https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/14/red-card-for-politicians https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/09/2026_08_09_178447_1786256653.jpg Indonesia's wingers Thom Haye (left) and Beckham Putra (right) react after their defeat to Vietnam in the Group A match of the ASEAN Championship 2026 at the Pakansari Stadium in Bogor regency, West Java on Aug. 3, 2026. Vietnam beat Indonesia 3-0. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/13/indonesia-fires-surge-as-haze-hits-malaysia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/13/2026_08_13_178601_1786599793.JPG Tourists look at the skyline on Aug. 12 in Kuala Lumpur, as the city lies shrouded in haze from wildfires in Borneo. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/13/msci-drops-battered-goto-from-stock-indexes https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/11/2026_06_11_176580_1781163892.jpg An electronic display board inside the main hall of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in South Jakarta shows an overall downward movement across most stocks during the lunch break on Jan. 29, when the IDX Composite index fell 6.3 percent after global investment firm MSCI raised concerns about free float and trading transparency. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/13/quran-challenge-for-alcohol-draws-outrage-police-probe-1786623515 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/13/2026_08_13_178614_1786619911.jpg This screengrab, with no time or location provided, shows the atmosphere during The Sounds Project music festival held Aug. 7-9, 2026, at Ecovention & Ecopark Ancol in North Jakarta, Indonesia. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/13/prabowo-kicks-off-e-motorcycle-ecosystem-to-push-nickel-use https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/09/21/2023_09_21_142566_1695272596.jpg Workers assemble electric motorbikes at the Alva Manufacturing Facility in Cikarang, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/13/putin-visits-disputed-island-near-japan-drawing-tokyos-ire https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/13/2026_08_13_178613_1786614858.JPG Russian President Vladimir Putin observes a military drill of the Pacific fleet on board the missile cruiser “Varyag”, in Russia's far eastern Sakhalin Region, Russia, August 12, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2026/08/13/senopatis-newest-wagyu-spot-has-a-48-year-old-story-behind-it https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/13/2026_08_13_178605_1786608828.png https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/13/2026_08_13_178607_1786608831.png https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/13/2026_08_13_178606_1786608830.png https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/13/2026_08_13_178604_1786608824.jpg https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/13/australia-to-make-tech-companies-pay-more-outlets-for-content-under-reworked-media-law https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/09/24/2025_09_24_166859_1758685914.jpg A file photo taken on November 28, 2024 shows people looking at their phones in Melbourne, Australia. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/13/free-meals-drive-leaves-remote-kitchen-investors-deep-in-debt https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/18/2026_05_18_175824_1779075149.jpg Workers arrange meal boxes containing free nutritious meals on May 6 at the Nutrition Fulfillment Service Unit (SPPG) kitchen at Ternate Police headquarters in Ternate, North Maluku. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/13/govt-to-reroute-danantara-dividends-back-to-state-budget https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/11/2026_08_11_178520_1786421096.jpg A woman walks past the Wisma Danantara Indonesia building on Aug. 11, 2026, on Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto in South Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/13/rescuers-comb-waters-near-bali-for-5-missing-after-ferry-blaze https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/13/2026_08_13_178603_1786600360.jpg A distressed woman is supported by a rescue team member upon arriving at Lembar port in West Lombok on August 12, 2026. A navy vessel and other ships rushed in on August 12 to rescue over 100 people from a ferry on fire off the tourist island of Bali, officials said, in the second such incident in days. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/13/japans-complex-and-forgotten-ties-with-islam https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/12/2026_08_12_178562_1786503872.jpg Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (center) leaves with his wife Crown Princess Kiko (center, right) after visiting the Hagia Sofia Mosque in Istanbul, on Dec. 5, 2024. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/13/two-motorcyclists-killed-by-train-at-unguarded-n-sumatra-railway-crossing https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/12/2026_08_12_178568_1786506409.jpg Passengers alight from Putri Deli train on June 6, 2025, at Medan station in Medan, North Sumatra. The train plies the Medan-Tanjungbalai route with a distance of some 175 kilometers in 4 hours and 45 minutes. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/13/hidden-inequality-in-indonesias-new-university-accreditation-system https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/07/2026_05_07_175486_1778155562.jpg Rector of Lambung Mangkurat University, Prof. Ahmad Alim Bachri, turns the tassel for the top graduates on July 3, 2024, at the faculty level at the ULM Auditorium, Banjarbaru, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/13/freeports-gresik-smelter-halts-operations-for-furnace-repairs https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/03/18/2025_03_18_161288_1742281744.jpg This handout photo taken and released on March 17, 2025, by the Presidential Palace shows an aerial view of the smelter facility operated by PT Freeport Indonesia. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/13/mining-sector-from-growth-engine-to-growth-constraint https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/05/14/2025_05_14_162706_1747197804.jpg A general view at the nickel smelter of PT Vale Indonesia in Sorowako, South Sulawesi, on August 2, 2024. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/13/protesters-torch-government-buildings-in-central-papua-over-village-funding-cuts https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/11/17/2024_11_17_157381_1731817284.jpg An illustration of a crime scene. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/13/is-china-really-a-beggar-thy-neighbor-power https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/31/2026_07_31_178161_1785478348.jpg A worker monitors products for export at a packaging factory in Lianyungang, in China's eastern Jiangsu Province, on May 18, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/13/hong-kongs-new-frontier-where-indonesia-grows-global https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/12/2026_08_12_178577_1786528277.jpg Situated near Shenzhen’s metropolitan core, the Northern Metropolis serves as Hong Kong’s primary I&T hub to drive strategic cooperation across the Greater Bay Area. (Images courtesy of www.nm.gov.hk) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/12/2026_08_12_178578_1786528469.jpg Located at the heart of the Northern Metropolis, the San Tin Technopole expands I&T development capacity while building a sustainable, liveable community. (Images courtesy of www.nm.gov.hk) https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/13/teens-death-on-commuter-train-track-stirs-calls-for-transit-safety https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/21/2026_06_21_176882_1782042503.jpg Commuter train passengers wait for the wagons to stop during the morning rush hour on November 8, 2024, at Manggarai Station in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/13/the-constitutional-promise-of-indigenous-peoples-bill https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/09/09/2025_09_09_166315_1757436161.jpg A deforested area to be converted into a sugar cane plantation by PT Murni Nusantara Abadi, directly threatening the adjacent customary forest protected by the Kwipalo Clan, scars the landscape on March 17, 2025, in Mandiri Jagebob, Merauke regency, South Papua. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/13/critical-space-narrows-as-prabowos-brother-embraces-mass-orgs https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/12/2026_08_12_178580_1786539375.jpg Golden Indonesia Community Forum (Formas) board of trustees chairman Hashim Djojohadikusumo (right), Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar (center) and Formas chief expert Serian Wijatno attend the inauguration of 20 mass organizations as Formas new members in Jakarta on Aug. 7, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/13/whoosh-debt-is-not-gone-only-moved-around https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/03/24/2026_03_24_173971_1774370660.jpg Prospective passengers wait for the arrival of the Whoosh high-speed train on March 15 on the platform at Whoosh Padalarang Station in West Bandung regency, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/13/analysis-trumps-forced-labor-tariffs-flawed-but-revealing https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/12/2026_08_12_178572_1786515257.jpg US President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order imposing tariffs on imported goods during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/13/2027-budget-plan-puts-prudence-credibility-to-the-test https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/04/2026_08_04_178310_1785843426.jpg President Prabowo Subianto looks on before delivering a speech on the macroeconomic framework to lawmakers at the House of Representatives building in Jakarta on May 20, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/13/inequality-worsens-as-wealth-gap-widens https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/12/2026_08_12_178582_1786540283.jpg A boy sits on Aug. 5 at the Dago residential area in Bandung, West Java. The West Java office of Statistics Indonesia (BPS) recorded a decrease in the urban poor population from 2.83 million people in September 2025 to 2.7 million in March. