-World Bank 2026 Annual Meetings in Bangkok on Oct. 12, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/12/airasia-in-talks-with-malaysian-government-over-potential-funding-support https://img.jakpost.net/c/2022/09/21/2022_09_21_130216_1663753977.jpg An Airbus 320-200 operated by Indonesia AirAsia lands at Jakarta-serving Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. (JP/Abdur Rahim) https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/12/is-washington-dropping-the-diplomatic-ball https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/11/2026_10_11_180526_1791696785.jpg United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks on Sept. 3, 2026, during the launch of the Foundry School, a national training program, at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC.