https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/04/fire-ravaged-regions-face-rising-flood-threat https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/03/2026_11_03_181220_1793710003.jpg A resident points to damage by a cold lava flow from Mount Semeru along the Glidik River, which destroyed seven houses and collapsed a 150-meter section of road, in Purorejo village, Lumajang regency, East Java, on Nov. 2, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/04/many-industries-not-ready-as-ieu-cepa-ratification-nears https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/07/25/2025_07_25_164808_1753457497.jpg One by one: Freight trucks wait for their turn to board ferries on July 25, 2025, at Bulusan Port in Banyuwangi, East Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/04/three-police-generals-named-in-plot-to-bug-prabowo https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/07/2026_10_07_180432_1791370118.JPG President Prabowo Subianto delivers a briefing to high-ranking Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police officers on Wednesday at the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/04/sukoharjo-police-chief-removed-amid-outcry-over-boarding-school-raid https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/12/13/2024_12_13_158288_1734079751.jpg Civil society activists and university students hold a banner that reads “Police reform“ (left) and “People killer“ on Nov. 28, 2024, during a protest in front of the Central Java Police in Semarang. The protesters demanded that the police investigate an officer who shot and killed a 17-year-old high school student on the morning of Nov. 24. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/04/graft-reform-at-a-crossroads 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 Oct. 14, 2026. The KPK has detained five suspects in an alleged corruption case at BNPB, uncovered through a sting operation. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/03/extortion-fears-threaten-govts-drug-rehabilitation-drive https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/18/2026_02_18_172698_1771351257.jpg Dragged into drugs: Internal Affairs officers from the West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Police escort Bima Police narcotics unit chief Adj. Comr. Malaungi (second right) to a detention room on Feb. 9, 2026, after he attended a police ethics hearing over a drug trafficking case at the NTB Police headquarters in Mataram, NTB. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/03/indonesia-grapples-with-stock-market-enforcement-as-index-sinks-below-5000 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181137_1793365514.jpg A man walk past in front of an electronic board displaying stock prices on Oct. 30 at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) building in South Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/03/police-probe-alleged-trafficking-in-russian-military-recruitment https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/01/2026_09_01_179229_1788267036.JPG Servicemen of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine load a shell into an artillerty towards Russian troops amid Russia's attack on Ukraine at a position near the frontline town of Kramatorsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine on Aug. 30, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/03/jakarta-waits-for-market-recovery-before-city-owned-firms-ipo https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/01/2025_10_01_167134_1759303080.jpg Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung (left) inspects the Pesanggrahan Water Treatment Plant (IPA) on Sept. 9, 2025, in Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta with Banten Governor Andra Soni (second right), Deputy Public Works Ministry Diana Kusumastuti (right) and Jakarta-owned water company PT PAM Jaya president director Arief Nasrudin. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/11/03/from-knowledge-to-collective-action-building-a-better-future-for-young-children https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/03/2026_11_03_181218_1793692005.jpg Eddy Henry, Head of Policy and Advocacy at Tanoto Foundation, urges policymakers to recognise early childhood development as a foundational investment in human capital and long-term development. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/03/2026_11_03_181219_1793692326.jpg Evelyn Santiago, Executive Director of ARNEC, emphasises that public good should be funded primarily by government agencies, with private sector figures as partners. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/03/ri-rules-out-power-exports-to-singapore-in-near-term-citing-domestic-needs https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178991_1787662439.jpg Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia (center), Bali Governor Wayan Koster (left) and state-owned electricity company PLN President Director Darmawan Prasodjo (right) inspect the construction of the Gilimanuk solar power plant on Aug. 25 in Jembrana, Bali. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/03/indonesia-eu-trade-mapping-smallholders-is-the-next-step https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/07/16/2024_07_16_152470_1721086866.jpg Fresh from oven: Workers unload on July 5, 2024 fresh oil palm fruit bunches that were bought from farmers in Bengkulu city, Bengkulu. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/03/oppo-make-over-bring-oppo-care-for-every-glow-exploring-new-services-at-oppo-outlets https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/03/2026_11_03_181215_1793680020.jpg (Courtesy of OPPO) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/03/2026_11_03_181214_1793680020.jpg (Courtesy of OPPO) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/03/2026_11_03_181213_1793680019.jpg (Courtesy of OPPO) https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/03/explaining-the-curious-rise-of-dedi-mulyadi https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/01/23/2025_01_23_159598_1737608017.jpg Dedi Mulyadi (center), governor-elect of West Java, converses with members of the West Java Council on Jan. 10, 2025, after a plenary meeting to announce the provincial results of the regional head elections. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/03/australia-starts-repatriation-of-13-detained-indonesian-fishermen https://img.jakpost.net/c/2021/11/09/2021_11_09_119247_1636429655.jpg Illegal fishing have been destroyed in protected marine sanctuaries off the northern coast of Western Australia. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/03/attacking-iran-amid-turkish-saudi-opposition-is-a-strategic-mistake https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/18/2026_09_18_179853_1789733981.JPG Motorist drive past a building in Tehran with a massive billboard about the Strait of Hormuz on Sept. 16, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/03/americans-vote-in-midterms-set-to-upend-trump-presidency https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/03/2026_11_03_181212_1793675415.jpg Supporters of Democrat senatorial candidate James Talarico cheer during a midterm campaign event in Austin, Texas on November 2, 2026. Talarico faces Trump-backed state Attorney General Ken Paxton, whose controversies have helped turn a longtime Republican stronghold into a closely watched contest. Paxton retains a loyal conservative following and enormous outside financial support. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/03/protecting-asia-pacific-farms-past-borders https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181167_1793533443.jpg Officers collect cloacal swabs and blood samples as part of avian influenza detection efforts in Probolinggo regency, East Java, on Sept. 22, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/03/asian-stocks-retreat-ahead-of-us-midterms-oil-steadies https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/08/2026_09_08_179524_1788837636.jpg A man looks at a stock index board showing South Korea's benchmark stock index (KOSPI) after the close of trading in Seoul on July 28, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/03/north-sumatra-teacher-arrested-over-alleged-sexual-abuse-of-eight-students https://img.jakpost.net/c/2020/08/14/2020_08_14_102419_1597402892.jpg Illustration of child abuse. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/03/473-indonesians-deported-from-malaysia-in-october https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181162_1793530162.jpg An Indonesian officer (right) observes Indonesian deportees on Thursday upon their arrival at Batam Center international ferry terminal in Batam, Riau Islands. The Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru facilitated the deportation of 129 Indonesians and the repatriation of a sick Indonesian migrant worker from Malaysia. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/03/village-head-in-riau-nabbed-in-forest-sale-for-oil-palm-plantation https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/12/23/2025_12_23_170640_1766487814.jpg Two excavators knock down oil palms on Dec. 20, 2025, in Bagan Limau village, Ukui district, Pelalawan regency, Riau. The knocking down of the oil palms marked the relocation of 228 families owning some 600 hectares of land out of the national park. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/03/a-century-of-indonesias-national-imagination https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/08/17/2025_08_17_165554_1755420342.jpg Three disabled members of the flag-hoisting squad salute on Aug. 17, 2025, during the 80th Independence Day celebrations in Gorontalo, capital of its namesake province on the Minahasa Peninsula in northern Sulawesi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/03/indonesia-returns-to-old-habit-of-blaming-and-bullying-singapore https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/28/2026_10_28_181062_1793194872.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (right) speaks with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Wednesday during a closed-door meeting at the President's private residence in Hambalang, Bogor regency, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/03/indonesia-monitors-closely-un-chief-race-as-controversy-mounts https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180822_1792495749.JPG A general view of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) hall at the UN headquarters, as the 81st UNGA takes place in New York City, the United States, on Sept. 22, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/03/govt-plan-for-drug-rehab-risks-replicating-prison-overcrowding https://img.jakpost.net/c/2018/04/12/2018_04_12_44028_1523511980.jpg Stock illustration of a drug user https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/03/analysis-indonesia-takes-backward-step-with-gas-export-cuts https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/02/2026_11_02_181186_1793595578.jpg A floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) belonging to PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN), the Jakarta-listed gas company of state-owned oil and gas giant Pertamina, operates in the waters of Lampung in this undated photograph. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/03/election-law-matters https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/11/27/2024_11_27_157749_1732682262.jpg President Prabowo Subianto stands at a voting booth for the 2024 regional elections on Nov. 27, 2024, at a polling station in Bojong Koneng village, Bogor regency, West Java. Indonesia is holding simultaneous elections in 37 provinces and more than 500 cities and regencies across the country to elect new regional heads. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/03/papua-blazes-defy-rainfall-relief https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/29/2026_10_29_181099_1793267939.jpg Soldiers, tasked with fighting forest and land fires, celebrate as it rains in Banjar Baru, South Kalimantan, on Oct. 28, 2026, following months of forest and land fires. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/27/2026_10_27_181020_1793110086.jpg Firefighters from a joint disaster management agency spray water to extinguish spreading wildfires amid dense smoke and haze in Barito Kuala, South Kalimantan, on Oct. 24, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/03/blazes-engulf-two-landfills-in-central-and-east-java https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/02/2026_11_02_181198_1793615732.jpg An aerial view shows a fire burning piles of garbage at the Degayu landfill in Pekalongan, Central Java, on Nov. 1, 2026. A joint team comprising firefighters, military and police personnel, and volunteers deployed seven fire trucks to extinguish the blaze, which engulfed waste piles in the southern and eastern sections of the landfill. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/02/criticism-mounts-over-plan-to-turn-red-and-white-cooperatives-clinics-into-bpjs-providers https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/19/2026_02_19_172778_1771514830.jpg Tough going: Workers construct a Red and White Cooperatives (KDMP) outlet on Jan. 27 in Wae Kelambu, West Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). Several villages say they are struggling to establish the new cooperatives, citing limited land and insufficient funding as major obstacles. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/02/el-nio-keeps-food-prices-hot-despite-easing-inflation https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181132_1793360780.jpg A boy walks in a dried-out rice field in Takalar regency, South Sulawesi, on Oct. 13, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/02/countries-must-pay-more-towards-who-indonesian-candidate https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/04/21/2025_04_21_162059_1745234948.jpg Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin answers journalists' questions via live zoom during the ministry's press conference in Jakarta on April 21, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/02/japan-considers-doubling-defense-spending-over-next-five-years https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/04/2026_05_04_175342_1777864972.jpg Honor rendered: Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reviews a guard of honor on Saturday, May 2, 2026, during a welcoming ceremony at the Government Office in Hanoi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/02/trade-surplus-narrows-on-rising-energy-imports https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/05/2026_08_05_178333_1785909973.jpg Gantry cranes load containers onto a Portuguese-flagged vessel on June 24, 2025, at a shipping terminal at Tanjung Emas Port in Semarang, Central Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/02/nine-dead-in-small-plane-crash-near-trumps-florida-home https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/02/2026_11_02_181196_1793610429.jpg Roads are closed after a jet crashed on November 1, 2026 in Greenacres, Florida. Early reports say it was carrying nine people and crashed and erupted into flames near a residential neighborhood. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/02/domestic-foreign-orders-lift-manufacturing-activity-in-october https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/28/2026_10_28_181036_1793140037.jpg Stacks of shipping containers on March 31 at Tanjung Priok Port, North Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/02/plan-to-turn-red-and-white-cooperative-clinics-into-bpjs-providers-draws-scrutiny https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/23/2026_02_23_172921_1771862401.jpg Local empowerment: A man walks past a Red and White cooperative outlet on Feb. 23 in the Blok M area of Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/02/some-stocks-excluded-in-composite-index-as-idx-starts-new-month https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181135_1793365488.jpg A woman walk past in front of an electronic board displaying stock prices on Oct. 30 at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) building in South Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/02/singapore-braces-as-indonesia-slaps-back-at-neighbours- https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/28/2026_10_28_181062_1793194872.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (right) speaks with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan during a closed-door meeting at the President's private residence in Hambalang, Bogor regency, West Java on Oct. 28, 2026. According to the Presidential Secretariat, the meeting was held upon Singapore's request.