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/12/2026_08_12_178583_1786542623.JPG A luxury car passes as Ari, 25, a street beggar wearing a pony costume, carries his child along K.H. Mas Mansyur Street in Central Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/13/a-start-not-a-settlement https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/07/06/2023_07_06_139982_1688640113.jpg Illustration of Indonesian passport https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/13/woman-killed-in-lombok-ferry-fire https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/12/2026_08_12_178573_1786515991.jpg This screen grab picture from a handout video taken and released on Aug. 12, 2026, by the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) shows the KMP Putri Yasmin ferry, which serves the Padangbai-Bali- to Lembar-West Nusa Tenggara route, on fire in the waters of Bali. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/12/retailers-decry-unfair-tax-advantage-for-e-commerce https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/01/16/2024_01_16_146436_1705418224.jpg Workers sort packages ready for shipment at the warehouse of e-commerce giant Shopee in Cengkareng, West Jakarta, on Aug. 30, 2023. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/12/ago-replaces-special-crimes-investigation-chief https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/12/04/2025_12_04_169812_1764835511.jpg The front gate of the Attorney General's Office (AGO) building in Jakarta is seen on Sept. 9, 2023. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/08/12/nintendo-to-launch-switch-consoles-in-indonesia- https://img.jakpost.net/c/2022/03/15/2022_03_15_123554_1647324479.jpg In solidarity: An employee wearing a face mask stands next to a screen displaying a character of Nintendo game Super Mario at a store for Japanese games giant Nintendo in Tokyo on Feb. 3. PlayStation and Nintendo are suspending shipments to Russia, the Japanese gaming giants said Thursday. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/12/rhine-water-level-falls-to-new-lows-halting-sailings-at-chokepoint https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/30/2026_07_30_178124_1785401996.jpg The partially dried-up river bed of the Rhine is pictured in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on July 28, 2026, following exceptionally hot weather. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/12/iran-to-join-brics-development-bank-soon https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/01/23/2026_01_23_171749_1769176255.jpg Familiar faces: Heads of state and government of member, partner and external engagement countries pose for a family photo during the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 7, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/12/indonesia-weighs-subsidized-fuel-curbs-for-luxury-cars https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/26/2026_06_26_177040_1782448083.jpg Attendants of a gas station owned by state-owned energy holding company Pertamina serves customers on Feb. 27, 2025, in Semarang, Central Java (Antara/Aprillio Akbar). https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/12/indonesia-vessel-is-holding-passing-drills-with-china-navy-spokesperson-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/25/2026_04_25_175083_1777084034.jpg Indonesian Navy personnel gear up for a disaster emergency drill aboard dr. Soeharso-990 warship in Riau waters near Malacca Strait on Dec. 3, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/12/free-meal-expiry-labels-criticized-as-inadequate https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/12/2026_08_12_178574_1786519021.jpg Workers transport meal containers of the free nutritious meal program by cart on Tuesday to schools in Sangkurio, Mamuju, West Sulawesi. The West Sulawesi Regional Office of the Directorate General of Treasury (DJPb) said the province had allocated Rp220 trillion (US$13.7 million) in state funds for the program by mid-2026, reaching 375,922 beneficiaries and supported by 169 Nutrition Fulfillment Service Units (SPPGs) out of a target of 189. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/22/2026_07_22_177897_1784725628.JPG Sudaryono, head of National Nutrition Agency (BGN), speaks to the press on July 22 at the agency building in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/12/meta-meets-its-own-tobacco-moment-in-court https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/01/29/2026_01_29_171957_1769653294.JPG A woman stands near a Meta logo during the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/12/esr-ina-deepen-logistics-push-with-two-cikarang-facilities https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/12/2026_08_12_178571_1786512108.png ESR and INA representatives break ground on Aug. 11 on the ESR Cikarang Logistics Park 4 project in a joint investment to develop modern logistics infrastructure in Greater Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/12/passengers-rescued-as-second-ferry-in-days-catches-fire-in-indonesia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/12/2026_08_12_178573_1786515991.jpg This screen grab picture from a handout video taken and released on August 12, 2026 by the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) shows the Putri Yasmin ferry, which serves the Padangbai-Bali- to Lembar-West Nusa Tenggara route, on fire in the waters of Bali. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/12/ai-could-end-wall-streets-eps-obsession https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/11/2026_08_11_178518_1786416071.jpg Humanoid robots controlled by a remote control by Unitree Robotics take part in a fight during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 18, 2026.