https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/26/south-korean-investment-in-batam-reaches-us65-1-million-as-bp-batam-seeks-opportunities https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/26/2026_10_26_180992_1793008793.jpg A BP Batam delegation, comprising (from left) Annang Setia Budhi, President Director of PT Bandara International Batam (BIB); Kurnia Budi, Director of BP Batam’s Airport Business Entity; Alexander Zulkarnain, Deputy Head of Administration and Finance at BP Batam; and Fary Djemy Francis, Deputy Head of Investment at BP Batam, poses for a photograph with the Deputy Ambassador of the Indonesian Embassy in South Korea and embassy staff during a visit to Seoul. The delegation is seeking to attract further investment from South Korea.(Image courtesy of BP Batam) https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/26/kota-tua-vendors-back-revamp-but-fear-being-sidelined https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/26/2026_10_26_180990_1793001735.jpg Musicians perform during the 10th Colours of Culture Festival 2026 in Jakarta’s Kota Tua district on Friday, Oct. 16. The annual cultural festival celebrates Indonesia’s diversity through art, traditional textiles, music and culinary offerings under the theme “Tanda Mata Indonesia” (A Gift from Indonesia). The festival runs through Oct. 18. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/26/2026_10_26_180989_1793001730.jpg A mother leads her son, attached with a wrist-leash, in Kota Tua, Jakarta’s old quarter in front of Dutch-style Batavia Gallery and Kafe. Jakarta, Oct. 18. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/26/ri-tsingshan-discuss-deeper-nickel-downstream-projects-in-morowali-weda-bay https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/09/2026_10_09_180481_1791512805.JPG Nickel processing facilities operate on Oct. 8 at the Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park in Central Halmahera regency, North Maluku. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/26/oil-spill-off-uae-widens-prompting-more-beach-closures- https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/26/2026_10_26_180991_1793007346.JPG Satellite imagery shows UAE shore before oil spill, off the coast of United Arab Emirates Oct. 19, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/26/govt-rolls-out-year-end-travel-discounts-extends-economic-stimulus https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/07/2026_09_07_179501_1788781254.JPG Stranded passengers wait on Sept. 7 at the domestic terminal of I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport as some flights to Jakarta were canceled due to the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau volcano, in Kuta, Bali. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/26/singapore-to-explore-new-tech-to-weather-global-resource-nationalism-minister-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2021/10/05/2021_10_05_118139_1633401183.jpg Boats sail past the Shell refinery on Pulau Bukom off Singapore on Nov. 11, 2020. The price of Brent crude oil jumped on Sept. 28, 2021 above 80 USD for the first time in almost three years on expectations for surging demand and concerns about supplies. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/26/is-a-chinese-implosion-looming https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/09/2026_05_09_175553_1778327589.JPG An employee demonstrates the working of a humanoid robot on April 15 during the China Import and Export Fair, commonly known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/26/bj-habibies-status-in-indonesian-history https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/06/2026_08_06_178387_1785997939.jpg President B.J. Habibie addresses the House of Representatives on Aug. 15, 1998, where he called for military reform and a new democratic paradigm during the early days of the Reform Era. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/26/netanyahu-warns-iran-may-try-to-disrupt-election https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/25/2026_09_25_180056_1790300334.jpg Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 81st United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on September 24, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/26/currency-markets-subdued-ahead-of-pivotal-central-bank-week https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/14/2026_08_14_178646_1786677211.JPG A currency dealer works as an electronic board displays the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), the exchange rate between the US dollar and South Korean won and the Korea Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (KOSDAQ) at the dealing room of a bank in Seoul on July 14, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/26/redefining-corruption-protection-for-economic-power https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/04/06/2025_04_06_161704_1743874252.jpg Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin (front, left) and state energy holding firm Pertamina executive director Simon Aloysius Mantiri (front, right) attend a press briefing to assure the public that Pertamina's current fuel meets standards and is unaffected by the 2018-2023 fuel supply corruption case at Pertamina subsidiaries at the Attorney General's Office building in Jakarta on March 6, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/26/across-boundaries-how-riaus-communities-are-joining-forces-against-fire https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180939_1792767770.jpg Zulkatab (left) engages with Tambak village residents to raise awareness of forest and land fire prevention. (Courtesy of Asian Agri) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180938_1792767770.jpg Asian Agri’s fire team gathers for a briefing as part of its efforts to strengthen fire prevention and response in Riau. (Courtesy of Asian Agri) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180937_1792767770.jpg Asian Agri’s fire team helps extinguish a fire in an area near Tambak village, Riau. (Courtesy of Asian Agri) https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/26/lula-defies-odds-to-clinch-poll-victory-against-bolsonaros-son https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/05/2026_10_05_180349_1791171846.jpg This combination of pictures created on October 4, 2026, shows Brazil's President and re-election candidate for the Workers' Party (PT) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (right) speaks to the media after casting his vote during the presidential election at a polling station in Sao Bernardo do Campo, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 4, 2026; and Brazil's right-wing senator and presidential candidate for the Liberal Party (PL) Flavio Bolsonaro gives thumbs up in front of Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial candidate Douglas Ruas (C, back), as he leaves a polling station after voting during the presidential election in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 4, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/26/jakarta-should-not-lower-the-bar-for-myanmar https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/03/18/2025_03_18_161297_1742294997.jpg Indonesian nationals who had worked at scam centres in Myanmar are greeted by officials upon arrival from Thailand, at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten near Jakarta on March 18, 2025. Indonesia on March 18 began repatriating more than 500 of its nationals freed from online scam centres in Myanmar, officials said, bringing them home from grim holding camps in Thailand where many have languished for weeks. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/26/asean-should-press-its-plus-three-partners-on-denuclearization https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/19/2026_04_19_174857_1776572724.jpg People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on April 19, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/26/pks-seeks-house-talks-on-gibrans-fate-after-court-ruling https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/11/28/2025_11_28_169523_1764295877.JPG Rare appearance: Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka arrives for the second day of the Group of 20 Leaders’ Summit on Nov. 23, 2025, at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/26/govts-defiance-over-wildfire-disaster-status-faces-scrutiny https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180965_1792906354.jpg Motorists drive on Saturday through the haze-shrouded Jl. Tjilik Riwut in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan. Toxic pollution from the forest and peatland fires has obscured sunlight and dropped visibility to 100 meters in Palangka Raya, according to the local Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) office. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180964_1792906354.jpg A protester holds a poster that reads “Breathing is a rights“ on Friday during a protest in front of the Central Kalimantan gubernatorial office in Palangka Raya to urge the central government to declare the widespread forest and peatland fires a national disaster. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/26/indonesia-sees-rule-of-law-weaken-under-prabowo https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/07/12/2023_07_12_140220_1689155272.jpg This undated illustration picture shows a gavel in a courtroom. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180968_1792911432.jpg University students hold a banner reading “Two years is enough“ while shooting slogans on Thursday during an anti-government protest a few days after the second anniversary of President Prabowo Subianto's inauguration in Surabaya, East Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/26/indonesias-gas-export-cuts-a-costly-blow-to-trust-and-regional-leadership https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/08/12/2024_08_12_153443_1723476316.jpg Workers wait for the cargo ship Towuti, carrying 119,000 cubic meters of liquified natural gas (LNG) from Tangguh, West Papua, to moor on Jan. 19, 2015, at the Arun storage and regasification facility in Lhokseumawe, Aceh. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/26/analysis-prabowos-security-shuffles-lining-up-loyalists-pre-2029 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180986_1792947303.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/indonesia/2026/10/26/proposal-to-narrow-definition-of-corruption-draws-flak https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/10/2026_07_10_177492_1783688270.JPG A protester from a coalition of university students holds a banner reading, “Fully Investigate Money Laundering and Coal Corruption,“ during a demonstration on July 10 outside the House of Representatives complex in Jakarta. The protesters called for curbing corruption in the coal industry. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/26/local-content-rules-incentives-in-focus-as-indonesias-ev-edge-fades https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/07/2026_09_07_179499_1788778496.jpg Automated machines paint a vehicle frame at BYD’s first new energy vehicle (NEV) manufacturing facility at Subang Smartpolitan, an industrial estate in Subang regency, West Java, in this undated handout photo. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/26/ending-impunity-for-good https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/29/2026_04_29_175202_1777445834.png Military prosecutors charged four Indonesian Military (TNI) officers on April 29, 2025, for their alleged involvement in an acid attack on rights activist Andrie Yunus. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/25/indonesia-singapore-at-odds-as-gas-export-cut-raises-energy-concerns https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/06/2026_07_06_177321_1783332145.JPG President Prabowo Subianto gestures near Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong during a joint press conference after their meeting at the Merdeka Palace on July 6 in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/25/inside-the-trump-administration-campaign-to-return-bolsonaro-clan-to-power https://img.jakpost.net/c/2020/05/27/2020_05_27_96193_1590544962.jpg In this file photo taken on March 19, 2019 US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro during a joint press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/25/more-lula-or-back-to-the-bolsonaros-brazil-votes-in-cliffhanger https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/05/2026_10_05_180349_1791171846.jpg This combination of pictures created on October 4, 2026, shows Brazil's President and re-election candidate for the Workers' Party (PT) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (right) speaks to the media after casting his vote during the presidential election at a polling station in Sao Bernardo do Campo, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 4, 2026; and Brazil's right-wing senator and presidential candidate for the Liberal Party (PL) Flavio Bolsonaro gives thumbs up in front of Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial candidate Douglas Ruas (C, back), as he leaves a polling station after voting during the presidential election in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 4, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/25/msci-warning-triggered-manageable-outflow-from-bond-market-bi-reveals https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/08/01/2025_08_01_165019_1754039963.jpg The gatekeeper: The logo of Bank Indonesia marks the central bank’s gate on Jl. Thamrin in Central Jakarta. The bank cut its seven-day reverse repo rate several times to help the country recover from the crisis inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/25/trump-announces-audi-will-build-4-billion-us-factory-in-georgia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180967_1792910899.JPG An Audi Q9 SUV is displayed outside the venue of US President Donald Trump's political rally before his arrival in Perry, Georgia, United States, on Oct. 24, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/25/suspect-detained-after-fire-wrecks-hitlers-mountain-retreat https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180963_1792904519.jpg This Handout aerial photo made available by the Bavarian Police on October 24, 2026 shows the burnt mountain guesthouse Kehlsteinhaus, known as the Eagle's Nest, formerly Adolf Hitler's mountain retreat, after a large fire had broken out at the site located at an altitude of 1,834 metres (6,000 feet) in the mountains over Berchtesgaden, in the southern German state of Bavaria. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/25/obama-blasts-trumps-chaos-and-cruelty- https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180962_1792901090.jpg Former US President Barack Obama (center), Democrat Michigan senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (left) and Michigan Secretary of State and Democrat gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson (right) raise joined hands as they campaign together with other Michigan Democratics at a rally in Detroit, Michigan on October 24, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/25/the-worlds-oldest-cave-paintings-in-sulawesi-under-threat-of-wildfires https://img.jakpost.net/c/2019/12/12/2019_12_12_83515_1576133570.jpg This handout photography released by Griffith University on December 11, 2019, shows cave art inside Bulu Sipong 4, Sulawesi, Indonesia. - A hunting scene painted 44,000 years ago, the oldest known to date, whose half-human, half-animal representations suggest a successful artistic culture, or even the beginnings of a religion, was discovered in a prehistoric cave in Indonesia, has been revealed in a study on December 11. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/25/students-protest-central-kalimantan-haze https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180961_1792899869.JPG University students protest against the government's handling of haze and wildfires outside the Central Kalimantan Governor's office in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia, October 23, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/25/indonesia-keeps-death-penalty-despite-execution-hiatus https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/04/08/2025_04_08_161747_1744091731.jpg Activists hold placards during a vigil on Feb. 19, 2025 against the impending execution of Malaysian national Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, sentenced to death for trafficking heroin into Singapore, outside the Singaporean embassy in Kuala Lumpur. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180922_1792743453.jpg Officials inspect personal effects owned by convicts during a raid to locate contraband items such as sharp weapons and narcotics at the Salatiga Detention Center in Salatiga, Central Java on Oct. 1, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/24/indonesia-cuts-gas-exports-to-singapore https://img.jakpost.net/c/2016/11/15/2016_11_15_16000_1479169296.png Two workers of state-owned gas company Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) check gas pipelines at a gas meter station in Tambak Lorok, Semarang, Central Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/24/france-to-deploy-70000-police-for-fresh-weekend-protests https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/24/2026_10_24_180960_1792813633.jpg Police officers control members of student organizations as they arrive for a meeting with France's President for the first time since the student unrest began at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on Oct. 23, 2026, on the eve of another day of strictly controlled demonstrations. After a series of bans on demonstrations, France's President on Oct. 22 announced that only those organized by unions would be authorized on Oct. 24, with routes aimed at protecting shops and “calm“, just days after student and other rallies degenerated into some of the worst street unrest in years. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/24/openai-resumes-frontier-ai-training-after-security-overhaul https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/22/2026_09_22_179968_1790077537.jpg Public backtrack: The logo of United States technology company OpenAI appears on a smartphone in this illustration created on June 11, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/24/oil-tops-116-with-stocks-mixed-on-earnings-ai https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/03/16/2026_03_16_173732_1773631650.jpg A sign at a gas station shows the price of gasoline, which has risen to 188 yen per liter for regular gasoline, in Tokyo on March 14, 2026, due to a sharp rise in crude oil prices sparked by the war in the Middle East. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/24/forum-calls-for-ethical-ai-development https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180930_1792753821.jpg This photograph shows a logo of artificial intelligence displayed on a smartphone's screen in Brussels on June 10, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180931_1792753822.jpg An aerial photo taken on Oct. 22, 2026 shows a factory at the Batang Industropolis Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Batang regency, Central Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/24/two-men-nabbed-for-transporting-30-tonnes-of-timber-in-riau https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/05/2026_02_05_172256_1770286104.jpg Two Mitsubishi Colt trucks carrying processed timber are impounded at Riau Police headquarters in Pekanbaru, in this picture released on Feb. 2, 2026. The timber products were not accompanied by forest product permits (SKSHH) and were suspected of originating from illegal logging activities in Kerumut Wildlife Sanctuary conservation area in Pelalawan regency, Riau. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/24/russia-ukraine-agree-on-ceasefire-in-embattled-town-to-hold-peace-talks https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/24/2026_10_24_180959_1792812267.JPG A still image taken from an undated drone video released Sept. 12, 2026, shows a destroyed buildings in Oleshky, Kherson Region, Russian-controlled Ukraine.