https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/16/dissatisfaction-with-democracy-hits-record-low-under-prabowo https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/16/2026_10_16_180722_1792121666.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (right) and Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen. Agus Subiyanto (center), stand in an open ceremonial vehicle labeled 'INDONESIA 1' to review the ranks during the 81st TNI Day Parade in Cilangkap, East Jakarta, on Oct. 5, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/16/indonesian-exporters-reach-global-markets-at-tei-2026 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/16/2026_10_16_180741_1792145784.jpg Indonesia Eximbank’s presence at the 41st Trade Expo Indonesia is part of its commitment to supporting Indonesian export-oriented businesses in the international market. (Images courtesy of Indonesia Eximbank) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/16/2026_10_16_180742_1792145960.jpg Puri Food and Healthy works with hundreds of farmers in North Sumatra to produce its signature liquid palm sugar, which has been exported to the Middle East and Europe. (Images courtesy of Indonesia Eximbank) https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/16/kilometer-long-queues-traffic-jams-as-fuel-shortages-hit-bali https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180689_1792038495.jpg Motorcyclists queue to refuel on Wednesday at a gas station in Denpasar amid a fuel supply shortage on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/16/in-malaysia-frustration-grows-over-indonesia-haze https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/16/2026_10_16_180739_1792143107.jpg Buildings are shrouded in haze caused by fires in Indonesia, in Kuala Lumpur on October 16, 2026. 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/indonesia/2026/10/16/orange-skies-ash-covered-homes-as-wildfire-smoke-engulfs-palangka-raya https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180701_1792060514.jpg Haze blankets Tjilik Riwut Airport in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, on Oct. 14, 2026. Airport authorities temporarily suspended flights as smoke from wildfires reduced visibility. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/16/agrinas-palma-pakistani-firm-explore-200000-ha-palm-oil-project https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/16/2026_10_16_180729_1792130289.png The Agrinas Palma Nusantara Building is seen in an undated photo. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/16/job-creation-weakening-despite-industrial-growth-industry-minister-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178971_1787567113.jpg Job seekers sit in line on June 8 during the opening of the Bogor Job Fair 2026 at Plaza Jambu Dua in the West Java city. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/16/innovation-from-investment-to-impact- https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/07/2026_10_07_180418_1791346812.jpg An aerial view shows a farmer spraying crops in a rice field in Sukakarya, Bekasi, West Java, on Oct. 2, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/16/public-office-requires-more-than-just-popularity-kalla-says-in-lecture-in-illinois https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180706_1792078974.jpeg Former vice president Jusuf Kalla presents his public lecture at the Northern Illinois University (NIU) in DeKalb, Illinois, the United States, on Oct. 13, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/16/from-farm-innovation-to-food-security-for-all https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/07/2026_10_07_180418_1791346812.jpg Farm workers spray green paddy on Oct. 2, 2026, at a rice field in Sukakarya district, Bekasi, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/16/wong-weighs-haze-prosecutions-as-singapore-air-quality-worsens https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/16/2026_10_16_180724_1792122776.jpg A man takes photographs of airplanes parked on the tarmac at Changi Airport in Singapore on October 16, 2026, as the country continues to be shrouded in haze caused by fires in Indonesia. 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/2026/10/16/when-investor-protection-risks-becoming-financial-immunity https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/22/2026_09_22_179964_1790070443.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/2026/10/16/batam-blackout-caused-by-wild-animal-costs-at-least-rp-233-9-billion https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/12/06/2024_12_06_158054_1733466984.jpg A technician from state 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/2026/10/16/why-the-asia-pacific-needs-stronger-development-finance-institutions https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/16/2026_10_16_180721_1792118567.jpg A wind power plant (PLTB), financed by PT SMI, is pictured in Sidrap, South Sulawesi. (Courtesy of PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur) https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/16/idx-tanks-8-on-latest-msci-stock-market-warning https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/19/2026_02_19_172752_1771476250.jpg A woman takes a photo of an electronic display at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in South Jakarta on Feb. 2, 2026, showing negative movements across the IDX Composite index. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/16/how-worried-should-we-be-about-the-global-economy https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180690_1792038496.jpg Motorcyclists queue to refuel at a gas station in Denpasar amid a fuel supply shortage in Bali on Oct. 14, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/16/the-houses-right-to-act-and-the-political-agenda-of-2029 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/12/2026_10_12_180565_1791778903.jpg Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka looks toward the central dais on May 20, 2026, prior to President Prabowo Subianto's speech on the macroeconomic framework to lawmakers at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/16/msci-weighs-downgrading-indonesia-to-standalone-market-status 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, 2026, 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/2026/10/16/government-accused-of-limiting-access-to-forestry-data-amid-raging-wildfires https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/16/2026_10_16_180720_1792112000.jpg Motorcyclists ride in the morning in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan on October 14, 2026. Thick haze has turned the skies in the city into apocalyptic shades of yellow and orange on Thursday, reducing visibility to a few dozen meters as wildfires cause a regional air pollution crisis. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/16/foreign-ministry-back-in-the-drivers-seat-but-not-alone https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/12/2026_10_12_180562_1791778869.JPG Newly appointed Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir (right) reacts as former foreign minister and current Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs, Sugiono, embraces him during a handover ceremony at the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta on Oct. 12, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/16/analysis-will-indonesias-new-labor-law-deliver-on-its-promises https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180696_1792051555.jpg Members of the Grand Coalition for Indonesian Workersʼ Struggle (KBPBI) rally on Sept. 24, 2026, during a demonstration in front of UOB Plaza on Jl. Thamrin in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/16/prabowo-swaps-army-chief-tni-deputy-commander-in-latest-reshuffle https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180704_1792068955.jpg Gen. Maruli Simanjuntak (left) and Gen. Tandyo Budi Revita are sworn in on Thursday as Indonesian Military (TNI) deputy commander and Army chief of staff, respectively, in a ceremony at the State Palace in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/16/solar-panel-industry-urged-to-pivot-as-us-market-turns-unviable https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/15/2025_10_15_167702_1760516775.jpg A farmer stands on a boat on Oct. 12, 2025, while passing through solar panels installed as part of the Rawa Pening floating solar photovoltaic plant in Tuntang, Semarang regency, Central Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/16/leaderless-haze-control https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/22/2026_08_22_178921_1787390677.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (center) talks with then-National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo (second right) and Indonesian Military commander Gen. Agus Subiyanto (right) while inspecting a forest and land fire site in Kubu Raya, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, on Aug. 22, 2026. President Prabowo inspected efforts to tackle forest and land fires in several areas of Kalimantan to ensure the response is swift and effective. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/15/deadly-ciputat-blast-put-free-meals-safety-under-scrutiny https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/08/15/2024_08_15_153546_1723706197.jpg Illustration of a police tape sealing a crime scene. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/15/tech-sell-off-deepens-as-us-inflation-sparks-ai-jitters https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180705_1792070867.jpg A man checks his phone in front of an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/15/lawmakers-call-for-audit-of-disaster-agency-after-graft-scandal https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180698_1792055023.jpg The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) official Gabriel Purwaka Sigit (left), Bima Setiawan (right) who is the younger brother of BNPB chief Suharyanto, and private-sector figure Syifa Nrika Ghifarian (second left) walk in detainee vests after questioning at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta on Wednesday (Oct. 14, 2026). The KPK has detained five suspects in an alleged corruption case at BNPB, uncovered through a sting operation. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/13/2026_10_13_180623_1791897457.jpg Firefighters work on containing a wildfire on Tuesday 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 of Kalimantan and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/15/online-witch-hunt-sweeps-up-asians-misidentified-as-us-rape-accused https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180695_1792050662.jpg A general view of McGraw Tower on Cornell University's campus on October 13, 2026 in Ithaca, New York. Officials at Cornell University announced they would ban fraternity parties for the remainder of the academic year as the university continues to face scrutiny over their handling of 2024 rape allegations. https://www.thejakartapost.com/sports/2026/10/15/high-hopes-as-indonesian-women-get-a-football-league-again https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180693_1792044618.jpg This picture taken on September 26, 2026 shows Persita Tangerang's players performing drills during a soccer training session in Tangerang, Banten. October 18's matches in the Indonesia Women's League will be the first since 2019 and a new chapter for women's football and gender equality in the country of 290 million people. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/15/failure-to-activate-hormuz-fertilizer-plan-could-trigger-food-crisis https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/26/2026_09_26_180096_1790407491.jpg Men bathe in the Gulf waters as vessels in the background transit the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Iran's southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Sept. 7, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/15/herbal-cosmetics-pioneer-martha-tilaar-dies-at-89 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180686_1792036534.jpg Martha Tilaar receives the 2018 SDG Pioneers award from the United Nations Global Compact at the UN headquarters in New York for advancing sustainability through community engagement. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/15/government-taps-msme-exports-amid-push-into-nontraditional-markets https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/05/14/2024_05_14_150415_1715691158.jpg One of 20 participants from micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) arranges products made during a fashion training program on May 14, 2024, organized by the Denpasar city administration in Bali. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/15/middle-east-lng-industry-remains-hostage-of-iran-war https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/03/19/2026_03_19_173836_1773884903.JPG QatarEnergy's liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility continues production amid the United States-Israeli conflict with Iran, at the Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar, on March 2, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/15/the-rich-worlds-climate-distraction https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/07/2026_08_07_178425_1786109011.JPG Two schoolgirls look at an informal riverbank settlement on Aug. 7, 2026, from a bridge in Kebon Melati village, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/the-weekend-digest/2026/10/15/fx-harsono-revisits-indonesias-unresolved-past-in-ambangthreshold https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180684_1792033487.png https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180681_1792033484.png https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180685_1792033487.png https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180683_1792033487.png https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180682_1792033486.png https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/15/trumps-russian-diesel-deal-is-a-warning-to-asia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/14/2026_10_14_180642_1791937658.jpg An oil tanker sails Nakhodka Bay on Dec. 4, 2022, near the Russian port city of Nakhodka. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/15/pln-egm-appoints-suroso-isnandar-to-replace-darmawan-prasodjo-as-new-chief https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/09/2026_10_09_180489_1791526324.jpg A data center is under construction on Aug. 29, 2024, in the Nongsa Digital Park Special Economic Zone (KEK) in Batam, the Riau Islands. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/15/public-investment-is-fiscally-responsible https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/14/2026_10_14_180652_1791953493.jpg (left to right) Finland’s Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Riikka Purra, World Bank president Ajay Banga, Thailand’s Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva and BBC economics editor Faisal Islam sit during the "Building Resilience in a Fragmented World" panel at the Annual IMF and World Bank Meetings at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok on Oct. 13, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/10/15/benteng-chinese-women-in-tangerang-find-strength-in-numbers https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/14/2026_10_14_180640_1791936141.jpeg Savings in action: Chen Fie (second right) oversees savings and loan transactions at the Lampion Merah Abadi Women’s Resource Development Cooperative in Kosambi, Tangerang, Banten, on Aug. 20, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/14/2026_10_14_180641_1791936141.png Stitch by stitch: Oey Cin Wah, 63, a member of the Lampion Merah Abadi cooperative in Tangerang, Banten, knits a red yarn headband in this undated photo. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/15/geopolitical-uncertainty-leads-to-mass-layoffs-in-east-java https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/01/2026_05_01_175255_1777617019.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (center) arrives at the National Monument (Monas) to attend the International Workers’ Day commemoration in Central Jakarta on May 1, 2026.